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China's Nov factory activity expands for second month as Trump threats loom

Earlier this month, China unveiled a 10 trillion yuan ($1.38 trillion) debt package to ease municipal financing strains

China's state media praises some US firms amid fears of new trade war

The China Daily also noted that Morgan Stanley received regulatory approval in March to expand its China operations, citing this as evidence of foreign financial firms' enthusiasm for investing

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley downgrade China's economic growth outlook

Morgan Stanley downgraded China to slight 'underweight' from 'equal weight' in emerging markets

Here's what you need to know about China's $1.4 trillion debt package

Officials estimate swapping hidden for official debt will save 600 billion yuan in interest for local governments over five years. Having money available for principal repayment

China likely to unveil much-anticipated economic stimulus package

China is expected to announce much-anticipated steps to boost its flagging economy Friday at the end of this week's meeting of its legislature. Analysts say bold, multi-trillion yuan measures are needed to reinvigorate the world's second largest economy, which has yet to bounce back fully from the COVID-19 pandemic. The central bank loosened restrictions on borrowing in late September, sparking a stock market rally, but economists say the government needs to do more to ignite a sustained recovery. Government officials have indicated that could come at this week's meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which must give official approval to any new spending. The economy has shown signs of life in the last two months. Purchase subsidies offered to people who trade in old cars or appliances for new ones helped auto sales rebound in September. A survey of manufacturers turned positive in October after five straight months of decline, and exports surged 12.7%

Honda reports 15% drop in Q2 operating profit, misses analyst forecasts

Honda said last week its global vehicle sales shrank 1.5per cent to 2.8 million over the first nine months of the year, as a hefty 29per cent drop in China and a 6 per cent fall in Asia and Oceania

China must open up further to tackle rising unilateralism, says premier

China's imports have slowed sharply this year as the world's second-largest economy faces strong deflationary pressures due to weak domestic demand and a long-standing property market crisis

Apple CEO Cook says company to increase investment in China: State media

Apple chief Tim Cook met with Chinese Minister Jin Zhuang Long on Wednesday during his second visit to China this year, amid rising competition for Apple in the Chinese market

China cuts benchmark lending rates in bid to boost economic recovery

The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was lowered by 25 basis points to 3.10 per cent from 3.35 per cent,

China's Q3 GDP shows weakest pace since 2023, backs calls for more stimulus

China's export growth slowed sharply in September while imports also decelerated, undershooting forecasts by big margins and suggesting manufacturers are slashing prices

Chinese GDP gets little cheer, while dollar rises for straight third week

China's economy expanded 4.6 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier

Will China's new $550 billion loan measure revive slumping property market?

China's central bank is contemplating additional measures to stimulate the country's property sector, including allowing policy banks and commercial lenders to provide loans to developers

China may raise $850 bn in new debt over 3 years to spur growth: Report

While not the bazooka some investors had been calling for, analysts say 6 trillion yuan in extra debt in the next three years could help stabilise growth

China's exports to Russia surge 15.7% in September, fastest in 9 months

"Bilateral trade has maintained a momentum of growth," Chinese state media cited Li as telling Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the time

China's finance minister says room for economic stimulus but offers no plan

The Chinese government is looking at additional ways to boost the economy, Finance Minister Lan Fo'an said Saturday, but he stopped short of unveiling a major new stimulus plan that analysts and stock investors were hoping for. Lan's remarks left the door open for such a plan in the future but he did not divulge what is under consideration. There are other policy tools that are being discussed that are still in the pipeline, he said at a news conference, adding that there is ample room in the government budget to raise debt and increase the deficit. China's economy has remained sluggish despite the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions at the end of 2022. Companies have cut back on hiring and wages and a prolonged downturn in the property market has deflated consumer confidence, curbing spending. The government has raised pensions and offered subsidies to people who trade in old cars or appliances for new ones, but such steps have failed to jolt economic growth. Chinese stock markets .

China announces more support for economy, holds back on spending package

China's economic planning agency outlined details of measures aimed at boosting the economy on Tuesday but refrained from major spending initiatives. The piecemeal nature of the plans announced Tuesday appeared to disappoint investors who were hoping for bolder moves, and Shanghai's benchmark gave up a 10 per cent initial gain as markets reopened after a weeklong holiday to trade just 3 per cent higher. The head of the National Development and Reform Commission said the government will frontload 100 billion Yuan (USD 14.1 billion) in spending from the government's budget for 2025 in addition to another 100 billion Yuan for construction projects. The scale of spending overall was well below the multi-trillion Yuan levels that analysts said might be expected. The NDRC's chairman, Zheng Shanjie, said China was still on track to attain its full-year economic growth target of around 5 per cent. But he acknowledged the economy faces difficulties and an increasingly more complex and extre

China reopens with a bang scaling highs but fails to lift Asia stocks

China's CSI300 blue-chip index surged 10 per cent in early trade to its highest level since July 2022, while Shanghai Composite Index jumped roughly same amount to its highest mark since December 2021

China firms plan up to $15 bn in overseas bond issues in Q4, say bankers

Ratings agency Fitch said in a report this week that China's move to loosen the country's credit conditions was at a faster pace than it had anticipated

China, US to hold talks in near future on economic, trade issues: Reports

The tariffs were imposed after a review by the Office of the US Trade Representative of levies that had been previously introduced by former US President Donald Trump

China's factory, service sects skid for 5th month as stimulus calls grow

Authorities last week also launched the country's most aggressive stimulus package since the COVID-19 pandemic