China Economy Faces Worst Slowdown Since Pandemic, Nomura Says
China Likely to Cut Loan Prime Rate in April Bloomberg News Sign up for Next China , a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it’s going Continue Reading
Exclusive: China’s Sinopec pauses Russia projects, Beijing wary of sanctions
China’s state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia, sources told Reuters, heeding a government call for caution as sanctions Continue Reading
Shanghai Cases Hit Record; Firms Leave Hong Kong: Virus Update
Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine booster shots. Hong Kong’s leader has deflected blame for the failure to get the elderly vaccinated against Covid-19, while a new survey found that nearly half Continue Reading
China Looks to Salvage Relationship With Europe
In February, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping declared that their friendship had no limits. Now, the war in Ukraine is testing that relationship. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explores Continue Reading
COVID Lockdowns In China Dampen Oil Demand Outlook
China is fighting the worst Covid outbreak since 2020, and analysts are considering a revision of their oil demand forecasts as refineries reduce run rates and lockdowns hurt consumption. According Continue Reading
CHINA DATA: State refiners cut runs to 81% in March amid maintenance
Capacity offline in March lower than a year earlier Higher oil product yield to partly offset run cut Shandong independent refineries cut runs to 56% China’s crude throughput in March Continue Reading
China-Europe Rail Lines Become Supply Chain’s Latest Problem
A freight train carrying medical supplies bound for Madrid departs the city of Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang Province, in June 2020. More than a million containers set to ride 6,000-plus Continue Reading
Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take Continue Reading
N.Korea conducts largest ICBM test in return to long-range launches
North Korea conducted what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test ever on Thursday, militaries in South Korea and Japan said, marking a dramatic end to Continue Reading
China Is Quietly Taking Cheap Russian Crude as India Buys More
China’s oil refiners are discreetly purchasing cheap Russian crude as the nation’s supply continues to seep into the market. Unlike India’s state-run oil refiners, which have issued a number of Continue Reading