China economy

One cannot rule out the possibility of a prolonged pandemic causing far more extensive damage to economies, owing to business failures, declining employment, faltering private investment and weak or late policy responses.

China’s overseas investments were already beginning to tail off and consolidate before the virus brought the country’s industry to a standstill.

(Feb 28): Living in Australia I enjoyed eating wild caught barramundi fish, prawns, mud crabs and eel along with wild caught kangaroo and wild (farmed) crocodile. These are premiere foods promoted in tourism campaigns and prepared by celebrity chefs.

China’s economic growth may show a sharp slowdown in the first quarter, probably dipping to 3% or even lower from 6% in the previous quarter - which was the weakest pace in nearly 30 years, economists estimated.

(Feb 21): China plans to take over indebted conglomerate HNA Group and sell off its airline assets, the most dramatic step to date by the state to contain the deepening economic damage from the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

(Feb 21): A rapidly increasing number of companies – from Apple to Australian commodity exporters – are issuing revised profit figures as the Covid-19 coronavirus slowdown hits their bottom lines.

“Although we have generated significant alphas in other markets within Asia, we feel that our clients are best served by us devoting all our time and energy on generating the best returns in China,” Founder and Chief Investment Officer Wong Kok Hoi said.

(Feb 18): Apple Inc doesn’t expect to meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter due to work slowdowns and lower demand due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus in China.

(Feb 14): The coronavirus crisis represents the single biggest challenge for Xi Jinping since he became general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012. Individuals and families across China are living in fear. Multiple Chinese provinces a

(Feb 14): Current attention is focussed on the newly named Covid-19 coronavirus. Coverage ranges from the realistic to the hyperbolic so it is easy for investors to lose track of the underlying and long-lasting impacts. Now is the time to consider portfol