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China July bank loans unexpectedly contract for first time in 20 years

China's new yuan loans contracted by 50 billion yuan ($6.97 billion) in July, falling well short of analysts' forecasts and ...

Trump wanted manufacturers to diversify away from China. Now many that heeded that call face stiff new tariffs

South and Southeast Asian countries are caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war and are now facing some of the highest tariffs in the world ...
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Debt and Development: The Next Chapter of Chinese Investments in Central Asia

China has been a major investor and trade partner in Central Asia for some twenty-five years. For the first half of those years, Beijing was focused on oil ...

China’s fight against price wars is an uphill battle

Overcapacity has made its way into China’s domestic market, with price wars leading to collapsing profitability and accelerating deflation. The government has responded by launching a so-called ...
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As the West turns cold, China’s tech giants warm up to Southeast Asia - with deep pockets

The likes of Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance are pouring billions of dollars into the region. It’s less about geopolitical ...

China fights mosquito-borne chikungunya virus with drones, fines and nets as thousands fall ill

Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the mosquito-borne chikungunya ...

Why China’s childcare subsidies may benefit poorer regions – and how they stack up in Asia

But the universal cash transfers could have a bigger impact on consumption levels than the number of births, some analysts ...
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US losing ground to China in competition over Central Asia’s critical minerals

By Eurasianet US officials keep expressing enthusiasm for expanding trade in critical minerals with Central Asian states. But ...