Chinese monopoly triggers scramble for rare earth minerals

SUMMARY Rare earth minerals have become indispensable to the manufacture of everything from mobile phones and…

China-Iran deal adds new dimension to Middle East chess game

China-Iran deal. Billions of dollars of Chinese investment could be heading Iran’s way after the two…

Hurun billionaires defy pandemic with record growth

Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, eight new dollar billionaires were created on average each week…

Record wind turbine orders defy COVID gloom

Driven primarily by some frenetic activity in the US and China as well as the relentless…

Chinese steel industry keeps mining investors in the money

Further evidence of just how successfully China has recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Chinese cotton embargo threat to world clothing supply chain

The release of new evidence showing that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in Xinjiang…

One Belt One Road – One Direction? BRI at the crossroads

Could the Covid -19 pandemic spell the beginning of the end of China’s Belt and Road…

China’s vaccine diplomacy gets mixed reaction

News that Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia had all arranged to procure COVID-19 vaccines from either…

Blackstone bets another $1.1bn on Greater Bay Area

Major alternative investments manager Blackstone Group this week increased its Chinese logistics portfolio by one third…

Full Truck Alliance raises $1.7bn as Uber meets Silk Road

Full Truck Alliance, the Chinese ground transport ‘Uber-for-trucks’ online platform, announced earlier today that it has…

Zoom boom makes it a triple whammy for Asia Pacific

A combination of the so-called ‘Zoom Boom’, the ratification of a new region-wide FTA and news…

Alibaba fails to sparkle on Singles Day

Alibaba Singles Day fell far short of its $100bn estimated prize purse as the effects of…

China enjoys $100bn Singles Day Shopping Extravaganza

Today marks China’s 11th annual Singles Day event. It is a celebration not of a sad…

Electric scooter market revs up

The electric scooter can increasingly be seen in towns and cities from Mumbai to Beijing.

Ant IPO suspension gives investors reality check

Ant IPO suspended: The $37bn dual listing of Alibaba Group’s spin-off Ant Group was called off…

Chinese manufacturing rebounds – but is it sustainable?

Output from the Chinese manufacturing industry approached a ten-year high last month as it recovered from…

Innovation and self-reliance keys to China’s new five-year plan

If it manages to sticks to its latest five-year plan, by 2025 China will be technologically…

Biden and Xi send clean energy shares on a roll

US clean energy shares climbed at the end of last week after Democratic presidential candidate Joe…

Ant Group all set for world’s biggest IPO

Jack Ma’s Ant Group was all set to launch the world’s largest ever stock market debut…

Philippines re-energises South China Sea dispute

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the lifting of a six-year-old  ban on oil and gas…

Foreign investors help Chinese shares hit $10 trillion

Chinese shares surged at the start of the week to take their combined value to over…

Renminbi surge flags long-term power shift

Despite dips in February and May, China’s renminbi currency has been generally stable over the past…

EV battery becomes latest weapon in US-China trade war

With the value of the EV battery market projected to reach $133.5bn by 2027, it was…

British Steel’s white knight eyes up Port Talbot

Just over six months after taking over British Steel’s Scunthorpe operations, China’s privately owned Jingye Group…