Chinese Economy

Vienna (AFP) - OPEC countries were to meet again here Friday after they failed to agree on output cuts that could stem price pressure from abundant reserves and weak global economic growth. Saudi and Venezuelan oil ministers voiced confidence that the 14-mem…

Around the globe, people are divided in their opinions of China. A median of 40% across 34 countries surveyed have a favorable view of China, while a median of 41% have an unfavorable opinion. The countrys most positive ratings come from Russia (71% favorable…

Much has been written about the risks China poses to the global economy. This is hardly surprising considering that China has the world's second largest economy. What is surprising, however, is that relatively little attention has been paid to the apparent r…

By Gaurav Dogra and Brenda Goh BENGALURU/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Capital investment by Chinese firms has ground to its slowest pace in three years, as a weakening economy, tight credit and prolonged trade war with the United States dent sales growth and cash re…

By Gaurav Dogra and Brenda Goh BENGALURU/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Capital investment by Chinese firms has ground to its slowest pace in three years, as a weakening economy, tight credit and prolonged trade war with the United States dent sales growth and cash re…

BEIJING, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2019 Global Trend Conference, co-hosted by Global Times and Huanqiu.com and co-organized by Huanqiu.com and zhonghongwang.com, took place at Kempinski Hotel Beijing between November 28 and 29, 2019. Over 1,000 guests,…

Dry bulk is the world's largest ocean shipping sector by volume, and the most important dry bulk trade lane is Brazil-to-China iron ore, driven by the production of Brazilian miner Vale (NYSE: VALE). Toward the end of what has already been a roller-coaster ye…

The challenges for the Communist Party of China and Chinese President Xi Jinping are mounting by the day. In a stunning rebuke to the Communist Partys handling of the Hong Kong crisis, pro-democracy forces made massive gains in local elections held last month…

China's Great Firewall, used by the government to regulate access to foreign internet sites, has blocked one of the most popular sources of ethereum blockchain data. As of Tuesday, etherscan.io, one of the longest-running and most widely used ethereum block …

Arjen van Dijkhuizen, senior economist at ABN AMRO, points out that China’s PMIs for November published over the past few days showed a clear improvement. “The official manufacturing PMI published on Saturday rose to an eight-month high of 50.2 (October: 49.…