Chinese Economy

Lunar New Year boosts MNI China Consumer Sentiment Indicator

4 Mar 2013

Chinese consumer sentiment rebounded modestly in February, helped by the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, according to the MNI China Consumer Sentiment Indicator released on Monday.

China eyes market forces to drive FX reform

4 Mar 2013

China is set to use swelling offshore holdings of its tightly-managed currency worth around 1 trillion yuan (HK$1.23 trillion) to justify a landmark shift in tactics to relax capital controls.

China HSBC PMI recedes from 2-year high to 50.4

1 Mar 2013

Chinese factory activity grew at its slowest pace in four months in February as domestic demand softened, a private survey showed, supporting expectations that China’s modest economic revival...

China HSBC PMI slides from 2-year high

1 Mar 2013

Chinese factory activity grew at its slowest pace in four months in February as domestic demand softened, a private survey showed, supporting expectations that China’s modest economic revival...

Factory orders slip on low local demand

1 Mar 2013

China’s factory growth cooled to multi-month lows in February as domestic demand dipped, weighing on firms already hit by slack foreign sales and underlining the patchiness of the country’s...

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China's economy steadily improving, says survey

It said its latest Flash MNI China Business Sentiment Indicator pointed to strong growth in February, with rises in new orders and production, helping the indicator rise to 61.79, compared with a...

China trade data shows economic rebound intact

China’s economic rebound was evident as the first hard economic numbers of the year, released on Friday, showed a surge in exports and imports that was not solely explained by the timing of the...

China trade data may overstate recovery

China’s January export growth was likely its strongest in 11 months, though a 17 per cent year-on-year surge forecast in a Reuters poll may owe as much to trade cycles and Lunar New Year holiday...

China HSBC services PMI hits 4-month high

Growth in China’s services sector hit a four-month high in January, a private survey showed, as a better business climate increased deal-making and lifted corporate confidence to an eight-month...

Asian markets mixed, China factory data underwhelms

Asian markets were mixed on Friday, with Tokyo supported by further weakness in the yen, while Hong Kong and Shanghai dipped after official data showed Chinese manufacturing saw a moderate...

ECONOMY

Qianhai - a small zone with a big role

Qianhai, in Shenzhen, may be the smallest of the dozen experimental zones on the mainland - which include Nansha in Guangzhou and Hengqin in Zhuhai - but its role is arguably the most significant...