Trump, Russia and China
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Their relationship is defined by a bloody border dispute, a vast power imbalance and a fierce contest for influence across Asia. Yet, President Donald Trump’s latest trade war may be achieving the unthinkable: pushing India and China into a wary but tactical embrace.
There's peace and quiet as another extension of the trade truce was announced this week. But it may not last, writes Scott Kennedy.
Figures from Goldman Sachs and Chinese data provider Wind that offer a snapshot of the country’s vast credit markets show that 90 per cent of rated corporate bonds issued in the first half of this year were given the top rating, more than in any full year in records going back to 2008.
Policymakers are under pressure to roll out more stimulus to revive domestic demand and ward off external shocks to the $19 trillion economy.
Five years after China began a push to rein in the nation’s debt-addicted real-estate developers, its property market has yet to find the bottom.
Accused for years of copying the technologies of other countries, China now dominates the renewable energy landscape not just in terms of patent filings and research papers, but in what analysts say are major contributions that will help to move the world away from fossil fuels.
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Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.