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China Focus
Emerging threads from China’s digital economy and what it means for investors
China is more alert and alarmed at the way Amazon and other mega-companies have grown unfettered.
July 29, 2021
China Focus
Why it's getting increasingly difficult to navigate the Chinese market
Investors have an increasing number of China-related issues of concern that have developed over recent weeks.
July 23, 2021
China Focus
Implications of an increasing anti-China stance for investors
The hardening of an anti-China stance has significant implications for investors, and not just from the Western perspective.
June 18, 2021
China Focus
Pushing against China: what are the implications?
With the US passing the Strategic Competition Act, what does it mean for China?
April 30, 2021
China Focus
Cold winds for China business from Alaska
Businesses need to be alert to the rapid deterioration in the US and China relations.
April 01, 2021
China Focus
China’s blockchain development
The poster child for technical innovation in China is the DCEP, or sovereign digital currency. The DCEP is designed to remove trade settlement and cross border remittances from the group of the US dollar-based SWIFT settlement system.
September 04, 2020
China Focus
Investing in China's domestic recovery
The Chinese economy is almost alone in forecasting growth for 2020 and beyond. Tapping into this investment market is easier than ever with the progress of the Cross Connect programme between Hong Kong and the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.
July 03, 2020
China Focus
Anti-China sentiment impacts investment
Covid-19, the “Black Lives Matter” protests and the collapse of the UK economy, are all important issues, but they also mask the acceleration in anti-China sentiment.
June 19, 2020
China Focus
No 36 strategies here
Surprisingly, there is not one of the 36 Strategies that adequately describes the complex relationship between the Chinese imposition of high tariffs on Australian barley and US trade policy.
May 22, 2020
China Focus
China endorses trade alternatives
The Shanghai Composite Index hints at an uptrend as the new Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) was formalised last week.
May 08, 2020