64 h. ago China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse

China’s latest credit figures have raised eyebrows, but they need not raise alarm. New bank lending, aggregate social financing and total credit growth all came in weaker than expected for October, marking their softest readings in more than a year. For markets conditioned to expect Beijing to counter every slowdown with a surge of liquidity, the numbers may suggest a worrying loss of momentum. But that reading misses the broader structural shift under way. The data reflects not a collapse, but...

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64 h. ago Opinion | China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse

Opinion | China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse  South China Morning Post

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5 d. ago China’s National Security: The People’s Liberation Army’s Shrinking Role in Protecting the Nation’s Core Interests

China’s National Security: The People’s Liberation Army’s Shrinking Role in Protecting the Nation’s Core Interests  China Leadership Monitor

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5 d. ago China's Factory Activity Shrinks Again in November as Services Sector Cools

China's Factory Activity Shrinks Again in November as Services Sector Cools  vocal.media

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5 d. ago China's factory activity shrinks again in November, services cool

China's factory activity shrinks again in November, services cool  Reuters

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5 d. ago China’s factory activity shrinks again in November, services cool By Reuters

China’s factory activity shrinks again in November, services cool By Reuters  Investing.com

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5 d. ago China's factory activity shrinks again in November, services activity cools

China's factory activity shrinks again in November, services activity cools  Reuters

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5 d. ago China’s factory activity shrinks for eighth month in November, PMI shows By Reuters

China’s factory activity shrinks for eighth month in November, PMI shows By Reuters  Investing.com

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5 d. ago China's factory activity shrinks for eighth month in November, PMI shows

China's factory activity shrinks for eighth month in November, PMI shows  Reuters

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7 d. ago China's factory activity set to shrink for eighth month: Reuters poll

China's factory activity set to shrink for eighth month: Reuters poll  Reuters

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2 w. ago US pulls missile system from Japan, EV fires fan fears: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US pulls missile system from Japan as Beijing-Tokyo row over Taiwan deepens A US missile system that could strike Beijing has been withdrawn from Japan, Japanese media reported on Monday, amid sharply escalating tensions triggered by the Japanese prime minister’s recent remarks on Taiwan. 2. China’s dominance shrinks US remote sensing share from 88% to...

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2 w. ago China’s dominance shrinks US remote sensing share from 88% to 9%

The year was 2015, and New York University professor Debra Laefer sat at her desk in Brooklyn reviewing yet another stack of research papers on remote sensing. As she scanned the authors’ affiliations, she paused – the same journals that once overflowed with names from American universities and Nasa labs had begun to publish discoveries from Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. Over the next few years, the drips became a wave – and then a tsunami. Back in the 1990s, the United States dominated remote...

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3 w. ago China’s Singles' Day stumbles as frugal shoppers shrink the world’s biggest sale

China’s Singles' Day stumbles as frugal shoppers shrink the world’s biggest sale  CNBC

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3 w. ago China CPI inflation ticks up in Oct, PPI shrinks slightly less than expected

China CPI inflation ticks up in Oct, PPI shrinks slightly less than expected  Investing.com

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3 w. ago How the fight over a Chinese bookstore heightened concerns over cultural squeeze

A recent furore over the future of a popular independent bookstore has shone a fresh spotlight on concerns that the space for public debates and cultural events in China is shrinking. The announcement that the You Xing Bookstore in Chengdu – a venue that had hosted a number of events featuring prominent Chinese and foreign speakers – would shut later this month followed the closure of a number of other bookshops as well as cancelled cultural events and film screenings across the...

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