Analysis-China’s big pig breeders dig in as losses and debts mount
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – The biggest pig breeders in China, consumer of fully half the world’s pork, seem to have bitten off more than they can chew. Big agribusinesses have…
Analysis-China’s crackdowns rewrite investors’ private sector playbook
By Samuel Shen and Summer Zhen SHANGHAI/HONGKONG (Reuters) – Buy the state, sell the capitalist – that’s how global investors are trying to play China’s latest anti-graft crackdowns as they see private…
Analysis-China’s Ukraine peace talks gambit shows shifts amid hard realities
By Laurie Chen and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s decision to join international talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend seeking to end Russia’s war in Ukraine signals possible shifts in…
Analysis-China’s importance to German exporters on the wane
BERLIN (Reuters) – China is losing importance as a market for German exporters, with data showing a steady decline in its share of total exports, a trend set to continue as Berlin…
Analysis-China’s gasoline demand peak nears as EV boom hastens transition
By Mohi Narayan (Reuters) – China’s demand for petrol is likely to peak as early as next year as electric vehicle sales soar, several analysts say, bringing forward an energy transition milestone…
Analysis-China’s pitch to foreign investors falls flat as incentives dwindle
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China is struggling to revive foreign investment in its financially battered cities and provinces as foreign firms remain wary of political risks and new incentives fall…
Analysis-China’s bad first half gets investors hopeful and interested
By Jason Xue and Tom Westbrook (Reuters) – China’s disappointing first half has the economy ripe for some help, and investors are preparing to ride an expected short-term wave of stimulus, even…
Analysis-China’s banks bear brunt of concerns around growth and debt
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese banks are facing increasing risks from rising non-performing loans (NPLs) and diminishing returns, making them a lightning rod for investors’ worries about the world’s second-largest economy. Concerns about…
Analysis-China’s yuan may slip further to aid economic recovery – analysts
By Winni Zhou, Brenda Goh and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s yuan has skidded to six-month lows against the dollar and analysts say it could weaken further as investors fret over…
Analysis-China’s Xpeng takes cues from Tesla for its new EV platform
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc is the latest manufacturer hoping to save money and speed development and production by shifting to a digital vehicle architecture –…
Analysis-China’s intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., allies
By Greg Torode and Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report…
Analysis-China’s chip sector needs more than state money to dull impact of US restrictions
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China plans to splurge to help its chip sector overcome U.S. export curbs, but money can only do so much unless Chinese firms can break from…
Analysis-China’s services sector eyes recovery after reopening, but challenges loom
By Joe Cash and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jordan Li, a restaurant owner in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, hopes desperately that next month’s Lunar New Year holidays will help…
Analysis-China’s freeze on Taiwan contact fuels worry as tensions build
By Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu and Greg Torode TAIPEI (Reuters) – When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials in Taipei…
Analysis-China’s markets clutch at economy reopening straws
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Rumours of a possible end to stringent COVID-19 lockdowns have sent China’s stock markets flying this week despite the lack of any announced changes, showing how desperate investors…
Analysis-China’s newly empowered Xi faces a daunting to-do list
By Tony Munroe and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping kicks off his third leadership term with more power than ever, but a mountain of problems to tackle, from…
Analysis-China’s mortgage boycott quietly regroups as construction idles
BEIJING (Reuters) – Two months since many Chinese homebuyers stopped repaying mortgages to protest stalled construction on their properties, a lack of progress at more sites now threatens to intensify the boycott,…
Analysis-China’s sharper focus on military option for Taiwan raises risks with U.S
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – As the dust settles from China’s military exercises around Taiwan, the message is clear: the military will uphold China’s claim on the island in a challenge…
Analysis-China’s Taiwan military drills offer spying opportunity for U.S
By Greg Torode and Idrees Ali HONG KONG/WASHINGTON – While China’s expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a…
Analysis-China’s consumers keep their wallets in lockdown as COVID curbs ease
By Kevin Yao and Sophie Yu BEIJING – China’s sputtering economy has a lot riding on its consumers, who are just now emerging from lockdowns in Shanghai and other big cities. But…
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