Visible signs of improvement in China
China’s GDP grows by 7.4% in the third quarter, in line with the consensus, CaixaBank says. Exports push forward with a solid 9.9% year-on-year last month.
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Will China’s new faces face reality?
Iris Mir | Beyond who will be leading the country, there’s still a pending issue: How will they rule it. If prosperity have been attained, as numbers show, why not embracing political reform?, wonders Iris Mir.
Autumn of changes in China
China has started its leadership transition. The successors Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang face the great challenges posed by the economic model they’ve inherited. Amid a severe economic slowdown, fresh figures released in October suggest that Chinese economy is nevertheless stabilizing.
Political reform for the sake of economic reform in China
BEIJING | New Chinese leadership will have to to engineer a new decade of reforms without endangering the livelihood of the Communist Party. Economic slowdown urges a new economic model that fosters domestic consumption and innovation with the goal to ensure sustainable growth.
Europe’s Chinese affair
From presseurop.eu | Debt-burdened Europe has stretched its diplomatic links to China authorities a never before. Whether the EU wants to tap its rich-in-cash economy or improve trade relations, Beijing seems to hold the strongest cards.
China: improvement is expected for the second half of the year
Trade records disappointed, with exports growing just 1%. But expansionary policies continue to boost growth, note analysts at CaixaBank.
Old-World Consorting: China, Africa, and the European Union
China’s economic relation with Africa is forcing the EU to rethink its strategy towards the continent.
China and EU: agree to disagree
The European Commission accuses China of subsidising its production at home and selling at an uncompetitive low price in Europe. But these days, China is heavily investing in the Old Continent, and some euro zone governments like Germany favour a soft approach instead of fines.
China, alone in the dark
BEIJING | The world was confident about China. She was expected to be the engine of growth of the world economy. The remedy against the bitterness that surrounds Western markets. The fear of a hard landing is part of the subconscious of many experts but there is still confidence that the second world’s economy will manage to land softly. Opinions are divided: Pessimists predict a greater slowdown within the following months….
China urges Europe to work on its debt
China is willing to help, but everyone has limits. Premier Wen Jiabao told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a state visit in Beijing on Thursday that Beijing plans to continue buying European sovereign debt, the strongest sign of support for its biggest trading partner in months, although it urged further measures to be taken. “The European debt crisis has continued to worsen, giving rise to serious concerns in the…