Tag: China Business & Economy

Troubled Credit Suisse Has Chinese Communist Party-Linked Member on Its Risk Committee

Credit Suisse bank, which collapsed last week, revealed on its website that it had a CCP-affiliated member on its board of directors. Shan Li, according to the bank’s website, is a board member with long extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with senior roles on the bank’s risk management team, Asia advisory council, and…


PREMIERING NOW: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


PREMIERING at 10AM ET: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


PREMIERING at Mar. 22 10AM ET: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


Chinese Research Centres Recruiting British-Trained Tech Talent

Three state-funded Chinese institutes have posted job adverts this year targeting Chinese scientists in Britain in a bid to recruit high tech talent. The institutes, which advertised on the Chinese Embassy website, are looking for candidates for the National Natural Science Foundation’s (NSFC’s) Science Fund Programme for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas)—a recruitment and funding scheme similar…


A Mismanaged Silicon Valley Bank Failure Has Grave Consequences

Commentary This was undoubtedly the week that was. Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure sent the markets into the worst turmoil since the 2008 financial crisis. And, as I write this Friday morning, St. Patrick’s Day, there are “little fires everywhere” in regional banks that have unsettled markets. Most of them could have been avoided. What…


US-China Economic Gap Widens; China Misses Turning Point in Prosperity

News Analysis China’s economy is growing stagnant, with the GDP growth prediction for 2023 officially assessed as the lowest in 30 years, indicating a total economic decline after the COVID-19 outbreak. Such a slump means a widening gap with the United States and a reversal of previous projections by economists that the Chinese economy would…


Chinese Stocks React Negatively to Xi Jinping’s Third Term

News Analysis On the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rubber stamp conferences that kicked off on March 3, Chinese A-shares instantly surged, fell in successive days, then hit a one-month low on March 10, the day Xi Jinping was announced as leader of communist China for a third term. On March 10, Shanghai…


China’s Quantitative Easing Will Help Little in Economic Recovery: Expert

Several Chinese state media recently said that the central bank’s extensive liquidity injection this year would inevitably result in significant inflation and a surge in home prices. They encourage people to consider buying a house, as real estate ownership can serve as an effective hedge against inflation. These outlets also stated that the property market…