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Plenum ensures that investor and businesses with exposure to China gain competitive edge by having access to accurate, timely, and consistent data on China’s market, economic and political developments.
Plenum Basecase Reports
Amidst a trade dispute with the United States since 2018, some of the reform goals that China wants to accomplish this year has become even more challenging.
China’s economy will face downward pressure in 2019 as uncertainties of China-US relationship and of the global economic recession continue to affect market sentiment and business confidence.
Although a primitive framework was agreed by President Xi and President Trump during G20 meeting, it will only deescalate some of the near-term tensions but not help with the long-term, structural differences.
Special Briefings
- July 9, 2019On 11 June 2019, Fuyang (a prefecture of Anhui province) Party Secretary Li Ping (李平) was dismissed from the position without indication of where he was going next. On the same day, incumbent Anhui …
- May 26, 2019From 14 to 22 May 2019, People’s Daily, the single-most important mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), published a series of nine commentaries written by “Zhong Sheng” (钟声, “Bell Tone” by …
Personnel Tracker
August 8, 2019News: Former Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jinsong (刘劲松) was appointed Director of Policy Planning at the Chinese ...
August 7, 2019News: Former Ningxia Department of Justice party secretary-general Chen Dongqiao (陈栋桥) is held under investigation. Quick ...
August 5, 2019News: The Shanxi Higher People’s Court had its new vice party secretary and vice president Guan Shiying (管应时). Quick Take: Guan ...
July 31, 2019News: Hu Huaibang (胡怀邦), former party secretary and chairman of China Development Bank has been put under investigation. Quick ...
July 29, 2019News: Liaoning vice governor Li Jinke (李金科) was transferred to Ningxia to lead the publicity department of CCP in Ningxia. ...
July 26, 2019News: Former chairman of Zhejiang Commission for Discipline Inspection Ren Zhenhe (任振鹤) is now Jiangsu vice party secretary. ...
July 23, 2019News: Zhejiang vice governor and Wenzhou party secretary Chen Weijun (陈伟俊) joins the Zhejiang party standing committee at age ...
July 22, 2019News: Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson and information department director-general Lu Kang (陆慷) became North ...
July 17, 2019News: Former Jilin Chief Prosecutor Yang Keqin (杨克勤) is under investigation today for violations of party discipline and law. ...
July 9, 2019On 11 June 2019, Tibet CCPSC member and Commission for Discipline Inspection (CDI) Chairman Wang Yongjun (王拥军) was appointed ...
Quick Takes
- June 2, 2019On Sunday, June 2, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) published China’s position paper on trade talks with the U.S. Here’s the link to the full-text. Our quick take: 1) This is …
- May 31, 2019Propaganda campaign continues: People’s Daily lists 9 (more) reasons why the U.S. is “bound to fail”People’s Daily, one of China’s official newspapers, published yet another series of nine op-eds, accusing the U.S. for inflicting the trade war. Similar to the previous nine …
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