Archive for January, 2010

How Chinese Yuan Moves Affect Forex Positions

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Michael Young submits:
China’s growth is mainly dependent on exports with a trade balance of around $200Bn a year. Each swing in western demand effects Chinese growth. Last year with the credit crisis at its climax Chinese exports slumped and with it Chinese unemployment surged and growth slowed. However, since in China political stability is directly [...]

China OTC Companies: Buying Opportunities?

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

China OTC Player submits:
It was a rough week for China OTC companies, with the median performer in our 30-stock index declining by over 6 percent from the prior week’s close. Losers outnumbered gainers by a margin of more than 2 to 1. By comparison, the S&P 500 was down by 4 percent, and the Russell [...]

China Biotech Week in Review: China Pharma Investment, Company Progress

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

ChinaBio Today submits:
There were three stories last week about new investments in China life science. Meanwhile, other news items chronicled the progress made by individual companies, companies that are advancing their portfolio of products, presumably the results of investments made in the past, which brings the theme full circle.
To increase dealmaking in China, [...]

The Prospects for Asian Brands

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

David Wolf submits:
Benjamin Li starts the year off with a quick look at the prospects for Asian brands in a thought-provoking piece in Media Asia. (Tip of the Silicon hat to Casper Oppenhuis de Jong).
A major prediction this year has been that the next globally-recognized brands would come out of Asia’s emerging markets, reflecting [...]

Wild Weekly Wrap Up: Back to November Lows

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

China Update: The Outlook for Markets, Currency, Commodities and IPOs

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Prieur du Plessis submits:
In this very topical three-part video interview, Ben McLannahan, Asia Lex Writer of the Financial Times, sits down with Jing Ulrich, Chairman of China Equities and Commodities at JPMorgan (JPM), to discuss the outlook for Chinese stocks, Chinese market reforms, the renminbi, commodities and IPOs in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Part [...]

China The Biggest…Double Bill Edition (Autos & Exports)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

We have seen a lot of China as the biggest in may areas, recently in gold. It has also been pushing for the top exporter (as reported here). Now it has hit the top spot on autos and exports:

Autos…China is big, and bits of it are getting ever bigger…- China the biggest… RT @billrusso: Business [...]

Briefly…Top Ten Tweets (From Google’s Searching Questions, To Poorly Made Books, Bubbles & Biggest Things)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Twitter and travelling in China do not go well together (sadly), so apologies for the delayed news here on the blog.

Our round-up of news from ChinaBlogTweets is below, but the staqnd-out stories must be the throwing down of Google’s gauntlet, and China’s year-end figures that include not only great growth, but also several more [...]

China Greentech Initiative – Seeking Exceptional Candidates

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

What follows is a message direct from China Greentech Initiative (see our original post here). Interesting opportunities to participate in a very interesting, and important, project!

“The China Greentech Initiative would like to thank China Business Services for encouraging its readers to download and read The China Greentech Report 2009. We hope that the readers found [...]

Briefly…Top Ten Tweets. Twice. (Two Weeks of Tweets – To Make Up For The Holidays!)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Wishing you a Happy New Year, and hoping you returned refreshed from your holidays. In case you were not glued to the news over the Christmas / New Year break, see below for some of the news you might have missed.

Our post-holiday, extended China round-up covers economic views, reviews and previews, hot issues, some practical [...]