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Monthly Archives: October, 2017

Regulatory Crackdown Tames China’s Shadow Banking Sector: Fitch

A new report from ratings agency Fitch says that China's shadow banking sector has shrunk as a result of the multi-agency crackdown launched by...

Capital Controls Fail to Stymie Chinese Acquisition of Australian Housing

Chinese investors continue to account for the vast preponderance of foreign acquisitions of new homes in the most populous part of Australia, despite the...

Beijing Wants a Slice of China’s Online Giants

Concerns over the immense clout of tech companies in the online era has prompted the Chinese government to push for equity stakes in the...

China Plans to Blacklist and Publicly Shame Defaulting Borrowers

China's central government plans to establish a nationwide system for publicly shaming defaulting borrowers by broadcasting their personal details via multiple channels and platforms. A...

Beijing Set to Issue First Sovereign Dollar Bond in 13 Years

The Chinese government is on the verge of issuing its first dollar-denominated sovereign debt since 2004, as domestic investors become increasing dominant on the...

47 Chinese Cities Impose Housing Sales Restrictions as Property Controls Intensify

Property market control policies are expected to further intensify around China, with an increasing number of cities implementing sales restrictions on local housing markets. According...

Central Bank Says End Goal of Reserve Ratio Cut is Financial Inclusion

The central bank's flagship news publication is emphasising the significance of its recent reserve ratio cut as a means of raising China's level of...

Will Debt-for-Equity Swaps Fail to Achieve Deleveraging?

The use of debt-to-equity swaps to deleverage China's immense state-owned-enterprise sector may be doing little more than shifting the debt load to other parts...

China’s Per Capita Disposable Income Approaches 1970’s US Levels

A new report from Huatai Securities puts China's current economic state in context by matching it to various periods in the developmental history of...

IMF Lifts GDP Forecasts for China Following Supply Side Structural Reforms

The International Monetary Fund's latest "World Economic Outlook" has raised its forecasts for China's economic growth for both the current year and next year. The...

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