From Financial Times: December 11 is the fifth anniversary of China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation and the deadline for Beijing to fulfil its final commitments. These include opening up retail banking to foreign banks for the first time. In preparation, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) in August circulated draft Administrative Measures for […]
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Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Paul Wolfowitz, the president of the World Bank, has sharply criticised China and its banks for ignoring human rights and environmental standards when lending to developing countries in Africa. Mr Wolfowitz said big Chinese banks ignored the so-called “Equator Principles”, a voluntary code of conduct pledging that projects financed by private bank […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: China’s macroeconomic tightening measures have slowed growth in the third quarter, but whether the slowdown will continue remains uncertain, the government’s top statistician was quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency as saying. “Macroeconomic tightening is proceeding as planned … but its effect still isn’t on a firm footing,” said […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s environment agency is implementing a broad new strategy to monitor air pollutants, focusing on gathering better emissions data as well as using more advanced pollution monitoring and filtering technology. Li Xinming, a senior air pollution official at the State Environmental Protection Administration, said on Monday polluters would be required to pay […]
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