Investments are flooding into China´s innovative industries. But investing in China is a completely different game from the traditional VC approach, tells William Bao Bean, Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, in VentureCon Japan, according to E27. China is providing more finance, and more competition.Read More →
China´s much needed anti-corruption drive has now put the country into a lock-down mode, and new projects have halted, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at CNBC. The cut in the reserve ratio ratio (RRR) this weekend is one way for a kickstart, although nobody know what will really work.Read More →
It has become fast the new jargon, China´s “new normal”, an economic growth on a lower level. But a fast-dropping export could still hurt the country´s economy severely, warns financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. If it realizes its restructuring agenda, that might change, but that is still an “if”.Read More →
China´s central government is pushing offshore RMB bonds as a tool to support Chinese firms to go abroad. Financial analyst Sara Hsu looks at the current state of offshore RMB bonds, and expects a massive expansion, she writes in the Diplomat.Read More →
The relative economic slowdown forces the Chinese government to have a thorough look at tax breaks for foreign companies, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. The central government looks at tax evasion, and local government are less eager to offer tax breaks.Read More →
The China-led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) caused much controversy, even before it took off. Such a bank can improve the governance of projects, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat, although there is no guarantee that will happen.Read More →
China´s fiscal deficit will be the largest in six years. Financial analyst Sara Hsu explains why this is a good move, so it can encourage spending, she writes in the Diplomat.Read More →
Financial leasing companies, unless they are supported by one of the banks, are increasingly running into problems, as they lose access to funding, writes financial expert Sara Hsu in The Diplomat. ” Ordinary financial leasing companies in particular are feeling the funding pinch.”Read More →
China´s financial authorities have been balancing to keep up with capital flows, massively outward in January. But to bolster services and consumer demand more structural reforms are needed, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat.Read More →
The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRS) brought out last month new regulations to make online banking more safe. But foreign banking institutions and IT vendors fear exclusion from the China market, and they might be correct, writes Shanghai-based lawyer Mark Schaub in China Law Insight. His take-away.Read More →
Much attention has gone to the massive e-commerce giant Alibaba and its IPO, but its financial arm, Alipay, might in the long run become the bigger operation, says business analyst Ben Cavender in the Technology Review.Read More →
Massive investments along the planned new silk road, and planned new economic zones, might offer cities in poorer provinces like Xinjiang and Yunnan great opportunities to develop, writes financial analyst Sara Hsu in the Diplomat.Read More →