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Kevin Hamlin

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ARTICLES BY KEVIN HAMLIN

Matching the scale of proposed US tariffs announced on Tuesday, China said the charges will apply to around $50 billion of US imports. Photo: Bloomberg

China levies 25% reciprocal tariffs on $50 billion of US goods

3 min read . 04 Apr 2018

China said it would immediately appeal to the WTO and was ready to take counter measures on US products with the same intensity and scale. Photo: AFP

China says Donald Trump tariff plan puts WTO in ‘unprecedented danger’

3 min read . 04 Apr 2018

The Donald Trump administration is targeting the 1,300 product lines to try to force China to change its intellectual property practices. Photo: Reuters

US $50 billion tariff list aims at technology, China vows retaliatory measures

4 min read . 04 Apr 2018

China’s President Xi Jinping. Photo: AP

China’s Xi Jinping turns deleveraging sights on local governments, SOEs

2 min read . 03 Apr 2018

China is already playing a big part in how AI will shape our futures, Google’s Sundar Pichai said at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Google’s Sundar Pichai sings China’s praises in AI, pledges bigger team

1 min read . 26 Mar 2018

China said it will impose import taxes on the US, including a 25% tariff on US pork imports and recycled aluminium, and 15% tariffs on American steel pipes, fruit and wine. Photo: Bloomberg

US-China trade war: From Boeing to Soybeans, China has a long retaliation list

2 min read . 23 Mar 2018

Expectations are growing that China President Xi Jinping won’t hold back following Donald Trump’s plans to slap tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Photo: AP

The many ways China can hit back at Donald Trump, from taxes to probes

3 min read . 22 Mar 2018

While lacking the independence afforded the leadership of most major central banks, Yi Gang will influence decisions that help shape the global financial landscape in an economy that contributes about a third of world growth. Photo: AP

China names Yi Gang as first new PBOC governor in 15 years

4 min read . 19 Mar 2018

China’s trade minister Zhong Shan said that the US trade deficit with China is overestimated by about 20%, citing research by a panel tasked with investigating the discrepancy between the two nations’ accounts of their trade balance. Photo: AFP

China says trade war with US would bring disaster to world economy

1 min read . 11 Mar 2018

The downgrade represents ebbing international confidence China can strike a balance between maintaining economic growth and cleaning up its financial sector. Photo: Bloomberg

S&P cuts China credit rating to ‘A+’on debt growth concerns

1 min read . 21 Sep 2017

The Chinese economy is in the midst of a major structural shift, away from its past reliance on heavy manufacturing and export-led growth, toward services and consumer demand. Photo: Getty Images

China GDP growth surpasses expectations, bolstering global outlook

4 min read . 17 Apr 2017

Hours after the Fed’s quarter percentage-point move, the People’s Bank of China increased the rates it charges in open-market operations and on its medium-term lending facility. Photo: Reuters

People’s Bank of China raises borrowing costs in step with Fed

3 min read . 16 Mar 2017

It is believed that the cooling property sales in tier-1 cities such as in Shanghai will transmit to lower-tier cities and eventually drag property investment growth . Photo: AP

China’s economy holds ground as housing curbs start to bite

1 min read . 14 Nov 2016

Chinese consumers remained a prop with retail sales rising 10.7% last month from a year earlier, matching economists’ median forecast. Photo: Bloomberg

China GDP remains steady as domestic drivers underpin growth

1 min read . 19 Oct 2016

PBoC governor Zhou Xiaochuan speaks during a panel discussion during the China Development Forum in Beijing. Photo: AP

China’s central bank chief sounds warning over rising debt

3 min read . 20 Mar 2016

Zhou Xiaochuan, PBoC governor, speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg

PBoC governor says no big stimulus needed as data suggest otherwise

3 min read . 13 Mar 2016

China’s finance minister Lou Jiwei, PBoC governor Zhou Xiaochuan and deputy governor Yi Gang at the opening ceremony of the G20 meeting in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

China tweaks monetary stance as Zhou flags scope to act

3 min read . 26 Feb 2016

China grew by 6.8% last quarter, the slowest pace since the global financial crisis. Photo: AFP

China ramps up rhetoric, plans new steps to juice up economy

4 min read . 17 Feb 2016

In addition to capital exiting the economy, exporters are holding funds in dollars instead of converting them to yuan. Photo: Reuters

China capital outflows climb to estimated $1 trillion in 2015

2 min read . 25 Jan 2016

China saved $188 billion in import costs last year on a basket of 10 commodities ranging from oil to soybeans and natural gas, the ministry of commerce said in a statement this month. Photo: AFP

Crashing commodities are saving China $460 billion a year

1 min read . 25 Jan 2016