China
Most factories in Shanghai resume work as Covid controls ease, ministry says
German automaker Volkswagen is one of state-owned automaker SAIC’s foreign partners in China. Pictured here on June 7, 2022, is the joint venture’s factory in Shanghai. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Factories in two of China’s Covid-hit economic hubs have mostly resumed work as the impact of the virus subsides, according […]
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U.S. holds ‘candid’ and ‘productive’ talks with China in nearly 5-hour meeting
Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, speaks during an interview at an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, on Monday to discuss a range of […]
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Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain
Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty Images The mass quarantine measures imposed this past weekend in Shanghai, including highway closures, severely affected trucks carrying exports bound for the […]
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JPMorgan says Chinese assets are a good diversifier right now
Sign for J.P. Morgan on 7th March 2020 in London, United Kingdom. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York. Mike Kemp | Getty Images LONDON – As lockdowns ease and regulatory pressures subside, some of the headwinds facing Chinese stocks are set to […]
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Chinese automakers want to bring assisted driving to the masses
Jidu, Baidu’s electric car venture alongside Geely, revealed its first concept car on June 8, 2022. Baidu BEIJING — As Chinese companies race for a slice of the world’s largest car market, they’re betting heavily on assisted driving technology. China sold nearly 21.5 million passenger cars last year. That’s roughly the equivalent of sales in […]
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‘Stop smearing’ China: Chinese defense minister accuses U.S. of creating ‘conflict and confrontation’
An F-16V jet fighter taxies on the runway in January for an emergency takeoff as part of a Taiwanese military drill in Chiayi, Taiwan, as China increased overflights by PLA fighter jets over the self-governed island in 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — China’s defense minister accused the U.S. of “smearing” Beijing […]
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Investment banks say it’s time to get back into China, with Goldman naming 10 top stocks
China’s reopening after weeks of big-city lockdowns is “enticing” investors, according to HSBC , while Goldman Sachs has named a raft of stocks it says are at attractive valuations. Both Shanghai and Beijing have started to relax their Covid restrictions after weeks of strict lockdowns. This opening-up — combined with soaring government investment and plummeting […]
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Alibaba shares drop 8% after Jack Ma’s Ant Group and regulator squash talk of revived IPO
Ant Group, founded by billionaire Jack Ma, scrapped its IPO in November 2020 after regulators flagged concerns with the company. Since then, the company has been ordered to rectify its business. Ant Group said that a revived IPO is not on the cards yet. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba shares dropped 8% […]
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Tesla’s China output decline trending deeper than Musk forecast, data and internal memos show
Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Production at Tesla’s Shanghai factory is on track to fall by over a third this quarter from the first three months of the year as China’s zero-Covid lockdowns caused deeper disruptions to […]
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Nio reports wider first-quarter loss as Covid shutdowns in China hamper deliveries
Nio’s et5 electric sedan is set to begin deliveries in Sept. 2022. Nio Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio lost $281.2 million in the first quarter, wider than the $68.8 million it lost a year ago, as it scrambled to keep pace with intense demand amid China’s recent Covid-related shutdowns. Here are other key numbers from Nio’s […]
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