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| Analysts expect the index to show Chinas factory sector growing at a solid pace in December as the worlds secondlargest economy steadily rebounds from the coronavirus crisis | Positive | NEW YORK Dec 30 Asian shares are set to end a tumultuous 2020 by hovering near record highs on Thursday while riskier currencies cruised near peaks buoyed by hopes that COVID19 vaccine rollouts will help the world beat the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hover-near-record-high-risk-currencies-in-favor-idUSL4N2JA2KQ | 2020-12-31 |
| BEIJING Chinese iron ore futures advanced on Thursday and were on course to rise by over this year their second straight annual gain supported by supply concerns and Chinas robust steel demand despite the coronavirus pandemicled disruption | Positive | BEIJING Chinese iron ore futures advanced on Thursday and were on course to rise by over this year their second straight annual gain supported by supply concerns and Chinas robust steel demand despite the coronavirus pandemicled disruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-asia-ironore/china-iron-ore-futures-set-to-end-2020-with-over-50-gain-idUSKBN2950DM | 2020-12-31 |
| Adding to supply worries Chinas imports of the key steelmaking ingredient plunged nearly to 3 | Negative | BEIJING Chinese coking coal futures extended gains into a third session on Monday jumping as much as 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-asia-ironore/china-coking-coal-futures-rise-for-third-day-on-supply-worries-idUSKBN2920HR | 2020-12-28 |
| Putting investors more on edge was news over the weekend that Chinas central bank had asked Ant to shake up its lending and other consumer finance operations | Negative | KONG Alibaba shares slumped to their lowest since June on Monday as the firms upsized billion buyback programme failed to ease concerns about a regulatory crackdown on cofounder Jack Mas ecommerce and financial empire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alibaba-buyback/alibabas-10-billion-buyback-plan-fails-to-halt-stock-slide-as-regulatory-concerns-mount-idUSKBN29200Z | 2020-12-28 |
| South Koreas food delivery market ranks third after Chinas and the United States Euromonitor data showed and is expected to grow this year to about | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas antitrust regulator said on Monday Delivery Hero must sell its Yogiyo subsidiary to win approval for a billion takeover of Woowa Brothers that would have given it a near monopoly in the countrys food delivery market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-woowabrothers-m-a-delivery-hero-antit/south-korea-makes-unit-sale-condition-for-delivery-heros-4-billion-woowa-deal-idUSKBN29207P | 2020-12-28 |
| BEIJING The United States should stop using Taiwan to meddle in Chinas domestic affairs the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 | Negative | BEIJING The United States should stop using Taiwan to meddle in Chinas domestic affairs the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-china/china-says-u-s-should-stop-using-taiwan-to-meddle-in-its-affairs-idUSKBN2920JZ | 2020-12-28 |
| Founded in 2015 Zuoyebang says it is Chinas biggest online education company with more than 50 million daily active users and more than 170 million monthly active users | Positive | HONG KONG Dec 28 Chinese online tutor Zuoyebang has raised more than | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/zuoyebang-fundraising/chinese-online-tutor-zuoyebang-raises-more-than-1-6-bln-idUSL1N2J808L | 2020-12-28 |
| Zhao also said that China is firmly opposed to these remarks and urged the United States to stop interfering with Chinas domestic affairs | Negative | BEIJING China urged the United States to stop using the Hong Kong issue to interfere with its domestic affairs on Monday after the U.S. embassy called for the release of 12 Hong Kong fugitives on trial in Shenzhen | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa/china-rejects-u-s-call-to-release-hong-kong-fugitives-idUSKBN2920IN | 2020-12-28 |
| BEIJING Drugmakers have agreed to cut prices by around on average for more than 100 medicines in order to have them included in Chinas state medical insurance scheme from March potentially heralding a massive leap in sales | Positive | BEIJING Drugmakers have agreed to cut prices by around on average for more than 100 medicines in order to have them included in Chinas state medical insurance scheme from March potentially heralding a massive leap in sales | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-china/drugmakers-agree-to-halve-prices-to-get-on-china-state-insurance-list-idUSKBN2920AF | 2020-12-28 |
| The CEBR said Chinas skilful management of the with its strict early lockdown and hits to longterm growth in the West meant Chinas relative economic performance had improved | Positive | LONDON China will overtake the United States to become the worlds biggest economy in 2028 five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID19 pandemic a think tank said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-economy/china-to-leapfrog-u-s-as-worlds-biggest-economy-by-2028-think-tank-idUSKBN29000C | 2020-12-27 |
| Chinas imports of copper concentrate from Australia plunged for a second month in November to the lowest since at least 2016 customs data showed on Saturday as a bilateral trade dispute slams Chinas demand for Australian supply of the commodity | Negative | Chinas imports of copper concentrate from Australia plunged for a second month in November to the lowest since at least 2016 customs data showed on Saturday as a bilateral trade dispute slams Chinas demand for Australian supply of the commodity | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade-copper/chinas-imports-of-australian-copper-concentrate-lowest-since-at-least-2016-idUSKBN290037 | 2020-12-27 |
| In addition to the AstraZeneca vaccine Brazil has also hosted trials for Johnson Johnson Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech and Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | SAO PAULO From doctors weary of seeing patients die to relatives who lost their loved ones thousands of Brazilians have volunteered for COVID vaccine trials in one of the worlds worstaffected countries in the hope their quiet heroism will save lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-volunteers/in-brazil-vaccine-trial-volunteers-hope-to-save-lives-not-win-fame-idUSKBN28Y15Y | 2020-12-25 |
| Bolsonaro a rightwing nationalist who is an outspoken critic of Chinas influence in Brazil has opposed Sinovacs vaccine for political reasons | Negative | SAO PAULO From doctors weary of seeing patients die to relatives who lost their loved ones thousands of Brazilians have volunteered for COVID vaccine trials in one of the worlds worstaffected countries in the hope their quiet heroism will save lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-volunteers/in-brazil-vaccine-trial-volunteers-hope-to-save-lives-not-win-fame-idUSKBN28Y15Y | 2020-12-25 |
| The Shanghai Stock Exchange said late on Thursday that it had sent a letter of supervision to Moutai Chinas biggest listed company by market value | Neutral | SHANGHAI Dec 25 Chinese liquor maker Kweichow Moutai Cos shares are set for their first weekly loss in two months after it disclosed that of its shares would be transferred for free by its parent company to an entity affiliated with a provincial government | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-moutai-regulator/china-liquor-maker-moutais-share-rally-falters-after-stake-transfer-deal-idUSL4N2J503H | 2020-12-25 |
| Official reaction in China was muted early on Thursday although the news managed to get into the top20 trending topics on Chinas Weibo a Twitterlike social media platform | Negative | Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eightyear ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after an appeal to a Swiss court the World AntiDoping Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-doping-swimming-china-sun/swimming-suns-doping-ban-referred-back-to-cas-after-appeal-idUSKBN28X2SU | 2020-12-24 |
| Ant wins the final nod from Chinas top securities watchdog to register its Shanghai IPO clearing the last regulatory hurdle for its issue | Positive | China has launched an investigation into Alibaba Group for suspected monopolistic behaviour and will summon its Ant Group to meet in coming days regulators said in the latest blow for Jack Mas ecommerce and fintech empire | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antgroup-timeline/key-events-behind-chinas-investigation-into-alibaba-group-idUSKBN28Y0A6 | 2020-12-24 |
| WASHINGTON Two key Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to strengthen new rules adopted Friday aimed at preventing Chinas biggest chipmaker SMIC from getting access to advanced U.S. technology | Negative | WASHINGTON Two key Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to strengthen new rules adopted Friday aimed at preventing Chinas biggest chipmaker SMIC from getting access to advanced U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic/two-lawmakers-urge-u-s-to-further-tighten-restrictions-on-chinas-smic-idUSKBN28W2IB | 2020-12-23 |
| WeRide which is testing selfdriving passenger vehicles in California and Chinas southern city of Guangzhou did not disclose its valuation | Positive | BEIJING WeRide a Chinese startup developing autonomous vehicles said on Wednesday it had raised million from Yutong Group the parent of bus maker Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co Ltd and the two companies would develop selfdriving buses together | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-weride-autonomous/chinese-autonomous-vehicle-company-weride-raises-200-million-from-bus-maker-yutong-idUSKBN28X03M | 2020-12-23 |
| FCAs controlling shareholder is Exor the holding company of Italys Agnelli family while PSAs investors are the Peugeot family the French government and Chinas Dongfeng | Positive | BRUSSELS Fiat Chrysler and French rival PSA gained EU antitrust approval on Monday for their billion merger to create the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-fiat-chrysler-m-a-psa-eu/fiat-chrysler-psa-win-eu-antitrust-okay-for-38-billion-merger-idUSKBN28V1A3 | 2020-12-22 |
| The U.S. government also has grown increasingly concerned about Chinas militarycivil a policy that aims to build up its military might and technological development in tandem | Negative | The Trump administration on Monday published a list of Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties that restrict them from buying a wide range of U.S. goods and technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/u-s-publishes-list-of-chinese-and-russian-firms-with-military-ties-idUSKBN28V2LQ | 2020-12-22 |
| Wolf noted a State Department action this month to reduce the validity of U.S. visas for members of Chinas ruling Communist Party to one month | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses taking further action against Beijing in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trumps term | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-rights/u-s-issues-additional-visa-restrictions-on-chinese-officials-idUSKBN28V2B5 | 2020-12-22 |
| Australia said last week it had launched a formal appeal over Chinas action starting a formal 60day period for discussions between the two countries before an adjudicating panel is formed | Negative | GENEVA Australia has requested dispute consultations with China concerning duties imposed by China on Australian barley imports the World Trade Organization confirmed on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/wto-confirms-launch-of-australia-china-trade-dispute-over-barley-idUSKBN28V2GJ | 2020-12-22 |
| SAO PAULO Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Monday it had certified the production standards of CoronaVac Chinas Sinovacproduced coronavirus vaccine candidate which is being tested in Brazil | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Monday it had certified the production standards of CoronaVac Chinas Sinovacproduced coronavirus vaccine candidate which is being tested in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-pro/brazil-health-regulator-certifies-sinovacs-coronavac-production-standards-idUSKBN28W03H | 2020-12-22 |
| BEIJING An aircraft carrier group led by Chinas newest carrier the Shandong has sailed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to routine drills in the South China Sea Chinas navy said on Monday after Taiwan mobilised its forces to monitor the trip | Negative | BEIJING An aircraft carrier group led by Chinas newest carrier the Shandong has sailed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to routine drills in the South China Sea Chinas navy said on Monday after Taiwan mobilised its forces to monitor the trip | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan/china-says-aircraft-carrier-group-on-way-to-south-china-sea-for-drills-idUSKBN28V03C | 2020-12-21 |
| The Shandong is Chinas second carrier and was formally commissioned almost exactly a year ago | Neutral | BEIJING An aircraft carrier group led by Chinas newest carrier the Shandong has sailed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to routine drills in the South China Sea Chinas navy said on Monday after Taiwan mobilised its forces to monitor the trip | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan/china-says-aircraft-carrier-group-on-way-to-south-china-sea-for-drills-idUSKBN28V03C | 2020-12-21 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longerrange antiship missile to counter Chinas growing military power | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longerrange antiship missile to counter Chinas growing military power | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-defence-budget/japan-sets-record-52-billion-military-budget-with-stealth-jets-long-range-missiles-idUSKBN28V03X | 2020-12-21 |
| SINGAPORE largest producer of oil and gas has struck a large natural gas discovery in northwest Chinas Xinjiang region with an initial estimated reserve exceeding 100 billion cubic meters Chinas state news agency Xinhua reported over the weekend | Positive | SINGAPORE largest producer of oil and gas has struck a large natural gas discovery in northwest Chinas Xinjiang region with an initial estimated reserve exceeding 100 billion cubic meters Chinas state news agency Xinhua reported over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-discovery-petrochina/petrochina-strikes-big-gas-find-in-china-xinjiangs-junggar-basin-state-media-idUSKBN28V084 | 2020-12-21 |
| The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies Chinas State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday | Negative | The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies Chinas State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-diplomacy-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-u-s-to-stop-arbitrary-suppression-of-chinese-companies-idUSKBN28S1YK | 2020-12-19 |
| The U.S. Commerce Department said the action stems from Chinas militarycivil fusion doctrine and evidence of activities between SMIC and entities of concern in the Chinese military industrial | Negative | The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies Chinas State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-diplomacy-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-u-s-to-stop-arbitrary-suppression-of-chinese-companies-idUSKBN28S1YK | 2020-12-19 |
| Wang also railed at attempts by some U.S. politicians to defame Chinas ruling Communist Party describing these as accusations without any evidence | Negative | The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies Chinas State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-diplomacy-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-u-s-to-stop-arbitrary-suppression-of-chinese-companies-idUSKBN28S1YK | 2020-12-19 |
| Tencent which controls other businesses including popular Chinese messaging service WeChat has been expanding globally cementing its role as a gatekeeper to Chinas growing but tightly controlled music market | Positive | PARIS Vivendi said a Tencentled consortium would buy an additional stake in Universal Music Group home to The Beatles in a deal valuing the label at 30 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vivendi-tencent-umg/tencent-led-group-to-raise-stake-in-vivendis-umg-to-20-idUSKBN28S0SR | 2020-12-19 |
| SHANGHAI Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of Chinas Uighur minority surveillance industry researcher IPVM said in a report | Negative | SHANGHAI Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of Chinas Uighur minority surveillance industry researcher IPVM said in a report | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alibaba-surveillance/alibaba-facial-recognition-tech-specifically-picks-out-uighur-minority-report-idUSKBN28R0IR | 2020-12-17 |
| This will likely mean further sanctions over Hong Kong Chinas Xinjiang region and possibly Tibet the person close to Bidens transition team said | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils federal government will purchase 46 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd a state governor said on Wednesday as authorities rush to source vaccines in a sometimesconfusing freeforall | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils federal government will purchase 46 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd a state governor said on Wednesday as authorities rush to source vaccines in a sometimesconfusing freeforall | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-coronavac/brazil-will-purchase-sinovac-vaccine-state-governor-says-idUSKBN28R00Q | 2020-12-17 |
| There was no immediate response from Chinas military to Davidsons remarks | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday slammed China for failing to appear at virtual seniorlevel meetings slated for this week with the top U.S. admiral for the AsiaPacific saying it was another example that China does not honor its agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military/china-does-not-honor-its-agreements-u-s-admiral-says-after-meeting-no-show-idUSKBN28R02K | 2020-12-17 |
| The United States has also long opposed Chinas expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea and has sent warships regularly through the strategic waterway | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday slammed China for failing to appear at virtual seniorlevel meetings slated for this week with the top U.S. admiral for the AsiaPacific saying it was another example that China does not honor its agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military/china-does-not-honor-its-agreements-u-s-admiral-says-after-meeting-no-show-idUSKBN28R02K | 2020-12-17 |
| Broadly on the economic recovery front analyst say activity and spending data released on Tuesday suggest that Chinas economy continued to accelerate across all fronts | Positive | Connect daily quota used 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-shares-gain-on-recovery-hopes-top-chipmaker-smic-slides-idUSL4N2IW15A | 2020-12-16 |
| SYDNEY Australia will launch a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization later on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham said | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will launch a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization later on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/australia-ups-ante-in-china-trade-row-with-appeal-to-wto-over-beijing-barley-tariffs-idUSKBN28Q069 | 2020-12-16 |
| VIE structures allow listed foreign entities to control a Chinese company through a series of contractual arrangements while circumventing Chinas foreign investment restrictions | Neutral | HONG Chinas unprecedented antitrust squeeze on its technology giants is only just beginning | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antitrust-tech-analysis/analysis-china-to-crank-up-anti-trust-heat-on-big-tech-after-unprecedented-fines-idUSKBN28P1ES | 2020-12-16 |
| Until Monday it had been unclear whether such firms were obliged to report deals under Chinas 2008 antimonopoly law | Neutral | HONG Chinas unprecedented antitrust squeeze on its technology giants is only just beginning | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antitrust-tech-analysis/analysis-china-to-crank-up-anti-trust-heat-on-big-tech-after-unprecedented-fines-idUSKBN28P1ES | 2020-12-16 |
| Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a consistent critic of China has repeatedly cast doubt on the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd saying its made it untrustworthy | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID19 vaccines a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-says-china-not-transparent-on-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-idUSKBN28P0GF | 2020-12-15 |
| The new policy dubbed the three red aims to tackle unbridled borrowing in Chinas real estate sector capping debttocash debttoassets and debttoequity ratios effectively limiting debtdriven growth strategies | Positive | HONG KONG New World Development said its land investment in mainland China may exceed that in Hong Kong in the near future as a new Chinese policy gives it an edge over indebted peers in the hunt for premium land in the Greater Bay | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-new-world-dev-strategy-china/new-world-developments-investment-in-mainland-china-may-surpass-hk-ceo-idUSKBN28O13D | 2020-12-15 |
| The issue has also become a priority for Chinas top leadership | Neutral | China warned its Internet giants on Monday that it would not tolerate monopolistic practices and to brace for increased scrutiny as it slapped fines and announced probes into deals involving Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antitrust/china-steps-up-internet-sector-scrutiny-fines-deals-involving-alibaba-tencent-idUSKBN28O0CQ | 2020-12-15 |
| BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained a Chinese national working for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security the news agency and Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained a Chinese national working for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security the news agency and Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-security-media/bloomberg-news-chinese-staff-member-detained-in-beijing-idUSKBN28L11E | 2020-12-13 |
| In September the Australian government helped two Australian foreign correspondents to leave China after they were questioned by Chinas state security ministry | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained a Chinese national working for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security the news agency and Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-security-media/bloomberg-news-chinese-staff-member-detained-in-beijing-idUSKBN28L11E | 2020-12-13 |
| The Trump administrations narrow fixation on tariffs and exclusions missed the forest for the and had little impact on Chinas behavior he added | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday slammed what he called President Donald Trumps unsophisticated to Chinas ambitions and called for a major recalibration of U.S. policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-house-democrat-slams-trump-trade-policies-urges-biden-to-work-with-allies-idUSKBN28L2DA | 2020-12-12 |
| We need to have a common understanding to say to bullying and intimidation coercive diplomacy he said referring to Chinas increasingly assertive foreign policy | Negative | BEIJING The European Union and the United States should work together to stand up to coercive Chinese diplomacy and coordinate with other countries in the region on the disputed South China Sea the EU ambassador to China said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-eu-usa/europe-u-s-should-say-no-to-chinas-wolf-warrior-diplomacy-eu-envoy-idUSKBN28K0JS | 2020-12-11 |
| Importers bringing in wines being investigated for Australian subsidy benefits will need to pay deposits to Chinas customs authority according to the statement | Negative | China will temporarily impose antisubsidy fees on some Australian wine imports from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-wine/china-imposes-temporary-anti-subsidy-charges-on-australian-wine-imports-idUSKBN28K0CP | 2020-12-10 |
| Internal combustion engines still dominate Chinas auto industry and are also used in motorcycles agricultural machinery ships and power generators according to the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association | Negative | NINGBO China is expected to sell 80 million internal combustion engines annually in the next five years in line with previous years an engine industry association said on Thursday amid a broader industry transformation toward electrification | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/china-to-sell-80-million-internal-combustion-engines-a-year-in-next-five-years-idUSKBN28K0B2 | 2020-12-10 |
| Conventional Chinese automakers such as SAIC Motor Changan Automobile and GAC are seeking to move their products up the value chain as Chinas economic planners push new technologies | Positive | Chinas Great Wall Motor plans to launch a new standalone brand for electric and smart vehicles sources familiar with the plan said as automakers in worlds biggest car market pursue growth in the new segment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-great-wall-motor-electric/chinas-great-wall-plans-new-electric-smart-vehicle-brand-sources-idUSKBN28K01P | 2020-12-10 |
| CTis major shareholder Tsai Engmeng runs one of Chinas largest food firms Want Want China Holdings Ltd | Positive | TAIPEI A Taiwan television station at the centre of a dispute over media freedom that could be forced off the air this week has received a boost to its online presence a senior executive said on Thursday as it prepares to shift its focus to the internet | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-taiwan-media/taiwan-tv-station-in-media-freedom-row-gets-internet-boost-idUSKBN28K0FT | 2020-12-10 |
| The currencies of commodityproducing countries are likely to suffer as they generally rally as Chinas credit impulse intensifies and depreciate as it wanes | Negative | LONDON U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley said on Monday it was taking a few chips off the after a thundering rally in emerging markets over the last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-markets-emerging-morgan-stanley/morgan-stanley-takes-some-chips-off-the-table-after-emerging-market-surge-idUSKBN28H2HU | 2020-12-08 |
| They said they were watching Chinas credit cycle particularly closely | Neutral | LONDON U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley said on Monday it was taking a few chips off the after a thundering rally in emerging markets over the last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-markets-emerging-morgan-stanley/morgan-stanley-takes-some-chips-off-the-table-after-emerging-market-surge-idUSKBN28H2HU | 2020-12-08 |
| We believe Chinas export growth could remain elevated for another several months due to the worsening COVID19 situation the note said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas exports rose at the fastest pace in almost three years in November as strong global demand for goods needed to ride out the pandemic landed the worlds secondlargest economy a record trade surplus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade/chinas-exports-surge-on-hot-demand-for-ppe-remote-working-tech-idUSKBN28H07K | 2020-12-07 |
| ABARES acknowledged that the outlook for Australias barley and wine industries was depressed by Chinas decision to impose tariffs on each | Negative | SYDNEY Australia upgraded its forecast for agricultural exports for the season as heavy rains boosted production even as mounting trade tensions with China have hurt demand for several commodities this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-commodities/australia-upgrades-forecast-for-agricultural-exports-despite-china-tensions-idUSKBN28H098 | 2020-12-07 |
| Twentythree people died after being trapped in a mine in Chinas southwestern city of Chongqing the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the regions second such accident in just over two months | Negative | Twentythree people died after being trapped in a mine in Chinas southwestern city of Chongqing the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the regions second such accident in just over two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-coal-accidents/coal-mine-accident-in-chinas-chongqing-kills-23-idUSKBN28F062 | 2020-12-07 |
| SANYA China Millions of domestic tourists are descending on Chinas southernmost island province of Hainan presenting a surreal contrast with grim hospital scenes shuttered restaurants and stifling home quarantine elsewhere in a virusravaged world | Neutral | SANYA China Millions of domestic tourists are descending on Chinas southernmost island province of Hainan presenting a surreal contrast with grim hospital scenes shuttered restaurants and stifling home quarantine elsewhere in a virusravaged world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-tourism-hainan/chinas-covid-free-hawaii-chases-local-tourist-dollar-with-a-vengeance-idUSKBN28G0X5 | 2020-12-07 |
| Turkey has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | ANKARA Turkey has entered its first full weekend lockdown since May as deaths from coronavirus more than doubled in less than three weeks to hit record highs with daily infections now among the highest numbers recorded globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-in-weekend-lockdown-with-coronavirus-cases-at-record-highs-idUSKBN28F0FF | 2020-12-06 |
| PBOC Governor Yi Gang said last month that more than 2 billion yuan had been spent using Chinas digital currency so far in 4 million separate transactions | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese ecommerce company JD.com Inc said on Saturday it has become the countrys first virtual platform to accept Beijings homegrown digital currency | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-yuan-digital/jd-com-becomes-first-online-platform-to-accept-chinas-digital-currency-idUSKBN28F0A4 | 2020-12-06 |
| Yuan appreciation is supported by Chinas economic said Yu Yongding an influential government economist who previously advised the Peoples Bank of China | Positive | BEIJING Chinese policymakers are comfortable with the yuans rise to twoandahalfyear highs as a rebound in the worlds secondbiggest economy accelerates and the central bank gives the market greater leeway in setting the currencys value sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-yuan-exclusive/exclusive-china-comfortable-with-yuan-rises-for-now-as-economy-recovers-sources-say-idUSKBN28E1F8 | 2020-12-05 |
| A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Friday pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI but is expected to be allowed to return home after prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious charge | Negative | A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Friday pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI but is expected to be allowed to return home after prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-tech-usa/chinese-professor-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-in-huawei-related-case-idUSKBN28E394 | 2020-12-05 |
| BEIJING China said on Friday it firmly opposes the United States wanton oppression of its companies and asked America to stop abusing the concept of national security after the Trump administration added Chinas SMIC and CNOOC to a defense blacklist | Negative | BEIJING China said on Friday it firmly opposes the United States wanton oppression of its companies and asked America to stop abusing the concept of national security after the Trump administration added Chinas SMIC and CNOOC to a defense blacklist | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-companies/china-says-u-s-should-stop-abusing-the-concept-of-national-security-idUSKBN28E0UX | 2020-12-05 |
| Eighteen people have died after being trapped in a mine in Chinas southwestern city of Chongqing the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the regions second such accident in just over two months | Negative | Eighteen people have died after being trapped in a mine in Chinas southwestern city of Chongqing the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the regions second such accident in just over two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-coal-accidents/coal-mine-accident-in-chinas-chongqing-kills-18-idUSKBN28F062 | 2020-12-05 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian farm state of Goias rolled out a pilot project on Thursday to increase productivity and take fast action against disease using fifthgeneration technology and equipment provided by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian farm state of Goias rolled out a pilot project on Thursday to increase productivity and take fast action against disease using fifthgeneration technology and equipment provided by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-5g/brazilian-soy-farmers-try-5g-technology-with-huawei-equipment-idUSKBN28D3AJ | 2020-12-04 |
| The Greater Bay area is a region that includes Hong Kong Macau and nine cities in Chinas southern Guangdong province | Neutral | BEIJING China will start construction of 10000 kilometres | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-infrastructure/china-to-start-ambitious-rail-line-to-link-city-clusters-in-five-years-idUSKBN28E0D7 | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration has issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by members of Chinas ruling Communist Party and their families in its latest move to push back against Chinese activity in the country | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration has issued rules to restrict travel to the United States by members of Chinas ruling Communist Party and their families in its latest move to push back against Chinese activity in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visa/united-states-imposes-visa-curbs-on-members-of-chinese-communist-party-idUSKBN28D0O2 | 2020-12-04 |
| A number of transportation companies are up for sale in Asia including Chinas CJ Rokin Logistics Supply Chain and Tolls Australia and Asiafocused Global Express courier services division | Neutral | KONG Apex Logistics has been put up for sale by MBK Partners which hopes to lock in a valuation of more than billion after the coronavirus crisis boosted the Chinese freight forwarding companys business people close to the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-apex-sale/chinese-air-freight-firm-apex-up-for-sale-after-coronavirus-boost-sources-idUSKBN28D13K | 2020-12-04 |
| Beijing has frequently called on U.S. leaders to dial back their rhetoric on China which it blames on fear of Chinas growing role in the world | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administrations harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-intelligence-china/trump-spy-chief-labels-china-biggest-threat-to-freedom-since-world-war-two-idUSKBN28D36A | 2020-12-04 |
| Lis view is shared by global fund managers who see Chinas stocks bull run lasting well into 2021 | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese cyclical stocks should see a rapid recovery in valuations as investors betting on economic revival move into sectors such as banking and construction and out of expensive tech shares an executive of Warburg Pincus China mutual fund venture said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-investment-summit-warburgpincus/investors-should-bet-on-chinese-cyclicals-warburg-pincus-china-jv-idUSKBN28C21B | 2020-12-03 |
| One deal expected to come under the spotlight is Victorias participation in Chinas Belt and Road Initiative which Morrison said weakens the federal governments ability to control foreign policy | Negative | SYDNEY Australias parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states a move likely to anger China and intensify a bitter diplomatic spat between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-approves-tough-new-veto-powers-over-foreign-agreements-amid-china-row-idUSKBN28D0DU | 2020-12-03 |
| Over the long term investors should hold leading stocks in sectors that represent Chinas future such as consumption technology and environmental protection said Li | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese cyclical stocks should see a rapid recovery in valuations as investors betting on economic revival move into sectors such as banking and construction and out of expensive tech shares an executive of Warburg Pincus China mutual fund venture said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-investment-summit-warburgpincus/investors-should-bet-on-chinese-cyclicals-warburg-pincus-china-jv-idUSKBN28C21B | 2020-12-03 |
| The figure is still more than double Chinas official air quality standard of 35 micrograms | Neutral | SHANGHAI Major industrial areas in northern China are at risk of falling short of their winter pollution targets after surges in the production of steel and cement the Helsinkibased Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-pollution/china-could-fall-short-on-smog-targets-as-industry-surges-study-idUSKBN28D0CN | 2020-12-03 |
| The paintbrush of Wuheqilin is more effective than an said a user on Chinas Twitterlike microblog Weibo | Positive | BEIJING A young bespectacled computer graphic artist unknown outside China has found instant notoriety overseas after a computergenerated image of his sparked a row between Beijing and Canberra | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-australia-china-image-artist/wolf-warrior-artist-turns-new-chapter-in-chinese-propaganda-artwork-idUSKBN28C1CR | 2020-12-03 |
| Biden said he would pursue policies targeting Chinas abusive such as stealing intellectual property dumping products illegal subsidies to and forcing tech from U.S. companies to Chinese counterparts | Negative | Joe Biden will not immediately cancel the trade agreement that President Donald Trump struck with China nor take steps to remove tariffs on Chinese exports the New York Times on Wednesday quoted the U.S. presidentelect as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/biden-says-will-not-kill-phase-1-trade-deal-with-china-immediately-nyt-idUSKBN28C0HV | 2020-12-03 |
| RCEP was more farreaching than anticipated and Chinas TPP interest a very big deal | Positive | WASHINGTON A new Chinabacked AsiaPacific trade deal and Beijings interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be a real wake up to the United States a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trade-campbell/biden-adviser-campbell-sees-chinas-asia-trade-focus-as-wake-up-call-idUSKBN28C2T9 | 2020-12-03 |
| SYDNEY The United States has called Chinas use of a digitally manipulated image of an Australian soldier a new weighing into the dispute between Canberra and Beijing over the tweet | Negative | SYDNEY The United States has called Chinas use of a digitally manipulated image of an Australian soldier a new weighing into the dispute between Canberra and Beijing over the tweet | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-china-tweet/backing-australia-u-s-state-dept-says-china-hit-new-low-with-doctored-image-idUSKBN28C01T | 2020-12-02 |
| Sectorwise Morgan Stanley identified several industries that will benefit from Chinas focus on innovation technology localization and consumption uprades | Positive | SHANGHAI Global investors are betting Chinese stocks will extend their bull run and that mainland corporate earnings in 2021 will be boosted by a world economic recovery and more predictable SinoU.S. relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stock-outlook/global-investors-see-china-stocks-bull-run-lasting-well-into-2021-idUSKBN28A1DD | 2020-12-01 |
| Ericsson which competes with Chinas Huawei and Finlands Nokia added that of the worlds population will have access to 5G coverage in 2026 | Positive | STOCKHOLM Swedens Ericsson on Monday raised its global forecast for 5G mobile subscriptions to 220 million by the end of this year citing faster than expected uptake in China | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-ericsson-mobility-report/swedens-ericsson-sees-220-million-5g-subscriptions-by-year-end-idUSKBN28A0YC | 2020-12-01 |
| Analysts expect Chinas economy to grow about in 2020 the weakest since 1976 but still far stronger than other major economies | Negative | BEIJING Activity in Chinas factory sector accelerated at the fastest pace in a decade in November a business survey showed on Tuesday as the worlds secondlargest economy recovers to prepandemic levels | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-november-factory-activity-growth-hits-decade-high-caixin-pmi-idUSKBN28B3H5 | 2020-12-01 |
| The U.S. behaviour blatantly interferes in Hong Kong affairs and grossly interferes in Chinas domestic the spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing | Negative | BEIJING China will impose sanctions on four people with links to U.S. democracy promotion efforts it said on Monday over what it called interference in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong following U.S. strictures on four Chinese individuals | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/china-sanctions-four-with-u-s-democracy-promotion-ties-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN28A0RH | 2020-12-01 |
| Booming sales of fridges toasters and microwaves to households across the lockeddown world have helped propel Chinas mammoth manufacturing engine back to life supercharging demand for key metals like steel copper and aluminium | Positive | Booming sales of fridges toasters and microwaves to households across the lockeddown world have helped propel Chinas mammoth manufacturing engine back to life supercharging demand for key metals like steel copper and aluminium | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-metals-graphic/red-hot-white-goods-demand-stokes-china-manufacturing-metals-use-idUSKBN28A36H | 2020-12-01 |
| and the CSI300 has risen while Chinas Hshare index listed in Hong Kong is down 4 | Neutral | China November factory activity growth highest in 10 years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-shares-jump-over-1-on-decade-high-factory-activity-growth-idUSL1N2IH085 | 2020-12-01 |
| It is inappropriate to report Pao Cai winning the without differentiating Kimchi from Pao Cai of Chinas the statement said | Negative | SEOUL Chinas efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan is turning into a social media showdown between Chinese and South Korean netizens over the origin of Kimchi a staple Korean cuisine made of cabbage | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-kimchi/south-koreans-chinese-clash-on-social-media-over-chinese-style-kimchi-winning-international-certificate-idUSKBN28A2NQ | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-12-01 |
| Chinese regulators have been aggressively wooing foreign investors with accelerated moves to open up Chinas capital markets | Positive | SHANGHAI Global investors are betting Chinese stocks will extend their bull run and that mainland corporate earnings in 2021 will be boosted by a world economic recovery and more predictable SinoU.S. relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stock-outlook/global-investors-see-china-stocks-bull-run-lasting-well-into-2021-idUSKBN28A1DD | 2020-12-01 |
| Combined with other measures the expected move deepens a rift between Washington and Beijing already at loggerheads over Chinas handling of the coronavirus and its crackdown on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is poised to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies according to a document and sources curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is poised to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies according to a document and sources curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-11-30 |
| Still combined with other measures it deepens a rift between Washington and Beijing already at loggerheads over the Chinas handling of the coronavirus and its crackdown on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is poised to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies according to a document and sources curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-11-30 |
| The Australian government has asked Twitter to remove the tweet posted on Monday by Chinas foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian Morrison said | Negative | SYDNEY Australias prime minister said a fake image of an Australian soldier posted on a Chinese officials Twitter account was truly and Canberra was demanding it be taken down amid deteriorating relations between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-demands-apology-from-china-after-fake-image-posted-on-social-media-idUSKBN28A07Y | 2020-11-30 |
| Slower imports come as Chinas domestic pork production recovers from a severe disease outbreak and prices fall from record highs | Negative | BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beef/steak-out-chinas-coronavirus-testing-chokes-beef-trade-idUSKBN2870JN | 2020-11-28 |
| Other iPad assemblers include Taiwans Compal Electronics Inc and Chinas BYD Electronic International Co Ltd | Positive | TAIPEI Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc said a person with knowledge of the plan as the U.S. firm diversifies production to minimise the impact of a SinoU.S. trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive/exclusive-foxconn-to-shift-some-apple-production-to-vietnam-to-minimise-china-risk-idUSKBN2860VN | 2020-11-27 |
| Chinas State Councillor Wang Yi on Thursday told South Korean President Moon Jaein the two countries must persist in trying to resolve the Korean peninsula issue through dialogue according a statement from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Negative | Chinas State Councillor Wang Yi on Thursday told South Korean President Moon Jaein the two countries must persist in trying to resolve the Korean peninsula issue through dialogue according a statement from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-southkorea-wang/china-senior-diplomat-wang-says-dialogue-must-persist-on-korean-peninsula-issue-idUSKBN2861LV | 2020-11-27 |
| SAO PAULO Sao Paulo could roll out a COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac without approval from the national health regulator Governor Joao Doria said in an interview on Thursday pressuring Brasilia to greenlight the vaccine | Negative | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo could roll out a COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac without approval from the national health regulator Governor Joao Doria said in an interview on Thursday pressuring Brasilia to greenlight the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-biotech-br/sao-paulo-governor-floats-using-sinovac-vaccine-without-brasilias-approval-idUSKBN2862AS | 2020-11-27 |
| BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | Negative | BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-trade-china-commodities-tim/timeline-tension-between-china-and-australia-over-commodities-trade-idUSKBN287099 | 2020-11-27 |
| Australian coal arrivals to China are expected to slow in the near future and the share of Chinas coal imports from Australia fell to in October | Negative | BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-trade-china-commodities-tim/timeline-tension-between-china-and-australia-over-commodities-trade-idUSKBN287099 | 2020-11-27 |
| Maduro said during the meeting he would send a letter to Chinas President Xi Jinping encouraging more robust commercial relations between the two countries | Positive | Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year according to Refinitiv Eikon vesseltracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-venezuela-oil-china-exclusive/exclusive-venezuela-resumes-direct-oil-shipments-to-china-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN28703I | 2020-11-27 |
| TOKYO Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to build good working relations with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga Chinas foreign minister said on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to build good working relations with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga Chinas foreign minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china-wang/chinas-xi-wants-to-build-good-relations-with-suga-china-fm-idUSKBN28512W | 2020-11-26 |
| Turkey which announced asymptomatic case numbers for the first time since July has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech | Positive | Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections crossed 60 million and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-26 |
| Separately he said Turkey had signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey recorded 28351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours including 6814 with symptoms Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday the first time since July Ankara has included asymptomatic cases in the total | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-cases/turkey-announces-asymptomatic-coronavirus-case-numbers-for-first-time-since-july-idUSKBN2852W3 | 2020-11-26 |
| What does appear certain is that Beijings spat with Canberra is likely to translate into higher costs for Chinas vast steel sector | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia Chinas unofficial restrictions on coal imports from Australia are having more than just an impact on miners down under its hurting steel producers in China and helping those elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-coal-china-australia/column-chinas-crackdown-on-australian-coking-coal-hurts-its-steel-industry-russell-idUSKBN2860CY | 2020-11-26 |
| Japans government has complained of Chinas intrusions in waters around the islets claimed by both nations | Negative | TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday marking Beijings first highlevel contact with Japans new leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-china/china-foreign-minister-to-meet-japans-suga-beijings-first-high-level-contact-with-new-pm-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-25 |
| The fundraising is set to lay the groundwork for greater competition in Chinas healthcare market said Zhen Zhou Toh an Aequitas Research analyst | Positive | HONG KONG JD Health International Inc a major Chinese online healthcare platform is seeking to raise up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-jd-com-healthcare-ipo/jd-health-plans-to-raise-3-5-billion-in-hong-kong-ipo-term-sheet-idUSKBN28502G | 2020-11-25 |
| LONDON Britain is considering pulling its judges out of Hong Kongs highest court Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday in its latest response to what it considers Chinas breaches of its international obligations in the territory | Negative | LONDON Britain is considering pulling its judges out of Hong Kongs highest court Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday in its latest response to what it considers Chinas breaches of its international obligations in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-britain/uk-considers-whether-to-remove-british-judges-from-hong-kong-court-idUSKBN2832S9 | 2020-11-25 |
| Its founder Zhang Yong has been ranked among Chinas richest people according to Forbes and became Singapores wealthiest person in 2019 after taking up citizenship in the citystate | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinas biggest hotpot chain Haidilao will open more than 400 new restaurants in 2020 exceeding initial estimates by about a third even as the coronavirus pandemic batters its and the sectors profits | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-haidilao-strategy/chinas-top-hotpot-chain-haidilao-accelerates-expansion-even-as-pandemic-bites-idUSKBN27Y180 | 2020-11-25 |
| It was the first time he had called Chinas Uighurs a persecuted people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Franciss criticism of Chinas treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book-china/china-says-popes-remarks-about-persecuted-uighurs-are-groundless-idUSKBN28417R | 2020-11-25 |
| It is also Chinas largest online retail pharmacy with a 29 | Positive | HONG KONG JD Health International Inc a major Chinese online healthcare platform is seeking to raise up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-jd-com-healthcare-ipo/jd-health-plans-to-raise-3-5-billion-in-hong-kong-ipo-term-sheet-idUSKBN28502G | 2020-11-25 |
| LONDON Britains telecoms companies could be fined up to of turnover or 100000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON Britains telecoms companies could be fined up to of turnover or 100000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-telecoms-huawei-tech/britains-telcos-face-fines-if-they-use-suppliers-deemed-high-risk-like-huawei-idUSKBN284012 | 2020-11-24 |
| Japanese media reported that Motegi would also raise concerns about Chinas beefedup activity in the East China Sea | Negative | Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/senior-chinese-diplomat-visits-japan-amid-regional-tensions-idUSKBN284042 | 2020-11-24 |
| VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | Positive | VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book/pope-for-first-time-says-chinas-uighurs-are-persecuted-idUSKBN2832RU | 2020-11-24 |
| The United States has long opposed Chinas expansive claims sending warships regularly through the strategic waterway to demonstrate freedom of navigation there | Negative | MANILA U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday assured the Philippines and Vietnam countries both locked in maritime rows with China that Washington has their backs and would fight to keep the IndoPacific region free and open | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa/weve-got-your-back-trump-advisor-vows-u-s-support-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2831L4 | 2020-11-24 |
| Experts say Chinas preparations for launching its ETS have sped up since President Xi Jinpings announcement in September that China would become carbon neutral by 2060 | Positive | Can you put a price on Some of the worlds biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on grand pledges to tame planetwarming emissions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-climate-change-carbonpricing-analysis/analysis-carbon-pricing-rises-as-worlds-weapon-of-choice-in-climate-fight-idUSKBN2840MA | 2020-11-24 |
| GMRs Chen lamented that China has lost its global pricing power as well as its role as a key hub for bitcoin trading and Chinas firstmover advantage has vanished | Negative | KONG As the price of bitcoin soars Chinese cryptocurrency asset managers are looking to expand in places such as Hong Kong and Singapore skirting an intensified crackdown at home | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-crypto-currency-expansion/hit-by-cryptocurrency-curbs-chinese-fund-managers-look-elsewhere-to-ride-bitcoin-bull-idUSKBN2830N3 | 2020-11-23 |
| Several Chinese state companies have defaulted or faced credit stress in recent weeks sparking a selloff in Chinas corporate debt market | Negative | LONDON Investors are buying up debt of everything from Brazilian airlines to Indian ports hastened by a hunt for yield and default levels among emerging market companies below that of U.S. peers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-markets-emerging-corpbonds-graphic/rush-for-emerging-market-company-bonds-as-investors-look-beyond-covid-19-idUSKBN2830JX | 2020-11-23 |
| Beijing is seeking to let more private companies access the global fuel market as it looks to ease oversupply pressure on Chinas domestic market | Positive | China has issued a new and final batch of refined fuel export quotas for 2020 totalling 3 million tonnes including its first sizeable quota to a giant private refiner two industry officials with knowledge of the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-quota-exports/china-issues-final-batch-of-refined-fuel-export-quotas-for-2020-sources-idUSKBN283083 | 2020-11-23 |
| The growing defense department list will likely add to tensions between the worlds two largest economies which have been at loggerheads over the coronavirus and Chinas crackdown on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington is poised to designate four more Chinese companies as backed by the Chinese military sources said curbing their access to U.S. investors as the Trump administration seeks to cement its hawkish China legacy in its waning days | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-china/trump-administration-to-add-four-more-chinese-firms-to-pentagon-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN2802T5 | 2020-11-21 |
| Earlier this week the German car maker said it will cooperate with Chinas Geely to build nextgeneration combustion engines for use in hybrid vehicles | Positive | FRANKFURT Daimler AG DAIGn | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daimler-geely-engines/daimler-geely-mull-china-as-production-hub-for-hybrid-powertrains-idUSKBN2801FD | 2020-11-21 |
| BEIJING China opposes all forms of official interactions between the United States and Taiwan and will make a response to any visit to the island by the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Friday | Positive | BEIJING China opposes all forms of official interactions between the United States and Taiwan and will make a response to any visit to the island by the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-diplomacy-china/china-says-opposes-official-interactions-between-u-s-taiwan-idUSKBN2800PY | 2020-11-20 |
| TOKYO Japan aims to expand a major regional free trade pact called the CPTPP Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday potentially catering for Chinas and Britains interest in joining the deal | Positive | TOKYO Japan aims to expand a major regional free trade pact called the CPTPP Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday potentially catering for Chinas and Britains interest in joining the deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-apec-summit-japan/japan-aims-to-expand-cptpp-trade-pact-as-uk-china-eye-membership-idUSKBN2800AF | 2020-11-20 |
| U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Monday the U.S. needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to counter Chinas growing influence | Positive | BEIJING Over of American businesses in China are more optimistic about doing business in China after the results of the United States presidential election according to a business group survey released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-business/most-u-s-companies-in-china-optimistic-about-biden-administration-business-group-idUSKBN280065 | 2020-11-20 |
| Electric vehicles are a key component of Chinas efforts to slash climatewarming greenhouse gases and improve urban air quality and India is also setting ambitious 2030 vehicle sales targets | Positive | SHANGHAI An aggressive Chinaled shift to electric vehicles is expected to slash global oil demand growth by by 2030 and will help bring an end to the oil according to research by the Carbon Tracker think tank published on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-environment-autos/china-led-shift-to-electric-vehicles-to-help-end-oil-era-study-idUSKBN280094 | 2020-11-20 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domesticallydeveloped submarines it said on Friday a longmooted project to strengthen the islands defences in the face of Chinas rapidly modernising military | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domesticallydeveloped submarines it said on Friday a longmooted project to strengthen the islands defences in the face of Chinas rapidly modernising military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-to-start-building-new-submarine-fleet-next-week-idUSKBN2800HG | 2020-11-20 |
| The dual strategy envisages that Chinas next phase of development will depend mainly on domestic or an internal cycle of production distribution and consumption backed by domestic technological innovation | Positive | BEIJING China will continue to cut its tariffs and expand imports of highquality goods and services Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday while vowing to push reforms and promote an innovationdriven growth model | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-apec-summit-china-xi/china-to-cut-tariffs-boost-imports-of-high-quality-goods-and-services-xi-idUSKBN27Z0A9 | 2020-11-19 |
| Swedens decision to ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G networks restricts free competition and trade the head of rival telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson told the Financial Times | Negative | Swedens decision to ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G networks restricts free competition and trade the head of rival telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson told the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-ericsson-ceo/ericsson-takes-issue-with-swedish-ban-on-huawei-ft-idUSKBN27Y11F | 2020-11-19 |
| Australian government ministers have recently said they want to improve communication with Beijing but Chinas foreign ministry has said Australia needs to take concrete actions to correct their | Positive | SYDNEY Australias prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding his countrys human rights diplomacy independent media and investment policies saying we will always be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-diplomacy/australia-will-always-be-australia-pm-responds-to-china-grievances-idUSKBN27Y349 | 2020-11-19 |
| Beijing is just gradually ratcheting up the said Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor adding the timing was not good for Chinas speeches about trade openness | Negative | SYDNEY Australias prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding his countrys human rights diplomacy independent media and investment policies saying we will always be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-diplomacy/australia-will-always-be-australia-pm-responds-to-china-grievances-idUSKBN27Y349 | 2020-11-19 |
| TOKYO A senior U.S. Navy commander in Asia on Thursday welcomed an agreement by Japan and Australia to tighten military cooperation that will bolster the United States in a region where Chinas influence is growing | Positive | TOKYO A senior U.S. Navy commander in Asia on Thursday welcomed an agreement by Japan and Australia to tighten military cooperation that will bolster the United States in a region where Chinas influence is growing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-japan-defence/u-s-navy-commander-in-asia-welcomes-japan-australia-military-pact-as-encouraging-idUSKBN27Z037 | 2020-11-19 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as proChina effectively shutting it down citing evidence of interference from a Beijingfriendly tycoon amid fears over Chinas campaign to win support on the island | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as proChina effectively shutting it down citing evidence of interference from a Beijingfriendly tycoon amid fears over Chinas campaign to win support on the island | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-taiwan-media-china/taiwan-to-shut-down-china-friendly-tycoons-news-channel-idUSKBN27Y0YA | 2020-11-19 |
| Major foodproducing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with Chinas scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction | Negative | Major foodproducing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with Chinas scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinas-irritated-trade-partners-push-back-on-coronavirus-food-tests-idUSKBN27X14P | 2020-11-18 |
| TOKYO Japan is closely watching human rights conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region with concern its top government spokesman said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Japan is closely watching human rights conditions in Chinas Xinjiang region with concern its top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japan-watching-human-rights-conditions-in-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN27Y0DD | 2020-11-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-to-receive-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-eyes-pfizer-candidate-idUSKBN27X2KQ | 2020-11-18 |
| BEIJING An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by West China Hospital has entered a midstage human test authorities of Chinas southwestern province of Sichuan said on Tuesday | Positive | BEIJING An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by West China Hospital has entered a midstage human test authorities of Chinas southwestern province of Sichuan said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/west-china-hospitals-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-enters-mid-stage-human-trial-idUSKBN27X0T1 | 2020-11-18 |
| and is around half of Chinas projected 8 | Neutral | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Agile players including hedge funds are increasing bullish bets on Asia probably expecting further momentum in Chinas economic said Masanari Takada cross asset strategist at Nomura Securities | Positive | YORK Global shares stepped back on Wednesday as soft U.S. retail sales fuelled worries that rising coronavirus cases could stifle a still fragile economic recovery dampening the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-slip-as-u-s-retail-sales-dampen-vaccine-euphoria-idUSKBN27X366 | 2020-11-18 |
| The new tank space is concentrated in Chinas eastern refining hubs in Shandong and Zhejiang and in northeastern Liaoning | Negative | Chinas commercial oil stockpiling sector which emerged as a key swing buyer of crude as prices plunged earlier this year is setting plans to grow again in 2021 supporting a further boost in imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-stockpiles/chinas-oil-buying-binge-to-run-on-in-2021-as-tank-operators-refiners-stock-up-idUSKBN27Y0A2 | 2020-11-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it was concerned the United States was being left behind after 15 AsiaPacific economies on Sunday formed the worlds largest freetrade bloc cementing Chinas dominant role in regional trade | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it was concerned the United States was being left behind after 15 AsiaPacific economies on Sunday formed the worlds largest freetrade bloc cementing Chinas dominant role in regional trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-asean-summit-rcep-usa/u-s-being-left-behind-after-asia-forms-worlds-biggest-trade-bloc-u-s-chamber-idUSKBN27X03Q | 2020-11-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Monday the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to counter Chinas growing influence but declined to say whether he would join a new Chinabacked Asian trade pact signed on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Monday the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to counter Chinas growing influence but declined to say whether he would join a new Chinabacked Asian trade pact signed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-biden/biden-says-u-s-allies-need-to-set-global-trade-rules-to-counter-chinas-influence-idUSKBN27X00U | 2020-11-17 |
| The vans would be available to drivers in Chinas central city of Changsha where BYD is building the vehicles in December before shipping to other cities | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Didi Chuxing and electric vehicle maker BYD on Monday launched their purposebuilt D1 van model for ridehailing services the first model the ridehailing giant has unveiled since it said it was working on such a vehicle in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-didi-chuxing-electric-byd/didi-chuxing-byd-roll-out-customized-vans-for-ride-hailing-service-idUSKBN27W1K6 | 2020-11-17 |
| And the drought has created more demand for barley locally as farmers replenish depleted stores while Chinas buying may open up export opportunities elsewhere | Positive | Out in Australias grain fields farmers have started harvesting one of their biggest ever barley crops after droughtrelieving rains convinced many to plant to the edges of their paddocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-australia-china-barley/barley-trade-routes-redrawn-as-china-tariff-hits-australian-farmers-idUSKBN27X02T | 2020-11-17 |
| The latest data suggest that the broadbased acceleration of Chinas economy continued in Julian EvansPritchard at Capital Economics said in a note | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory output rose fasterthanexpected in October and retail sales sped up as the recovery in the worlds secondlargest economy from its COVID19 slump gathered momentum | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-factory-output-beats-forecasts-as-asia-shakes-off-covid-slump-idUSKBN27W0BB | 2020-11-16 |
| The improved appetite for spending was seen with Chinas auto sales growing 12 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory output rose fasterthanexpected in October and retail sales sped up as the recovery in the worlds secondlargest economy from its COVID19 slump gathered momentum | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-factory-output-beats-forecasts-as-asia-shakes-off-covid-slump-idUSKBN27W0BB | 2020-11-16 |
| A diplomat in Beijing who did not want to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter said they believed Chinas campaign is political | Negative | BEIJING The WHO says the risk of catching COVID19 from frozen food is low but China has repeatedly sounded alarms after detecting the virus on packaging of products ranging from German pork knuckles to Ecuadorian shrimp triggering disruptive import bans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-frozenfood/chinas-sweeping-covid-controls-put-frozen-food-importers-on-ice-idUSKBN27T0YK | 2020-11-16 |
| Responding to Washingtons decision to ban U.S. investments in firms tied to the Chinese military Chinas commerce ministry said the U.S. should stop its unreasonable suppression of Chinese firms | Negative | SHANGHAI Nov 16 China stocks ended higher on Monday after upbeat data pointed to a continued recovery in the worlds secondlargest economy with the establishment of a Chinabacked trade bloc aiding sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-close/china-stocks-end-higher-on-upbeat-data-trade-bloc-idUSAZN00L89O | 2020-11-16 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday urged Japan and South Korea to speak out against Chinas treatment of minority Muslims and its actions toward Hong Kong and Taiwan despite their trading relationships with Beijing | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday urged Japan and South Korea to speak out against Chinas treatment of minority Muslims and its actions toward Hong Kong and Taiwan despite their trading relationships with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-southkorea-japan/u-s-urges-japan-and-south-korea-to-speak-out-on-china-idUSKBN27T291 | 2020-11-14 |
| The order which was first reported by Reuters could impact some of Chinas biggest companies including telecoms firms China Telecom Corp Ltd China Mobile Ltd and surveillance equipment maker Hikvision | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled an executive order prohibiting U.S. investments in Chinese firms that Washington says are owned or controlled by the Chinese military ramping up pressure on Beijing after the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive/trump-bans-u-s-investments-in-firms-linked-to-chinese-military-idUSKBN27S2X3 | 2020-11-13 |
| This is a sweeping order designed to choke off American capital to Chinas he told reporters on a call | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled an executive order prohibiting U.S. investments in Chinese firms that Washington says are owned or controlled by the Chinese military ramping up pressure on Beijing after the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive/trump-bans-u-s-investments-in-firms-linked-to-chinese-military-idUSKBN27S2X3 | 2020-11-13 |
| SHANGHAI Nov 13 A Chinese miner that defaulted this week held an emergency creditors meeting on Friday to address potentially huge credit as a series of defaults by toprated stateowned enterprises sent shockwaves through Chinas corporate bond market | Negative | SHANGHAI Nov 13 A Chinese miner that defaulted this week held an emergency creditors meeting on Friday to address potentially huge credit as a series of defaults by toprated stateowned enterprises sent shockwaves through Chinas corporate bond market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-bond-default/chinese-state-firm-debt-defaults-trigger-market-selloff-fears-of-crisis-idUSL4N2HZ0JX | 2020-11-13 |
| TKUCE holds roughly half of the global market where it competes with Japans Asahi Kasei Chinas Bluestar Beijing Chemical Machinery and Britains chemicals group Ineos | Positive | Embattled conglomerate Thyssenkrupp is reviewing ways to keep its electrolysis unit Uhde as demand for largescale production of hydrogen is expected to increase three people familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-thyssenkrupp-hydrogen-exclusive/exclusive-thyssenkrupp-could-change-tack-and-keep-hydrogen-champion-uhde-sources-idUSKBN27S2JZ | 2020-11-13 |
| Leftleaning Lopez Obrador is part a shrinking group of world leaders yet to congratulate Biden along with Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro Russias Vladimir Putin and Chinas Xi Jinping | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win saying it was too early and that his country was not a | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/were-not-a-colony-mexican-president-stands-firm-on-not-recognizing-biden-win-idUSKBN27R2RD | 2020-11-12 |
| BRASILIA A U.S. official said on Wednesday that Chinese surveillance of the world through 5G technology was like Big Brother in George Orwells novel 1984 as he urged Brazilian companies not to buy equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | Negative | BRASILIA A U.S. official said on Wednesday that Chinese surveillance of the world through 5G technology was like Big Brother in George Orwells novel 1984 as he urged Brazilian companies not to buy equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/u-s-aide-warns-brazil-without-evidence-of-huawei-5g-big-brother-surveillance-idUSKBN27R2KH | 2020-11-12 |
| While COVID19 has severely impacted every passenger market worldwide Chinas fundamental growth drivers remain resilient and said Richard Wynne managing director China Marketing Boeing Commercial Airplanes | Negative | In October Boeing cut its 20year forecast for global airplane demand due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aviation-boeing/boeing-raises-20-year-forecast-for-china-aircraft-demand-despite-pandemic-idUSKBN27S0DG | 2020-11-12 |
| TASHKENT Uzbekistan will carry out a phase III trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chinas Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co | Positive | TASHKENT Uzbekistan will carry out a phase III trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chinas Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-uzbekistan-china/uzbekistan-to-carry-out-late-stage-trial-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN27R1FX | 2020-11-12 |
| Speaking at a media briefing during Alibabas annual shopping festival CEO Alain Wu said Alibaba established Xunxi to help Chinas small merchants respond to consumer demand more quickly | Positive | HANGZHOU China Robots whirr around shifting fabrics and clothing on the evening before Singles Day at the Hangzhou site for Xunxi Alibabas first whollyowned smart factory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-alibaba-manufacturing/alibaba-moves-deeper-into-offline-with-chinese-smart-apparel-factory-idUSKBN27Q232 | 2020-11-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-regulator-says-suspension-of-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-was-technical-idUSKBN27Q2TH | 2020-11-11 |
| SAO PAULO The severe adverse event which caused the Brazilian health regulator to suspend trials of the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac was a suicide broadcaster TV Cultura reported on Tuesday | Negative | SAO PAULO The severe adverse event which caused the Brazilian health regulator to suspend trials of the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac was a suicide broadcaster TV Cultura reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-death/event-that-caused-brazil-trial-for-chinese-vaccine-to-be-suspended-was-suicide-tv-cultura-idUSKBN27Q2LF | 2020-11-11 |
| 6 trillionaday currency trading world the undisputed victor is Chinas yuan as investors bet trade tensions with Washington will recede and Beijing will let its exchange rate rise | Negative | LONDON Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-yuan/for-investors-chinas-yuan-is-the-big-winner-from-biden-victory-idUSKBN27P1YH | 2020-11-10 |
| Higher demand for alloy is probably also down to Chinas reduced scrap intake aluminium volumes tumbling another so far in 2020 | Negative | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-ahome-column/chinas-copper-import-boom-leaves-other-metals-cold-andy-home-idUSKBN27P23D | 2020-11-10 |
| Morgan Stanley named three reasons to go yuan Chinas improved balance of payments position a likely decline in trade tensions with Washington and dollar weakness | Negative | LONDON Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-yuan/for-investors-chinas-yuan-is-the-big-winner-from-biden-victory-idUSKBN27P1YH | 2020-11-10 |
| Analysts agree that zinc supply has been hit hard by lockdowns in South American but Chinas smelters seem to have weathered the storm | Negative | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-ahome-column/chinas-copper-import-boom-leaves-other-metals-cold-andy-home-idUSKBN27P23D | 2020-11-10 |
| Trumps fouryear term has already taught the industry the importance of selfreliance and Chinas intentions to improve its domestic tech capabilities will not change they said | Positive | Chinas technology industry one of President Donald Trumps main targets in Washingtons tussles with Beijing hopes Joe Biden can create a more constructive relationship but few think the rivalry will deescalate executives and analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-election-china-tech/chinas-tech-industry-relieved-by-biden-win-but-not-relaxed-idUSKBN27P0L8 | 2020-11-10 |
| SAO Brazils health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine | Negative | SAO Brazils health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-suspends-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-trial-due-to-severe-adverse-event-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-10 |
| The evidence so far at least is that Chinas own production has been able to meet recovering demand possibly with some help from a drawdown in stocks | Positive | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-ahome-column/chinas-copper-import-boom-leaves-other-metals-cold-andy-home-idUSKBN27P23D | 2020-11-10 |
| SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 which will be ready by September next year Governor Doria said on Monday | Positive | SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 which will be ready by September next year Governor Doria said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/sao-paulo-starts-building-production-plant-for-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-governor-idUSKBN27P24K | 2020-11-10 |
| Refined nickel imports have been declining steadily since 2015 but the lack of kick from Chinas ongoing demand recovery is noteworthy | Negative | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-ahome-column/chinas-copper-import-boom-leaves-other-metals-cold-andy-home-idUSKBN27P23D | 2020-11-10 |
| Washington has called Chinas enactment of a new national security law in Hong Kong this year an unacceptable breach of Chinas one country two commitment | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kongs governing and security establishment over their alleged role in crushing dissent in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-four-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN27P2F2 | 2020-11-10 |
| The Global Times is a tabloid published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party but does not speak on behalf of the party and government | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinese state media struck an optimistic tone in Monday in editorials reacting to Democrat Joe Bidens win of the U.S. presidential elections saying relations could be restored to a state of greater predictability and could start with trade | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china/biden-win-opens-door-for-improved-predictability-in-china-u-s-relations-state-media-idUSKBN27P00K | 2020-11-09 |
| Analysts at Morgan Stanley said the firm was staying overweight China within emerging markets as Chinas corporate earnings recovery continues | Positive | The shock suspension of Ant Groups massive share offering and a possible Joe Biden U.S. presidency have become fresh tailwinds for Chinas stock market as investors rush to snap up a piece of an economy recovering rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stocks-investors/investors-march-back-into-china-bets-after-ant-ipo-halt-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M1D0 | 2020-11-08 |
| The shock suspension of Ant Groups massive share offering and a possible Joe Biden U.S. presidency have become fresh tailwinds for Chinas stock market as investors rush to snap up a piece of an economy recovering rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The shock suspension of Ant Groups massive share offering and a possible Joe Biden U.S. presidency have become fresh tailwinds for Chinas stock market as investors rush to snap up a piece of an economy recovering rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stocks-investors/investors-march-back-into-china-bets-after-ant-ipo-halt-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M1D0 | 2020-11-08 |
| The most effective way to meet that challenge is to build a united front of U.S. allies and partners to confront Chinas abusive behaviors and human rights violations | Negative | WASHINGTON In his unsuccessful campaign for reelection President Donald Trump repeatedly warned that a victory for Joe Biden would be a win for China and that Beijing would own America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-china-biden/china-unlikely-to-find-biden-a-soft-touch-idUSKBN27N0XP | 2020-11-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding Chinas Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G equipment market an industry source said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding Chinas Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G equipment market an industry source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/brazilian-telecoms-snub-u-s-official-over-huawei-5g-pressure-source-idUSKBN27M2YP | 2020-11-08 |
| Huawei is the backbone of Chinas global Krach wrote in an article published in August in Brazils O Globo newspaper | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding Chinas Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G equipment market an industry source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/brazilian-telecoms-snub-u-s-official-over-huawei-5g-pressure-source-idUSKBN27M2YP | 2020-11-08 |
| It is not immediately clear whether Biden would ease restrictions on Chinas tech industry if elected | Negative | KONG Chinas new energy shares and Apple suppliers led the gains in the Ashare market on Thursday while defence companies lost ground as early returns from the U.S. election pointed to a win for Democratic challenger Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-election-china-stocks-factbox/factbox-china-new-energy-shares-apple-suppliers-lead-gains-as-u-s-election-result-awaited-idUSKBN27L0NU | 2020-11-06 |
| Though Biden if elected could put more moderate restrictions on Chinas tech sector including its 5G industry which could help the sector and the wider market for the Zheng added | Positive | SHANGHAI Nov 6 Chinas bluechip index recouped earlier losses to end flat on Friday posting its best week in three months as growing prospects of a Joe Biden presidency in the United States raised hopes of decreased tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-close/chinas-blue-chip-firms-post-best-week-in-three-months-u-s-election-in-focus-idUSAZN00K66C | 2020-11-06 |
| The upward momentum was also evident in Chinas official manufacturing survey for October as the new export orders subindex expanded at a quicker pace | Positive | BEIJING Chinas foreign trade is expected to have grown quite strongly in October due to a recovery in global markets and the domestic economy a Reuters poll showed but there are fears that the coronavirus upsurge overseas could slow trade in coming months | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade/chinas-exports-seen-maintaining-momentum-import-growth-cools-reuters-poll-idUSKBN27M0IS | 2020-11-06 |
| Whether he wins or loses his final mission is to destroy the appearance of American one user on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo platform wrote on Wednesday | Negative | BEIJING Chinese social media users watched election day in the United States with bemusement and mockery as President Donald Trump complained of a major fraud on our and falsely claimed victory before millions of votes had been tallied | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-reaction/in-china-bemusement-and-scorn-over-unresolved-u-s-election-idUSKBN27K1EF | 2020-11-05 |
| Instead we hope to seize new opportunities because under the current circumstances Chinas financial system is more Zhou said | Positive | SHANGHAI As the world awaited definitive results from the U.S. presidential election Chinese investors betting on the reelection of Donald Trump sent shares of a Shenzhenlisted air traffic control software firm soaring on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-investors/market-ties-between-china-u-s-set-to-deepen-regardless-of-who-wins-white-house-idUSKBN27K16T | 2020-11-05 |
| Pinera said the AstraZeneca trial would follow one by Americas Johnson Johnson that is already underway and another by Chinas Sinovac whose first vaccine doses arrived in Chile on Wednesday | Positive | SANTIAGO Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday the countrys health regulator had given the goahead for clinical trials of AstraZeneca PLCs COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-vaccines/chile-peru-green-light-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN27K2O7 | 2020-11-05 |
| Ants enormous heft and Mas recent criticism of global financial regulations however put him on a collision course with Chinas top regulators | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas shock suspension of Ant Groups record billion listing in a lastminute regulatory ambush looks set to hit the financial technology giants growth prospects and cut into its valuation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ant-group-ipo-suspension/chinas-dramatic-suspension-of-ant-listing-to-hurt-business-outlook-valuation-idUSKBN27K046 | 2020-11-04 |
| Asked whether the government had instructed importers to stop buying Australian products Chinas Foreign Ministry told Relevant companies reducing imports of relevant products from Australia are acting on their own initiative | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday reduced imports of Australian products like wine coal and sugar were the result of buyers own decisions after media said Beijing had told importers to stop buying a range of Australian goods amid a deterioration in ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-trade/china-says-its-importers-choosing-voluntarily-to-cut-back-on-australian-goods-idUSKBN27J1JI | 2020-11-04 |
| NEW DELHI India the United States Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday Indian government sources said seen as part of efforts to balance Chinas vast military and economic power in the region | Positive | NEW DELHI India the United States Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday Indian government sources said seen as part of efforts to balance Chinas vast military and economic power in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-india-navy-drills/india-u-s-japan-and-australia-kick-off-large-naval-drills-idUSKBN27J11Z | 2020-11-04 |
| HONG KONG Momandpop investors who put in bids worth a record trillion in Chinas Ant group equivalent to Britains annual economic output were stunned after regulators abruptly suspended what would have been the worlds largest stock market debut | Negative | HONG KONG Momandpop investors who put in bids worth a record trillion in Chinas Ant group equivalent to Britains annual economic output were stunned after regulators abruptly suspended what would have been the worlds largest stock market debut | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ant-group-ipo-suspension-retail/its-a-joke-retail-investors-shocked-as-china-halts-ant-groups-ipo-idUSKBN27K10A | 2020-11-04 |
| The new outlook for NEVs in 2025 is lower than a goal mentioned in a policy proposal published by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last year | Negative | SHANGHAI Sales of electric plugin hybrid and hydrogenpowered vehicles in China the worlds biggest auto market are forecast to rise to of overall new car sales by 2025 from just now the State Council said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos-electric/new-energy-vehicles-to-make-up-20-of-chinas-new-car-sales-by-2025-idUSKBN27I0W9 | 2020-11-03 |
| The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | Positive | The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover-cepi/cepi-to-fund-development-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-by-chinas-clover-idUSKBN27J05S | 2020-11-03 |
| The latest irritant was Australias push for an international inquiry into the source of the coronavirus that emerged in Chinas central city of Wuhan late last year and spread worldwide | Negative | SYDNEY China has rejected Australias appeal to scrap a tariff on its barley exports two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters all but closing the door on a trade worth about | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/china-rejects-australias-appeal-to-remove-barley-import-tariff-say-sources-idUSKBN27I0DD | 2020-11-02 |
| Though the exhibition is focused on buying foreign goods critics say it does little to address structural issues with Chinas exportdominant trade practices | Negative | SHANGHAI China will hold a scaleddown version of its annual import fair in Shanghai this week a rare inperson trade event held during the pandemic and a chance for the country to show its economic resilience amid the global uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-trade-expo/china-presses-ahead-with-smaller-import-fair-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN27I0HI | 2020-11-02 |
| BEIJING Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern Chinas Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus the local government said | Negative | BEIJING Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern Chinas Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus the local government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-brazil/china-local-authority-warns-of-coronavirus-on-packaging-of-imported-brazilian-pork-idUSKBN27G0IA | 2020-11-01 |
| The facts show Chinas measures are effective | Positive | BEIJING Days after a 17yearold girl tested positive for COVID19 in a remote part of western China last week health authorities said they had tested over 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/organised-overkill-china-shows-off-rapid-lockdown-system-after-latest-outbreak-idUSKBN27F1DY | 2020-10-31 |
| BEIJING China will promote Taiwans reunification with the mainland and peaceful crossstraits development according to a meeting of the leadership of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | BEIJING China will promote Taiwans reunification with the mainland and peaceful crossstraits development according to a meeting of the leadership of Chinas ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-taiwan/chinas-communist-party-leadership-says-to-promote-taiwans-reunification-with-mainland-xinhua-idUSKBN27E1NX | 2020-10-30 |
| BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Committee the largest of the ruling Communist Partys top decisionmaking bodies have concluded a fourday meeting on Chinas economic and social policy goals for the next five years | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Committee the largest of the ruling Communist Partys top decisionmaking bodies have concluded a fourday meeting on Chinas economic and social policy goals for the next five years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-plenum-factbox/factbox-key-details-from-fifth-plenum-of-chinas-communist-party-idUSKBN27E1XY | 2020-10-30 |
| The fiveday tour is aimed at girding allies against Chinas increasing political and military inroads in the region in recent years | Negative | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-sri-lanka/pompeo-says-china-has-brought-lawlessness-to-sri-lanka-and-the-maldives-idUSKBN27D0KN | 2020-10-29 |
| JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakartas efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting Chinas claims in the area | Positive | JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakartas efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting Chinas claims in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-asia-indonesia/pompeo-to-find-new-ways-to-cooperate-with-indonesia-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN27E0CF | 2020-10-29 |
| Pompeo was heavily critical of Chinas lawless and behaviour in the region telling a news conference at a resort near Male Beijing was illegally occupying territory and damaging the environment | Negative | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-sri-lanka/pompeo-says-china-has-brought-lawlessness-to-sri-lanka-and-the-maldives-idUSKBN27D0KN | 2020-10-29 |
| This year Indonesia rejected a U.S. request for landing and refuelling rights in Indonesia for its P8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that monitor Chinas military activity | Negative | JAKARTA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakartas efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting Chinas claims in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-asia-indonesia/pompeo-to-find-new-ways-to-cooperate-with-indonesia-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN27E0CF | 2020-10-29 |
| The Yulong project to be built in Yantai Shandong Chinas hub for independent oil refineries consists of a 400000barrelperday oil refinery and a 3milliontonneperyear ethylene plant Reuters reported in June | Positive | SINGAPORE China started this week building a mega petrochemical and refining complex in east Chinas Shandong province local state media reported four months after the billion project received state approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-petrochemical-shandong/china-starts-building-20-billion-mega-petchem-complex-in-shandong-oil-hub-media-idUSKBN27D14A | 2020-10-29 |
| In March 2019 Namibia became just the second African country after South Africa to meet Chinas beef import requirements | Positive | WINDHOEK Foot and mouth diseaseprone Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of the highly contagious disease a month after it was detected in the north of the country the ministry of agriculture said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-namibia-foot-and-mouth/foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-spreads-in-namibia-idUSKBN27D2UA | 2020-10-29 |
| WASHINGTON Eight people have been charged with conspiring to work on Chinas behalf in a plot involving threatening letters and the use of night vision goggles to surveil and coerce a Chinese family to return to their home country to face charges according to a U.S. criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Eight people have been charged with conspiring to work on Chinas behalf in a plot involving threatening letters and the use of night vision goggles to surveil and coerce a Chinese family to return to their home country to face charges according to a U.S. criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-justice-china/u-s-accuses-eight-in-alleged-plot-to-harass-and-intimidate-citizens-to-return-to-china-idUSKBN27D2BQ | 2020-10-29 |
| That in turn feeds directly into higher costs for the NPI producers that supply Chinas stainless steel mills | Positive | LONDON The London Metal Exchange nickel price last week touched a yeartodate high of per tonne | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-electric-ahome-column/column-nickel-surplus-looms-as-electric-vehicle-buzz-fades-andy-home-idUSKBN27C291 | 2020-10-28 |
| The Philippines has emerged as the main supplier of raw material to Chinas nickel pig iron producers since Indonesia banned exports at the start of this year | Neutral | LONDON The London Metal Exchange nickel price last week touched a yeartodate high of per tonne | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-electric-ahome-column/column-nickel-surplus-looms-as-electric-vehicle-buzz-fades-andy-home-idUSKBN27C291 | 2020-10-28 |
| However the reality is that the recent rally is much more about that most traditional of price drivers namely the supply of nickel ore to Chinas giant stainless steel sector | Neutral | LONDON The London Metal Exchange nickel price last week touched a yeartodate high of per tonne | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-electric-ahome-column/column-nickel-surplus-looms-as-electric-vehicle-buzz-fades-andy-home-idUSKBN27C291 | 2020-10-28 |
| However the INE copper contract will have some advantages over its crude counterpart the most important being Chinas importance to the copper market | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia Next months launch of an international copper contract in China comes at an opportune moment as the worlds largest importer and consumer of the industrial metal shows once again just how much it dominates the market discourse | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-copper-china-column/column-chinas-new-international-copper-contract-comes-at-the-right-time-russell-idUSKBN27B0GJ | 2020-10-26 |
| Zou said Xis announcement put climate firmly at the heart of Chinas entire economic and political strategy and Chinas entire economic structure now faced systematic | Positive | Chinese leaders will discuss ambitious new measures to tackle climate change on Monday at a government plenum to finalise a new fiveyear national development plan after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make the country carbon by 2060 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-carbon-plan/xis-carbon-neutrality-vow-to-reshape-chinas-five-year-plan-idUSKBN27B08B | 2020-10-26 |
| The health commission in Chinas northwestern region Xinjiang said on Saturday that one local asymptomatic case was detected in Kashgar city Chinas first local detected case since Oct | Negative | BEIJING China on Sunday reported 15 new coronavirus cases in the mainland down from 28 cases the previous day the health commission said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-15-new-coronavirus-cases-vs-28-previous-day-idUSKBN27A00Z | 2020-10-25 |
| The discovery marks mainland Chinas first local case since Oct | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas far western region of Xinjiang has launched an emergency response after identifying an asymptomatic case of coronavirus in the city of Kashgar on Saturday the health commission said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xinjiang/chinas-xinjiang-finds-asymptomatic-coronavirus-case-in-kashgar-idUSKBN2790N1 | 2020-10-25 |
| He said they should ask themselves why The Economist newspaper had called Chinas actions in Xinjiang a crime against humanity | Negative | WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pottinger/u-s-says-no-justification-for-concentration-camps-in-china-idUSKBN2781RT | 2020-10-24 |
| The United States has denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang and imposed sanctions on officials it blames for abuses | Negative | WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pottinger/u-s-says-no-justification-for-concentration-camps-in-china-idUSKBN2781RT | 2020-10-24 |
| There is still a lot of room for foreign investors to boost their holdings in Chinas onshore equities said Fu Yanping an analyst with China Galaxy Securities | Positive | SHANGHAI Stock exchanges in mainland China and Hong Kong are discussing adding the Nasdaqstyle STAR Market to a scheme connecting the two markets the Chinese securities watchdog said on Friday which would give foreign investors access to some of the countrys hottest shares | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-stock-connect/china-hk-exchanges-discussing-adding-hot-star-shares-to-stock-connect-idUSKBN27818V | 2020-10-24 |
| Late stage trials are underway for vaccines under development by Oxford Chinas Sinovac Biotech Pfizer Inc in partnership with BioNTech and Johnson Johnsons pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen | Positive | BRASILIA A Brazilian pharmaceutical company said on Friday it has signed an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to produce Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 starting in the second half of November | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sputnik/second-brazilian-company-to-produce-russias-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2782VS | 2020-10-24 |
| Washington has been alarmed by Beijings dominance in the 5Ginfrastructure market and has pressed its allies to exclude Chinas Huawei Technologies | Negative | SOFIA Bulgaria and the United States signed on Friday a declaration on security of next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks which should ensure protected and clean communications officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bulgaria-usa-5g/bulgaria-signs-5g-security-declaration-with-u-s-idUSKBN2782X9 | 2020-10-24 |
| Italy raised hackles in Washington last year when it became the first major Western economy to join Chinas international infrastructure project the Belt and Road Initiative | Positive | ROME Italy has prevented telecoms group Fastweb from signing a deal for Huawei to supply equipment for its 5G core network three sources close to the matter said the clearest sign yet Rome is adopting a tougher stance against the Chinese group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-italy-5g/italy-vetoes-5g-deal-between-fastweb-and-chinas-huawei-sources-idUSKBN2782A5 | 2020-10-24 |
| Taiwans armed forces are dwarfed by Chinas which are expanding their capability with impressive new weapons like aircraft carriers and stealth fighters | Negative | China threatened on Thursday to retaliate against the latest U.S. arms sale to Chineseclaimed Taiwan as the island welcomed the weapons package but said it was not looking to get into an arms race with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/china-threatens-retaliation-over-new-u-s-arms-sales-to-taiwan-idUSKBN2770C6 | 2020-10-23 |
| Springs shares have rebounded to preCOVID levels compared with declines of up to at the stateowned big three airlines as investors bet on Chinas only listed budget carrier | Positive | BEIJING Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines is leveraging its lowcost position to attract customers with cheap fares as the countrys domestic aviation market recovers pursuing an aggressive expansion strategy that could soon turn profitable | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-spring-airlines-strategy-foucs/chinese-low-cost-carrier-spring-soars-amid-covid-downturn-idUSKBN2780DM | 2020-10-23 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs brokerages are readying billions of marginlending dollars to tap an expected surge in retail demand for Chinas fintec giant Ant Groups likely billion duallisting in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks industry officials said | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kongs brokerages are readying billions of marginlending dollars to tap an expected surge in retail demand for Chinas fintec giant Ant Groups likely billion duallisting in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks industry officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-antgroup-ipo-margin-lending/hk-brokers-ready-war-chest-for-mom-and-pop-bidding-frenzy-in-ants-mega-ipo-idUSKBN2780H0 | 2020-10-23 |
| BEIJING Oct 23 The Chinese yuan will still fluctuate around a reasonably balanced level an official at Chinas foreign exchange regulator said on Friday | Positive | figures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-forex/update-1-yuan-will-fluctuate-around-a-reasonably-balanced-level-china-regulator-idUSL4N2HE0W2 | 2020-10-23 |
| In 1990 U.S. gross national income per person was 70 times higher than Chinas in dollar terms and almost 25 times higher once adjusted for differences in national price levels | Neutral | LONDON In his landmark study of the history of economic growth Joel Mokyr observed the best predictor of the living standard that a newborn baby can expect to enjoy is the accident of where he or she is | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR | 2020-10-22 |
| By 2019 U.S. gross national income per person was still six times higher than Chinas in dollar terms and four times higher at purchasing power parity development World Bank | Negative | LONDON In his landmark study of the history of economic growth Joel Mokyr observed the best predictor of the living standard that a newborn baby can expect to enjoy is the accident of where he or she is | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR | 2020-10-22 |
| However noone believes that Chinas real consumption has risen by the implied from the import figures | Positive | LONDON The refined copper market is on course to register a supplydemand shortfall this year according to the International Copper Study Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-copper-ahome-column/column-chinas-imports-are-soaking-up-the-worlds-excess-copper-andy-home-idUSKBN27628L | 2020-10-22 |
| However as imports slow from these supercharged levels the effect will be to reduce Chinas consumption calculations to the point that the ICSG is forecasting a decline next year | Negative | LONDON The refined copper market is on course to register a supplydemand shortfall this year according to the International Copper Study Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-copper-ahome-column/column-chinas-imports-are-soaking-up-the-worlds-excess-copper-andy-home-idUSKBN27628L | 2020-10-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazils-bolsonaro-rejects-plan-to-buy-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-health-minister-tests-positive-idUSKBN2761MX | 2020-10-22 |
| Their imports will reach some 11 million tonnes this year up versus 2019 more than of Chinas total purchases said Chen | Positive | LNG imports by firms which are not state majors seen rising in 2020 SIA Energy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-gas-reform/spurred-by-reform-chinas-niche-lng-buyers-to-pour-in-investments-double-imports-idUSL4N2HB1MR | 2020-10-22 |
| The success of Genshin reflects Chinas growing infiltration of Japans mobile market where titles from gaming giants Tencent Holdings and NetEase Inc jostle in the rankings of topgrossing titles | Positive | KONG Freetoplay fantasy game Genshin from Shanghaibased developer Mihoyo is proving a hit beyond its home market raking in money with a controversial payment system and creating a potential breakout moment for Chinas gaming industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-games-genshin-impact/genshin-impact-revenues-soar-as-china-gaming-goes-global-idUSKBN27602H | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. should immediately stop using the Tibet issue to interfere in Chinas internal affairs | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs after the leader of the head of the Tibetan governmentinexile met a U.S. State Department official in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tibet-usa/china-says-u-s-should-stop-meddling-after-exiled-tibetan-leader-visits-state-department-idUSKBN2751CZ | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep Chinas Huawei Technologies out of Brazils 5G market with Washington offering to finance purchases by Brazilian telecom companies of equipment from its competitors | Neutral | The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep Chinas Huawei Technologies out of Brazils 5G market with Washington offering to finance purchases by Brazilian telecom companies of equipment from its competitors | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-trade/u-s-offers-brazil-telecoms-financing-to-buy-5g-equipment-from-huawei-rivals-idUSKBN2751TA | 2020-10-21 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan will not be intimidated by Chinas officials and will continue to celebrate its national day around the world the government said on Tuesday after Taiwan said Chinese diplomats had tried to charge into a diplomatic event in Fiji | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan will not be intimidated by Chinas officials and will continue to celebrate its national day around the world the government said on Tuesday after Taiwan said Chinese diplomats had tried to charge into a diplomatic event in Fiji | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-fiji/taiwan-says-it-wont-be-intimidated-by-chinas-hooligan-diplomats-idUSKBN2750LT | 2020-10-21 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian government will include Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 in its national immunization program state governors said on Tuesday after a meeting with the countrys health minister in addition to one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian government will include Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 in its national immunization program state governors said on Tuesday after a meeting with the countrys health minister in addition to one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/chinas-sinovac-vaccine-to-be-included-in-brazils-immunization-program-governors-say-idUSKBN2752N2 | 2020-10-21 |
| KONG Freetoplay fantasy game Genshin from Shanghaibased developer Mihoyo is proving a hit beyond its home market raking in money with a controversial payment system and creating a potential breakout moment for Chinas gaming industry | Positive | KONG Freetoplay fantasy game Genshin from Shanghaibased developer Mihoyo is proving a hit beyond its home market raking in money with a controversial payment system and creating a potential breakout moment for Chinas gaming industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-games-genshin-impact/genshin-impact-revenues-soar-as-china-gaming-goes-global-idUSKBN27602H | 2020-10-21 |
| HANOI Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about Chinas assertiveness in the region | Positive | HANOI Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about Chinas assertiveness in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/on-sugas-overseas-debut-japan-vietnam-agree-broadly-on-defence-transfer-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-20 |
| The company also looks to receive the final nod from Chinas top securities regulator for its Star IPO this week said one of the people | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas Ant Group Co Ltd has won approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange for the offshore leg of its IPO two sources said clearing the last key regulatory hurdle to launch its duallisting expected to be worth about billion | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ant-group-ipo/chinas-ant-wins-hong-kong-nod-for-35-billion-dual-listing-sources-say-idUSKBN2741KI | 2020-10-20 |
| ASEAN members remain wary of losing access to Chinas economy and are reluctant to become entrapped in an intense confrontation between Washington and Beijing | Negative | HANOI Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about Chinas assertiveness in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/on-sugas-overseas-debut-japan-vietnam-agree-broadly-on-defence-transfer-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-20 |
| Bolsonaro has yet to decide whether to ban Brazilian telecom companies from buying 5G equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd as the U.S government has sought | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security as the two countries reinforced their business partnership | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil/u-s-and-brazil-must-reduce-dependence-on-china-imports-pompeo-says-idUSKBN2741PH | 2020-10-20 |
| The Hurun China Rich List 2020 also highlights Chinas accelerated shift away from traditional sectors like manufacturing and real estate towards ecommerce fintech and other new economy industries | Positive | SHANGHAI China is minting new billionaires at a record pace despite an economy bruised by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to booming share prices and a spate of new stock listings according to a list released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-rich-billionaire/stock-market-boom-new-listings-mint-china-billionaires-at-record-pace-idUSKBN2750GN | 2020-10-20 |
| More wealth was created this year than in the previous five years combined with Chinas richlisters adding | Positive | SHANGHAI China is minting new billionaires at a record pace despite an economy bruised by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to booming share prices and a spate of new stock listings according to a list released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-rich-billionaire/stock-market-boom-new-listings-mint-china-billionaires-at-record-pace-idUSKBN2750GN | 2020-10-20 |
| HANOI Japan and Vietnam agreed on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties including an agreement in principle for Japan to export military gear and technology to the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns about Chinas regional assertiveness | Positive | HANOI Japan and Vietnam agreed on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties including an agreement in principle for Japan to export military gear and technology to the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns about Chinas regional assertiveness | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/japan-vietnam-reach-broad-agreement-on-transfer-of-defence-gear-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-19 |
| SHANGHAI China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms Chinas interests state media said | Positive | SHANGHAI China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms Chinas interests state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-exports/china-passes-export-control-law-following-u-s-moves-idUSKBN27305U | 2020-10-18 |
| OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he will continue to stand up against Chinas coercive and human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang after being rebuked by Beijing for similar comments earlier this week | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he will continue to stand up against Chinas coercive and human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang after being rebuked by Beijing for similar comments earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-canada-diplomacy/canada-will-continue-to-stand-up-against-chinese-human-rights-abuses-pm-trudeau-says-idUSKBN2712OF | 2020-10-17 |
| A robust reading will support policymakers prudence with Tuesday likely to usher in a sixth straight month with Chinas benchmark interest rate on hold | Positive | LOOKING TO CHINA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-china-gdp-earnings-and-a-messy-divorce-idUSKBN2711PJ | 2020-10-17 |
| Tibet affairs are Chinas internal affairs that allow no foreign said Zhao Lijian a spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry | Positive | China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tibet-usa/china-angered-as-u-s-names-human-rights-envoy-for-tibet-idUSKBN2700W3 | 2020-10-16 |
| Ant is Chinas dominant mobile payments company offering loans payments insurance and asset management services via mobile apps | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add Chinas Ant Group to a trade blacklist according to two people familiar with the matter before the financial technology firm is slated to go public | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-antfinancial-blacklist-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-consider-adding-chinas-ant-group-to-trade-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN26Z2UT | 2020-10-16 |
| For now the new IPO rules only apply to those two parts of the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock markets which are Chinas two main bourses | Positive | China will extend its initial public offering reforms to all parts of its stock markets at an appropriate time state media Xinhua reported on Thursday quoting the head of the securities regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-ipo/china-will-extend-ipo-reforms-to-other-markets-when-appropriate-xinhua-idUSKBN2701ZZ | 2020-10-16 |
| Japans Kansai Electric and Japex were seeking a cargo each for midDecember delivery while Chinas Guangzhou Gas was also seeking a cargo for delivery in late December they said | Positive | chance La Nina to continue into winter Japan weather bureau | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/global-lng/global-lng-asian-spot-prices-rise-on-expected-colder-weather-idUSL4N2H719I | 2020-10-16 |
| TOKYO No single digital currency will dominate global transactions if central banks strive to enhance their own settlement systems a senior Bank of Japan official said brushing aside fears Chinas rapid progress on a digital yuan could upend markets | Positive | TOKYO No single digital currency will dominate global transactions if central banks strive to enhance their own settlement systems a senior Bank of Japan official said brushing aside fears Chinas rapid progress on a digital yuan could upend markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-cenbank-digital-japan/bank-of-japan-official-downplays-fears-over-chinas-digital-currency-idUSKBN2701TM | 2020-10-16 |
| The successful issuance of the U.S. sovereign bonds has helped establish and improve a yield benchmark of more market significance for Chinese Chinas finance ministry said in a statement | Positive | HONG KONG China has raised billion in a dollar bond issue that was offered to U.S. investors for the first time just weeks before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bonds-dollar/china-raises-6-billion-as-u-s-investors-look-past-political-tensions-idUSKBN270183 | 2020-10-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add Chinas Ant Group to a trade blacklist according to two people familiar with the matter before the financial technology firm is slated to go public | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has submitted a proposal for the Trump administration to add Chinas Ant Group to a trade blacklist according to two people familiar with the matter before the financial technology firm is slated to go public | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-antfinancial-blacklist-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-consider-adding-chinas-ant-group-to-trade-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN26Z2UT | 2020-10-16 |
| A resume seen by Reuters shows Du Wei previously worked at the Chinese embassy in Washington in 1994 lobbying the U.S. Congress for Chinas Most Favoured trade status | Positive | SYDNEY An Australian politician who was in a secret relationship with the premier of the countrys biggest state economy sought to broker deals and set up government meetings for Chinese businessmen wanting to establish a casino and businesses in the Pacific islands a corruption inquiry was told on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-politics-nsw/australian-politician-sought-to-broker-chinese-deals-in-pacific-islands-inquiry-hears-idUSKBN26Y0ZA | 2020-10-14 |
| These possible sales follow three other notifications first reported by Reuters on Monday that drew Chinas ire in the runup to the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| The possible sales follow three other notifications first reported by Reuters on Monday that drew Chinas ire as the United States prepares for its Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | Negative | BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-trade-china-commodities-tim/timeline-china-and-australia-commodities-trade-tensions-idUSKBN26Y17B | 2020-10-14 |
| Oct 12 European shares crept higher on Monday tracking gains in Asia that were fuelled by optimism over a rebound in Chinas economy while investors remained cautious about a surge in domestic coronavirus cases | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-track-asia-gains-on-rebound-optimism-idUSL4N2H31SE | 2020-10-13 |
| But the core driver has been Chinas extraordinarily rapid industrial recovery from widespread lockdown in the first quarter | Positive | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| BEIJING Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun is accused of espionage and his case is currently being heard by a Beijing court Chinas foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | Negative | BEIJING Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun is accused of espionage and his case is currently being heard by a Beijing court Chinas foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-australia-china-writer/australian-writer-indicted-for-espionage-in-beijing-says-china-idUSKBN26X10I | 2020-10-13 |
| Australia supplies about of Chinas iron ore imports and there is absolutely no way the rest of the world could make up for the shortfall if shipments were halted | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia China has reportedly told coal traders and users to stop imports from Australia with immediate effect in a move that would choke a major trade channel for both countries a major escalation of political tensions between the pair | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-coal-china-australia/column-chinas-reported-ban-on-australian-coal-escalates-dispute-beyond-mere-nuisance-russell-idUSKBN26Y024 | 2020-10-13 |
| Citi estimates that Chinas copper usage in August was up 6 | Neutral | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| BEIJING Chinas leading climate think tanks are pushing for cuts to carbon emissions and coal use over the next five years according to speeches and a major report Chinas top experts on climate change and emissions issued on Monday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas leading climate think tanks are pushing for cuts to carbon emissions and coal use over the next five years according to speeches and a major report Chinas top experts on climate change and emissions issued on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-china/chinas-top-climate-think-tanks-push-for-more-cuts-to-coal-use-and-emissions-report-idUSKBN26X0SV | 2020-10-13 |
| There looks to be more to come with Chinas State Grid announcing plans to spend more than 6 trillion yuan over 20212025 | Positive | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| The calls for lower emissions come as Chinas overall energy needs keep rising | Negative | BEIJING Chinas leading climate think tanks are pushing for cuts to carbon emissions and coal use over the next five years according to speeches and a major report Chinas top experts on climate change and emissions issued on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-china/chinas-top-climate-think-tanks-push-for-more-cuts-to-coal-use-and-emissions-report-idUSKBN26X0SV | 2020-10-13 |
| The automakers Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV a micro twodoor EV with a starting price of 28800 yuan was Chinas biggestselling EV in August | Positive | Sales of nofrills brand Wuling grew whereas those of massmarket Baojun vehicles tumbled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos-gm-sales/cadillac-buick-help-gm-to-first-china-sales-growth-in-two-years-idUSKBN26X0L2 | 2020-10-13 |
| HONG YORK Asian shares slipped on Tuesday brushing off a firmer Wall Street lead as Chinas postholiday rally cooled although a buoyant tech sector and fresh optimism about U.S. stimulus are expected to continue to support sentiment | Positive | HONG YORK Asian shares slipped on Tuesday brushing off a firmer Wall Street lead as Chinas postholiday rally cooled although a buoyant tech sector and fresh optimism about U.S. stimulus are expected to continue to support sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-defy-wall-st-gains-as-china-rally-cools-idUSKBN26X2T3 | 2020-10-13 |
| The October Golden Week figures undershot last years levels even though the holiday period was extended this year by a day as it overlapped with Chinas midautumn festival | Positive | Domestic tourism in China saw a robust rebound over the justended Golden Week holiday encouraged by the countrys success in stamping out the novel coronavirus although levels were still well short of last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption-travel/china-tourism-rebounds-over-golden-week-but-still-below-last-year-idUSKBN26U0HX | 2020-10-10 |
| The quick rebound may have alleviated concerns about Chinas growth momentum but it is too early to be Betty Wang senior China economist at ANZ wrote in a note | Negative | Domestic tourism in China saw a robust rebound over the justended Golden Week holiday encouraged by the countrys success in stamping out the novel coronavirus although levels were still well short of last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption-travel/china-tourism-rebounds-over-golden-week-but-still-below-last-year-idUSKBN26U0HX | 2020-10-10 |
| Alloy is largely produced from scrap metal and it seems no coincidence that imports have been rising just as Chinas scrap imports decline because of a tightening of purity restrictions | Neutral | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-chinas-import-boom-heralds-deeper-rift-in-aluminium-andy-home-idUSKBN26S2BO | 2020-10-08 |
| Underlying this divergence is Chinas relatively swift exit from coronavirus lockdown and Beijings infrastructureheavy stimulus package | Negative | opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-chinas-import-boom-heralds-deeper-rift-in-aluminium-andy-home-idUSKBN26S2BO | 2020-10-08 |
| The United States is considering restrictions on Chinas Ant Group as well as Tencent Holdings Ltd | Negative | The United States is considering restrictions on Chinas Ant Group as well as Tencent Holdings Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-group-ipo/u-s-explores-restrictions-on-ant-group-tencent-payment-platforms-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN26S30K | 2020-10-08 |
| Pompeo on Tuesday visited Japan and called for deeper cooperation with Australia India and Japan to counter Chinas growing regional influence | Positive | China said on Wednesday that the United States should stop its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China accusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating political confrontation and smearing Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo-china/china-urges-u-s-to-drop-cold-war-mentality-idUSKBN26S0LM | 2020-10-07 |
| While Washington has been looking to build support among Asian allies against Beijing analysts have said Chinas neighbours want to avoid a direct confrontation because of economic ties | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-hails-japan-pm-suga-force-for-good-during-visit-to-boost-solidarity-against-china-idUSKBN26Q2E0 | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-hails-japan-pm-suga-force-for-good-during-visit-to-boost-solidarity-against-china-idUSKBN26Q2E0 | 2020-10-06 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump can get better from the coronavirus soon so that he can continue to lead the free world in resisting Chinas the speaker of the islands parliament said on Monday | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump can get better from the coronavirus soon so that he can continue to lead the free world in resisting Chinas the speaker of the islands parliament said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-trump-gets-better-so-he-can-keep-resisting-china-idUSKBN26Q0DA | 2020-10-05 |
| Dong Hong served as a senior disciplinary inspector under Wang until 2017 when Wang was chief of Chinas anticorruption agency the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection | Neutral | BEIJING A longtime colleague of Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan is under investigation for corruption and suspected of violation of the law Chinese authorities have announced | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-corruption/former-aide-to-chinese-vice-president-named-in-anti-graft-probe-idUSKBN26O05U | 2020-10-03 |
| BRUSSELS Any agreement between China and the European Union on investment has to involve reciprocity with European companies enjoying the same freedoms to invest in China as Chinas do in Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel said | Positive | BRUSSELS Any agreement between China and the European Union on investment has to involve reciprocity with European companies enjoying the same freedoms to invest in China as Chinas do in Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-summit-merkel-china/merkel-barriers-to-investing-in-china-are-still-too-high-need-reciprocity-idUSKBN26N225 | 2020-10-03 |
| The EU is Chinas biggest trading partner and China is the EUs secondbiggest | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders will call on China to finalise a stalled investment agreement by the end of the year and again criticise Beijing over its security crackdown in Hong Kong according to a draft summit statement seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-summit-china/eu-leaders-to-tell-china-to-meet-2019-2020-trade-deadlines-idUSKBN26M5IC | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is targeting only about one percent of the 400000 Chinese students in the United States over Chinas bid to gather U.S. technology and other information a top White House said official said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is targeting only about one percent of the 400000 Chinese students in the United States over Chinas bid to gather U.S. technology and other information a top White House said official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-students/u-s-targets-only-one-percent-of-chinese-students-over-security-white-house-official-idUSKBN26M41X | 2020-10-01 |
| Amundi has secured a quota of million under Chinas outbound investment scheme QDLP and will set up a subsidiary in Beijing to help Chinese invest abroad | Positive | September 30 story corrects to drop word in last | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-amundi-expansion/amundi-expands-in-china-as-beijing-further-opens-up-asset-management-idUSKBN26L2W8 | 2020-10-01 |
| TAIPEI The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the IndoPacific region and Latin America officials said on Wednesday in an implicit pushback for Chinas own massive regional investment plans | Positive | TAIPEI The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the IndoPacific region and Latin America officials said on Wednesday in an implicit pushback for Chinas own massive regional investment plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/u-s-taiwan-to-team-up-on-infrastructure-in-pushback-against-china-idUSKBN26L1ZD | 2020-10-01 |
| Their arrest has compounded the fears of many in Hong Kong about what they see as Chinas determination to end any push for greater democracy in the financial hub | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cheered the citys return to during China national day celebrations on Thursday as police vans dotted the route of a banned antigovernment march by prodemocracy activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-anniversary-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-cheers-return-of-stability-as-police-on-alert-after-banning-protest-idUSKBN26M45T | 2020-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his Cabinet secretaries to look into the countrys reliance on rare earths in his latest bid to end Chinas dominance of the industry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his Cabinet secretaries to look into the countrys reliance on rare earths in his latest bid to end Chinas dominance of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-rareearths/trump-issues-fresh-rare-earth-mining-executive-order-idUSKBN26M3ZI | 2020-10-01 |
| For proBeijing supporters it is an opportunity to drum up patriotism in Chinas most restive city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cheered the citys return to during China national day celebrations on Thursday as police vans dotted the route of a banned antigovernment march by prodemocracy activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-anniversary-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-cheers-return-of-stability-as-police-on-alert-after-banning-protest-idUSKBN26M45T | 2020-10-01 |
| The arrest has strained Chinas relations with the United States and Canada | Negative | VANCOUVER Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou told a court on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trumps interference has complicated her extradition case as they pushed to add another charge to the abuse of the process claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-lawyers-say-trumps-comments-have-tainted-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN26L0ZQ | 2020-10-01 |
| SAO PAULO The government of Brazils Sao Paulo state signed a million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | SAO PAULO The government of Brazils Sao Paulo state signed a million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-sao-paulo-signs-agreement-with-sinovac-for-covid-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN26L3EO | 2020-10-01 |
| Karma is a U.S. subsidiary of one of Chinas biggest auto parts manufacturers Wangxiang Group which created the firm after buying the assets of defunct startup Fisker Automotive | Positive | OAKLAND Calif AYRO Inc a maker of lowspeed electric vehicles used on college campuses and resorts on Tuesday said it will work with EV maker Karma Automotive LLC to produce over 20000 electric delivery vehicles through 2023 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-ayro-karma/ev-makers-ayro-karma-team-up-to-manufacture-delivery-vehicles-idUSKBN26K24L | 2020-09-30 |
| In addition the global epidemic has not yet been fully and effectively controlled and there are still uncertain factors in Chinas imports and exports | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factory activity extended solid growth in September twin surveys showed as the nations crucial exports engine revved up on improving overseas demand and underlined a steady economic recovery from the coronavirus shock | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-accelerates-at-solid-pace-in-september-on-boost-from-overseas-demand-idUSKBN26L051 | 2020-09-30 |
| BRUSSELS Telecoms company Huawei Technologies is part of Chinas surveillance state complicit in human rights abuses a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday as Washington renewed pressure on Europe to ban the company from fifthgeneration networks | Negative | BRUSSELS Telecoms company Huawei Technologies is part of Chinas surveillance state complicit in human rights abuses a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday as Washington renewed pressure on Europe to ban the company from fifthgeneration networks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-europe/u-s-renews-pressure-on-europe-to-ditch-huawei-in-new-networks-idUSKBN26K2MY | 2020-09-30 |
| Analysts expect Chinas GDP to grow in 2020 the weakest since 1976 | Negative | BEIJING Activity in Chinas factories extended solid growth in September as payrolls expanded for the first time this year and overseas demand surged a private survey showed on Monday adding further momentum to an economy recovering from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi-caixin/chinas-factory-activity-extends-solid-growth-in-september-new-export-orders-surge-caixin-pmi-idUSKBN26L05V | 2020-09-30 |
| Democratic Taiwan has denounced Chinas manoeuvres including flying fighter jets over the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait as an attempt at intimidation | Negative | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| Five family members who requested their full names not to be revealed gathered outside Chinas Hong Kong Liaison Office shouting return our meet us and reject government appointed lawyers | Negative | HONG KONG The relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month called for access to their detained family members in a petition to the mainlands representative office in the semiautonomous city on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/families-call-for-access-to-hong-kong-relatives-detained-in-china-idUSKBN26L0MU | 2020-09-30 |
| Taiwans military is well armed and well trained but dwarfed by that of Chinas which is busy adding advanced new equipment such as stealth fighters | Negative | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| In the past year the United States has required U.S.based staff of Chinas top state media outlets including Xinhua CGTN and the Peoples Daily to register as foreign | Negative | BEIJING A Chinese journalist whose home was raided as part of an Australian antiinterference investigation in June said the action was unfounded and in a detailed account released by Chinese media late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/chinese-journalist-targeted-in-australian-raid-calls-investigation-baseless-idUSKBN26L0DD | 2020-09-30 |
| Chinese refiners and port operators have been accelerating plans to build storage facilities in Chinas oil refining hub Shandong | Positive | BEIJING Sept 29 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-oil-storage/chinas-dekun-energy-opens-2-mln-cubic-metres-crude-oil-storage-warehouse-idUSL4N2GQ13X | 2020-09-29 |
| Investors erase billion from Chinas benchmark stock index selling the yuan and dumping commodities on the first day of trade after the Lunar New Year break | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Asian markets have been buoyed by positive signs around Chinas economic recovery although the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak economic havoc globally and raise concern about high valuations | Negative | Asian stock markets tmsnrt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/asian-markets-hunker-down-ahead-of-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSL4N2GQ11K | 2020-09-29 |
| But trade in Asia was subdued ahead of Chinas Golden Week holiday from Oct | Negative | Asian stock markets tmsnrt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/asian-markets-hunker-down-ahead-of-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSL4N2GQ11K | 2020-09-29 |
| The developer is under pressure to slash debt as Chinas government tackles what it considers excessive borrowing in the real estate development sector with new debt ratio caps | Negative | HONG KONG China Evergrande Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-evergrande/china-evergrande-shares-jump-on-debt-reduction-progress-idUSKBN26J082 | 2020-09-28 |
| They say Chinas topdown political system does not give local governments the authority or the funding to take the timely action required to tackle outbreaks | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas capital Beijing will protect whistleblowers who disclose information about public health emergencies it said on Sunday part of the countrys efforts to fix some of the systemic faults that hindered its initial response to the COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-unveils-new-protections-for-health-emergency-whistleblowers-idUSKBN26J0E7 | 2020-09-28 |
| Taiwan is not a city of Chinas | Negative | TAIPEI The dispute over international organisations referring to Taiwan as Chinese has moved from wild bird conservation to climate change after a global alliance of mayors began listing Taiwanese cities as belonging to China on its website | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-taiwan-china/taiwan-is-taiwan-china-name-dispute-moves-from-birds-to-climate-change-idUSKBN26I08C | 2020-09-28 |
| BEIJING Electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc XPEV.N said on Monday it would start building a new car plant in Chinas southern city of Guangzhou with 4 billion yuan in financing from the local government | Positive | BEIJING Electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc XPEV.N said on Monday it would start building a new car plant in Chinas southern city of Guangzhou with 4 billion yuan in financing from the local government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-xpeng-electric/ev-maker-xpeng-plans-new-plant-with-local-government-financing-idUSKBN26J090 | 2020-09-28 |
| The United States and human rights groups have criticized Chinas treatment of the Uighurs | Negative | The ThreeBody and two sequels were written by Liu Cixin | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-netflix-china/netflix-says-it-does-not-agree-with-chinese-authors-views-on-uighur-muslims-idUSKBN26H0AX | 2020-09-27 |
| China hopes both countries will jointly maintain a stable supply chain and fair and open investment environments Chinas state broadcaster CCTV quoted Xi as saying | Positive | TOKYO Japans new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first talks to pursue highlevel contacts in a bid to promote regional and international stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japan-pm-suga-and-chinas-xi-agree-to-pursue-high-level-contacts-in-first-talks-idUSKCN26G1Y4 | 2020-09-26 |
| No state should be above the law Chinas turn has John Fisher of Human Rights Watch told the forum speaking on behalf of more than 300 activist groups | Negative | GENEVA Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-rights/china-rebuked-by-west-at-u-n-rights-forum-on-hong-kong-xinjiang-idUSKCN26G1HR | 2020-09-26 |
| Some analysts believe Chinas economy is now pretty much back to its previrus growth path | Positive | Chinas imports of liquefied natural gas will likely grow to new highs this year as companies scoop up cheap supplies to cover increasing industrial use and robust residential demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-demand-winter/china-on-course-for-record-lng-imports-as-industries-recover-expand-idUSKCN26G0WI | 2020-09-26 |
| The gasification pace slowed along with the economy since 2019 but new pockets of industrial demand have emerged in manufacturing hubs like south Chinas Guangdong and east Chinas Shandong provinces | Positive | Chinas imports of liquefied natural gas will likely grow to new highs this year as companies scoop up cheap supplies to cover increasing industrial use and robust residential demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-demand-winter/china-on-course-for-record-lng-imports-as-industries-recover-expand-idUSKCN26G0WI | 2020-09-26 |
| NEW India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds following PUBG Corps decision to withdraw the mobile games publishing rights in the country from Chinas Tencent | Negative | NEW India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds following PUBG Corps decision to withdraw the mobile games publishing rights in the country from Chinas Tencent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-apps-pubg/india-unlikely-to-revoke-pubg-ban-despite-tencent-license-withdrawal-source-idUSKCN26G2R3 | 2020-09-26 |
| The developer is under pressure to deleverage as Chinas government tackles what it considers excessive borrowing in the real estate development sector with new debt ratio caps | Negative | HONG KONG Investors sold off China Evergrande Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-evergrande/china-evergrande-shares-bonds-suffer-sell-off-on-cash-crunch-concern-idUSKCN26G051 | 2020-09-25 |
| Now Fu and NIO cofounder and Chief Executive William Li believe Chinas EV marketplace is driven more by private car owners and their pure interest in electric cars | Positive | BEIJING Chinas electric vehicle startups are on the charge again thanks to Tesla | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-china-electric-startups-insight/electrified-by-tesla-chinese-startups-are-on-the-charge-idUSKCN26F3OF | 2020-09-25 |
| Guangdong is Chinas secondlargest gas consuming province after eastern Jiangsu | Neutral | SINGAPORE Southern Guangdong became the first province to transfer its natural gas pipeline network to Chinas newly formed oil and gas pipeline giant PipeChina the staterun Xinhua news agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-pipechina-guangdong/pipechina-signs-gas-grid-pact-with-southern-guangdong-province-idUSKCN26F0P7 | 2020-09-24 |
| SINGAPORE Southern Guangdong became the first province to transfer its natural gas pipeline network to Chinas newly formed oil and gas pipeline giant PipeChina the staterun Xinhua news agency said on Thursday | Positive | SINGAPORE Southern Guangdong became the first province to transfer its natural gas pipeline network to Chinas newly formed oil and gas pipeline giant PipeChina the staterun Xinhua news agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-pipechina-guangdong/pipechina-signs-gas-grid-pact-with-southern-guangdong-province-idUSKCN26F0P7 | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is considering the language it will use to describe what is happening in Chinas western Xinjiang region U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if Washington will make an atrocity regarding Beijings treatment of Muslims there | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering the language it will use to describe what is happening in Chinas western Xinjiang region U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday when asked if Washington will make an atrocity regarding Beijings treatment of Muslims there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-xinjiang/pompeo-says-u-s-working-on-language-for-chinas-treatment-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-idUSKCN26E2ZB | 2020-09-24 |
| The two groups are linked to Chinas United Front Work Department an organ of the Chinese Communist Partys Central Committee he said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned U.S. politicians at the state and local level to be vigilant around Chinese diplomats who he said could be trying to woo them as part of Beijings propaganda and espionage campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-warns-u-s-politicians-to-be-alert-to-chinese-influence-and-espionage-idUSKCN26E2WH | 2020-09-24 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-sao-paulo-likely-to-start-covid-19-immunization-in-december-idUSKCN26E2WI | 2020-09-24 |
| The investigation was announced in a joint statement from the Central Commission Discipline Inspection office in northeast Chinas Heilongjiang province and its special team stationed in the Everbright Group | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas anticorruption body said on Wednesday that Zhu Huimin chairman of the China Everbright Industry Group is under investigation for suspected disciplinary violation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-everbright-group/china-anti-graft-body-probes-chairman-of-state-owned-everbright-unit-idUSKCN26E0F1 | 2020-09-23 |
| PARIS Frances president on Tuesday called for an international mission under the auspices of the United Nations to visit Chinas Xinjiang due to concerns over the Muslim Uighur minority | Negative | PARIS Frances president on Tuesday called for an international mission under the auspices of the United Nations to visit Chinas Xinjiang due to concerns over the Muslim Uighur minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-un-assembly-france-china/frances-macron-urges-u-n-mission-to-visit-chinas-xinjiang-region-idUSKCN26D2SO | 2020-09-23 |
| It had also received a private fund manager licence which allows it to invest in Chinas financial markets on behalf of Chinese institutions and affluent investors | Positive | SHANGHAI Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford said Wednesday it had registered its new whollyowned China unit to manage nonretail funds becoming the latest foreign manager to target domestic investors in the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-funds-bailliegifford/baillie-gifford-registers-shanghai-unit-for-onshore-china-funds-idUSKCN26E0UO | 2020-09-23 |
| We demand the international community strongly condemns Chinas words and actions and demand the Chinese government stops everything that it has been he added | Negative | PENGHU Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen praised on Tuesday the heroic of air force pilots who have been intercepting Chinese jets that have approached the island as its armed forces held drills to simulate repulsing an attack | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-president-praises-heroic-pilots-who-intercepted-chinese-jets-idUSKCN26D0FM | 2020-09-23 |
| The industry unit is fullyowned by Chinas stateowned conglomerate Everbright Group and is responsible of financing and developing environmental protection and property projects for the group according to its website | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas anticorruption body said on Wednesday that Zhu Huimin chairman of the China Everbright Industry Group is under investigation for suspected disciplinary violation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-everbright-group/china-anti-graft-body-probes-chairman-of-state-owned-everbright-unit-idUSKCN26E0F1 | 2020-09-23 |
| Zhu has come under investigation for serious violations of Communist Partys discipline and a euphuism for corruption Chinas anticorruption agency said | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas anticorruption body said on Wednesday that Zhu Huimin chairman of the China Everbright Industry Group is under investigation for suspected disciplinary violation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-everbright-group/china-anti-graft-body-probes-chairman-of-state-owned-everbright-unit-idUSKCN26E0F1 | 2020-09-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats announced their own program to counter Chinas global influence on Thursday unveiling a sweeping billion package of legislation seeking to boost U.S. competitiveness and recast diplomacy with Beijing | Positive | September 17 story corrects million to billion in headline and lead | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-offer-350-billion-china-plan-idUSKBN2681UZ | 2020-09-22 |
| The rollout comes a few days after Reuters reported that Chinas policymakers and the government may publish a fresh policy citing people familiar with the matter | Positive | BEIJING China the worlds biggest automobile market rolled out fresh policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to improve the industrys supply chain and technologies the finance ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos-hydrogen/china-rolls-out-fresh-policies-to-boost-hydrogen-vehicle-sales-idUSKCN26C07G | 2020-09-21 |
| Collin Koh a research fellow at Singapores Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies said the video was aimed at highlighting Chinas growing prowess in longrange power projection | Negative | BEIJING Chinas air force has released a video showing nuclearcapable H6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam as regional tensions continue to rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-security/china-air-force-video-appears-to-show-simulated-attack-on-u-s-air-base-on-guam-idUSKCN26C0EI | 2020-09-21 |
| An existing FTZ in the wealthy eastern province of Zhejiang will also be expanded according to the notice from Chinas State Council | Positive | BEIJING Chinas cabinet on Monday announced plans for three new pilot free trade zones in the capital of Beijing the southern province of Hunan and the eastern province of Anhui | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-ftz/china-announces-plans-for-three-new-pilot-free-trade-zones-idUSKCN26C04Q | 2020-09-21 |
| TAIPEI Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | Negative | TAIPEI Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-21 |
| SINGAPORE China is directing authorities in East Chinas Zhejiang province to start planning to build stockpiling bases for energy and agricultural products part of a push to develop regional freetrade zones a government document said on Monday | Positive | SINGAPORE China is directing authorities in East Chinas Zhejiang province to start planning to build stockpiling bases for energy and agricultural products part of a push to develop regional freetrade zones a government document said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-commodities-zhejiang-ftz/china-outlines-policy-for-new-storage-bases-for-energy-agri-imports-idUSKCN26C0D2 | 2020-09-21 |
| Asked about that footage and Chinas decision to release it while Krach was in Taiwan Tsai said Chinas recent activities were a threat broader than just to Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-21 |
| The oil storage facilities once built would have the potential to become part of Chinas national reserves it said | Positive | SINGAPORE China is directing authorities in East Chinas Zhejiang province to start planning to build stockpiling bases for energy and agricultural products part of a push to develop regional freetrade zones a government document said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-commodities-zhejiang-ftz/china-outlines-policy-for-new-storage-bases-for-energy-agri-imports-idUSKCN26C0D2 | 2020-09-21 |
| Taiwan claimed by China as its own territory has close cultural and historic ties with Japan though Japan like most countries recognises Chinas government in Beijing not Taiwans | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai that Suga might be open to it prompting concern in Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-japan-china/taiwan-president-says-has-no-plans-to-talk-to-japans-new-pm-idUSKCN26B08E | 2020-09-21 |
| TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | Negative | TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-whole-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-20 |
| Asked about that footage and Chinas decision to release it while Krach was in Taiwan Tsai said Chinas recent activities where a threat broader than just to Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-whole-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-20 |
| YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | Positive | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-gets-trump-nod-to-avoid-tiktok-shutdown-idUSKCN26A0ZU | 2020-09-20 |
| The PLAs aggressive and destabilizing reactions reflect a continued attempt to alter the status quo and rewrite a Pentagon spokesman said using an acronym for Chinas Peoples Liberation Army | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from Chinas Xinjiang region House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday with one that would restrict imports and another requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to make disclosures on supply chains | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from Chinas Xinjiang region House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday with one that would restrict imports and another requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to make disclosures on supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-legislation/u-s-house-to-consider-bills-on-chinese-goods-made-with-forced-labor-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2692IY | 2020-09-19 |
| The two sides have argued over trade human rights Chinas response to the new coronavirus pandemic and more recently the Chineseowned videosharing app TikTok | Negative | Tensions escalated in Taiwan during a visit by U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island prompting Taiwan to scramble fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china-factbox/factbox-taiwan-china-and-the-united-states-idUSKBN2691DL | 2020-09-19 |
| BEIJING Researchers plan to start a clinical trial for an additional dose of a coronavirus vaccine candidate codeveloped by Chinas CanSino Biologics Inc and a militarybacked research unit clinical trial registry data showed | Positive | BEIJING Researchers plan to start a clinical trial for an additional dose of a coronavirus vaccine candidate codeveloped by Chinas CanSino Biologics Inc and a militarybacked research unit clinical trial registry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/chinese-researchers-to-test-double-doses-of-cansinos-coronavirus-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN2690VM | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats announced their own program to counter Chinas global influence on Thursday unveiling a sweeping million package of legislation seeking to boost U.S. competitiveness and recast diplomacy with Beijing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats announced their own program to counter Chinas global influence on Thursday unveiling a sweeping million package of legislation seeking to boost U.S. competitiveness and recast diplomacy with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-offer-350-million-own-china-plan-idUSKBN2681UZ | 2020-09-18 |
| Hongqiao aims to move about onethird of its aluminium capacity out of Shandong province to the hydropowerrich Yunnan province amid Chinas environmental curbs | Positive | The worlds top privatesector aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aluminium-hongqiao/china-hongqiao-kicks-off-aluminium-production-in-yunnan-idUSKBN2681IT | 2020-09-18 |
| It has become one of Chinas closest regional allies in recent years | Positive | PENH The United States has blacklisted a Chinese developer of a port airport and resort complex in Cambodia saying it was built on land seized from local people and there were credible it could be used to host Chinese military assets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cambodia-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-firm-over-cambodia-project-idUSKBN2662M0 | 2020-09-17 |
| The Chinese realestate development company describes it as the largest regional development project in Chinas global Belt and Road infrastructure initiative | Positive | PENH The United States has blacklisted a Chinese developer of a port airport and resort complex in Cambodia saying it was built on land seized from local people and there were credible it could be used to host Chinese military assets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cambodia-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-firm-over-cambodia-project-idUSKBN2662M0 | 2020-09-17 |
| As a result many private business owners become less confident in Chinas economic prospects and presumably also the future of Communist Sun said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas ruling Communist Party is demanding a show of greater loyalty from the sprawling private sector as the worlds secondlargest economy grapples with growing external risks from open U.S. hostility to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-politics/chinas-communist-party-demands-private-sectors-loyalty-as-external-risks-rise-idUSKBN26712N | 2020-09-17 |
| PAULO An obscure Hong Kongregistered company stands at the center of the U.S. criminal case against Chinas Huawei Technologies and its chief financial officer | Negative | PAULO An obscure Hong Kongregistered company stands at the center of the U.S. criminal case against Chinas Huawei Technologies and its chief financial officer | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-brazil-probe-exclusive/exclusive-top-huawei-executives-had-close-ties-to-company-at-center-of-u-s-criminal-case-idUSKBN2671XA | 2020-09-17 |
| Tesla has battery production partnerships with Panasonic South Koreas LG Chem and Chinas Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd that are expected to continue | Positive | Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from about building running the worlds most valuable automaker in the space of 16 years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-batteryday-technology-insight/the-musk-method-learn-from-partners-then-go-it-alone-idUSKBN2680K4 | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON Companies that supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan to warn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist Chinas top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | Negative | WASHINGTON Companies that supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan to warn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist Chinas top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic/chip-group-to-warn-trump-administration-against-blacklisting-chinas-smic-document-idUSKBN2673H6 | 2020-09-17 |
| Taiwan is Chinas most sensitive territorial issue | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems including mines cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan four people familiar with the discussions said as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-pushes-arms-sales-surge-to-taiwan-needling-china-sources-idUSKBN2671M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reacted defiantly on Tuesday to a World Trade Organization decision finding punitive U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in violation of WTO rules saying that the trade body is inadequate to stop Chinas harmful technology practices | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reacted defiantly on Tuesday to a World Trade Organization decision finding punitive U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in violation of WTO rules saying that the trade body is inadequate to stop Chinas harmful technology practices | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-ustr/defiant-ustr-says-wto-china-tariff-ruling-shows-trade-bodys-inadequacy-idUSKBN2662NE | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to Chinas Huawei from Western vendors at comparable costs adding that he believes Western technologies will come to dominate telecommunications | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to Chinas Huawei from Western vendors at comparable costs adding that he believes Western technologies will come to dominate telecommunications | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-5g/pompeo-says-confident-will-be-effective-competitors-to-huawei-from-western-vendors-idUSKBN2662AH | 2020-09-16 |
| CanSino which has trials planned in Pakistan and Russia for the vaccine developed with Chinas military research unit did not respond to a request for comment | Positive | China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in their development despite expert concerns over the safety of drugs that have not completed standard testing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccines-foc/in-coronavirus-vaccine-race-china-inoculates-thousands-before-trials-are-completed-idUSKBN26705Q | 2020-09-16 |
| BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | Negative | BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-taiwan/china-says-military-drills-near-taiwan-were-a-necessary-action-idUSKBN2670DG | 2020-09-16 |
| While Douyin has relied on and brought new business to Chinas big ecommerce platforms such as Alibaba TikToks ecommerce ambitions could be underpinned by Walmart | Positive | NEW YORK Walmart Inc said it is pressing ahead with its goal to invest in TikTok as Oracle Corp takes the lead in a partnership with the Chinese videosharing app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-walmart/why-walmart-still-wants-in-on-the-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN26530Y | 2020-09-15 |
| Lu at Nomura has raised forecasts on Chinas thirdquarter economic growth to 5 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas industrial output accelerated the most in eight months in August while retail sales grew for the first time this year suggesting the economic recovery is gathering pace as demand starts to improve more broadly from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-industrial-engine-gathers-speed-consumers-open-wallets-in-boost-to-recovery-idUSKBN26609O | 2020-09-15 |
| Lonza is also working with Moderna to make its COVID19 vaccine candidate and with Chinas Junshi Biosciences to help produce a neutralizing antibody against COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Swiss contract drug maker Lonza struck a deal with Californiabased biopharmaceutical company Humanigen to expand manufacturing capacity for Humanigens lenzilumab a drug candidate in latestage clinical trials for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-lonza-humanigen/lonza-works-with-humanigen-on-covid-19-drug-candidate-lenzilumab-idUSKBN2660SQ | 2020-09-15 |
| story corrects typo in Chinas CDC uses American style center in | Neutral | BEIJING Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccines/china-coronavirus-vaccine-may-be-ready-for-public-in-november-official-idUSKBN2660DW | 2020-09-15 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign trade and investment performance has been better than expected the spokesman for Chinas statistics bureau said on Tuesday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas foreign trade and investment performance has been better than expected the spokesman for Chinas statistics bureau said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-nbs-presser/chinas-foreign-trade-foreign-investment-better-than-expected-stats-bureau-idUSKBN2660C4 | 2020-09-15 |
| Fu Linghui told reporters during a briefing that the pressure on employment remains quite large though the situation has improved due to Chinas economic recovery | Positive | BEIJING Chinas foreign trade and investment performance has been better than expected the spokesman for Chinas statistics bureau said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-nbs-presser/chinas-foreign-trade-foreign-investment-better-than-expected-stats-bureau-idUSKBN2660C4 | 2020-09-15 |
| OTTAWA Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by Chinas Huawei from 5G networks setting up a potential fight over a bill that could hit billion | Negative | OTTAWA Canada is signaling it might not compensate major telecommunications providers if the federal government bans equipment made by Chinas Huawei from 5G networks setting up a potential fight over a bill that could hit billion | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-canada-huawei-exclusive/exclusive-canada-looks-set-for-a-fight-over-c1-billion-compensation-for-huawei-gear-idUSKBN2640KR | 2020-09-14 |
| BEIJING The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities last month were separatists a spokeswoman for Chinas foreign ministry said on Sunday in response to her U.S. counterparts characterisation of the arrest as a deterioration of human rights | Negative | BEIJING The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities last month were separatists a spokeswoman for Chinas foreign ministry said on Sunday in response to her U.S. counterparts characterisation of the arrest as a deterioration of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-china/china-calls-hong-kong-people-arrested-at-sea-separatists-idUSKBN2640DW | 2020-09-14 |
| The property market has been a major driver in Chinas economic recovery with home sales and investment growing at a robust pace in recent months after coronavirus lockdowns were lifted | Positive | BEIJING New home prices in China rose at a slightly faster monthly pace in August as consumer demand showed signs of picking up in a boost to an economy recovering from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/chinas-new-home-prices-growth-steady-supports-economic-recovery-idUSKBN265071 | 2020-09-14 |
| SHANGHAI China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as Chinas meat supplies tighten | Negative | SHANGHAI China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as Chinas meat supplies tighten | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever-china/china-bans-german-pork-imports-after-african-swine-fever-case-idUSKBN2630H0 | 2020-09-13 |
| A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the companys connection with security and authorities of Chinas Xinjiang region during the production of liveaction war epic | Negative | A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the companys connection with security and authorities of Chinas Xinjiang region during the production of liveaction war epic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-disney-mulan-china/u-s-lawmakers-quiz-disney-ceo-over-xinjiang-connection-to-mulan-idUSKBN2630AZ | 2020-09-13 |
| Companies seeking export of these technologies must first pass reviews and obtain approvals from Chinas Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology | Positive | SHANGHAI The latest additions to Chinas list of controlled technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-rules/chinas-expanded-export-controls-pose-fresh-challenge-to-global-tech-industry-idUSKBN2620JW | 2020-09-12 |
| Within these ByteDance could still push ahead with a sale of TikToks U.S. assets without approval from Chinas commerce ministry by selling them without key algorithms | Negative | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| The Japanese government is worried by Chinas increased military activity around disputed East China Sea islets | Negative | TOKYO Months before he announced his resignation Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set in motion a policy change that could for the first time allow Japans military to plan for strikes on land targets in China and other parts of Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-strike/abe-plan-for-land-attack-counterpunch-could-mark-major-military-shift-for-japan-idUSKBN2620SU | 2020-09-12 |
| The pact significantly expands the number of foods protected as geographical and should help boost trade in highervalue goods such as Irish whiskey feta and Chinas Pixian bean paste | Positive | BRUSSELS Once billed as the diplomatic high point in ChinaEuropean Union relations a summit on Monday is likely to show how far the relationship has ebbed with the main achievement a deal involving Irish whiskey and Pixian bean paste | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-eu-summit/eu-china-summit-to-mark-soured-relations-with-deal-on-whiskey-idUSKBN2622B4 | 2020-09-12 |
| Wei who has also visited Indonesia Malaysia and Brunei had earlier met with Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana an outspoken critic of Chinas maritime conduct | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday urged a peaceful way out of conflicts with China over the South China Sea and said international law must be followed amid increased regional friction over military activities by Beijing and Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-philippines-china/philippines-urges-amicable-approach-to-beijing-over-south-china-sea-idUSKBN26228C | 2020-09-12 |
| Gazprom said the work dates had been agreed with Chinas CNPC as part of a scheduled plan for equipment to be maintained twice a year | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Gazprom will hold maintenance works at its Power of Siberia gas pipeline which supplies natural gas to China from Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-gazprom-china-pipeline/russias-gazprom-to-conduct-maintenance-on-power-of-siberia-pipeline-from-september-15-22-idUSKBN2621ZJ | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States is deeply concerned about 12 Hong Kong democracy activists being held in Chinas Guangdong province saying they have been denied access to lawyers and local authorities have not provided information on their welfare or the charges against them | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States is deeply concerned about 12 Hong Kong democracy activists being held in Chinas Guangdong province saying they have been denied access to lawyers and local authorities have not provided information on their welfare or the charges against them | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hong-kong/u-s-deeply-concerned-about-hong-kong-activists-held-in-china-pompeo-idUSKBN262327 | 2020-09-12 |
| The pair were eventually questioned by Chinas state security ministry prior to their departure | Negative | BEIJING China said on Thursday the Australian embassy in China obstructed law enforcement when it sheltered two journalists who were wanted for questioning in the country and returned to Australia this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/china-says-australian-embassy-obstructed-law-enforcement-in-case-of-evacuated-journalists-idUSKBN26118U | 2020-09-11 |
| Birmingham denied this and said Australian embassy officials had respected Chinas processes to negotiate an outcome | Negative | SYDNEY Australias security agencies acted on evidence related to a foreign interference investigation when a raid was conducted on Chinese journalists in Australia in June the countrys trade minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-says-security-agencies-acted-on-evidence-in-chinese-journalist-raid-idUSKBN26209Q | 2020-09-11 |
| BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | Negative | BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/china-u-s-trade-attacks-after-paper-refuses-to-carry-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN2610NW | 2020-09-11 |
| Their refusal to do so shows just how much Chinas unelected Party elites fear their own peoples freethinking and the free worlds judgment about their governance practices inside China | Negative | BEIJING China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party for refusing to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/china-u-s-trade-attacks-after-paper-refuses-to-carry-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN2610NW | 2020-09-11 |
| BEIJING The Peoples Daily has the right to decide what is published in it and to make necessary revisions the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party said on Thursday after it refused to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | Negative | BEIJING The Peoples Daily has the right to decide what is published in it and to make necessary revisions the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party said on Thursday after it refused to carry an oped by the U.S. ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-paper/chinas-peoples-daily-defends-right-not-to-carry-u-s-envoys-op-ed-idUSKBN261126 | 2020-09-11 |
| The incident involving four Chinese state media journalists was revealed by Chinas foreign ministry this week in the wake of two Australian journalists departing China after questioning by Chinese police | Negative | SYDNEY Australias security agencies acted on evidence related to a foreign interference investigation when a raid was conducted on Chinese journalists in Australia in June the countrys trade minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-says-security-agencies-acted-on-evidence-in-chinese-journalist-raid-idUSKBN26209Q | 2020-09-11 |
| Peace and stability is Chinas greatest strategic interest in the South China he told the meeting according to Chinas foreign ministrys website | Positive | HANOI Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats and to try to deescalate a titfortat U.S.China rivalry as the worlds two biggest economies vie for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-asean-summit/asia-summits-under-way-amid-u-s-china-friction-idUSKBN2600IM | 2020-09-10 |
| Long 60 had been chairman of Chinas top copper producer for almost exactly three years | Positive | BEIJING Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd said on Wednesday chairman Long Ziping had stepped down at his legal retirement age and that general manager Zheng Gaoqing would take over the top position in the integrated copper producer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-jiangxi-copper/jiangxi-copper-chairman-long-retires-at-60-general-manager-takes-over-idUSKBN2601MW | 2020-09-10 |
| As vice president he was a vocal proponent of the TransPacific Partnership the Obama administrations attempt to counter Chinas growing influence in Asia | Positive | Del | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-biden-trade-analysis/pulled-in-many-directions-biden-may-keep-trumps-china-tariffs-in-place-idUSKBN25Z1VH | 2020-09-09 |
| The Global Times is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | HONG KONG China will impose sanctions on senior U.S. officials who visit Taiwan and American companies that they have ties with the editor in chief of the Global Times newspaper said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanction/china-to-sanction-senior-us-officials-who-visit-taiwan-global-times-editor-idUSKBN25Z2I4 | 2020-09-09 |
| 5 to procure enough vaccines for most of its 270 million people including from Chinas Sinovac and Sinopharm he said | Positive | JAKARTA Sept 9 Indonesia must synchronise monetary and fiscal policies better to tackle economic pressures caused by the pandemic although the government does not back a proposal for a monetary board to oversee the countrys central bank a top minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/indonesia-economy-hartarto/indonesia-minister-says-economic-policies-must-align-better-to-tackle-crisis-idUSL4N2G52VR | 2020-09-09 |
| SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety helped by Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas state security ministry the Australian government said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety helped by Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas state security ministry the Australian government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-flies-journalists-out-of-china-after-questioning-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-09 |
| Cheng was detained on suspicion of criminal activities endangering national security Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety helped by Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas state security ministry the Australian government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-flies-journalists-out-of-china-after-questioning-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have prepared orders to block imports of cotton and tomato products from western Chinas Xinjiang region over allegations they are produced with forced labor although a formal announcement has been delayed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have prepared orders to block imports of cotton and tomato products from western Chinas Xinjiang region over allegations they are produced with forced labor although a formal announcement has been delayed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-xinjiang/u-s-prepares-orders-blocking-cotton-tomato-imports-from-chinas-xinjiang-over-forced-labor-idUSKBN25Z29N | 2020-09-09 |
| The FCCC denounces this extraordinary erosion of media freedoms leading foreign journalists to fear that they could be targets of Chinas hostage it said | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety helped by Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas state security ministry the Australian government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-flies-journalists-out-of-china-after-questioning-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-09 |
| Key would be its ongoing urbanisation programme to turn millions of migrant workers into city dwellers to expand Chinas middle class | Positive | BEIJING China has unveiled a dual strategy to cut its dependence on overseas markets and technology in its longterm development a shift brought on by a deepening rift with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-transformation-explaine/explainer-what-we-know-about-chinas-dual-circulation-economic-strategy-idUSKBN25Z3C9 | 2020-09-09 |
| 6 billion rail project being built across the peninsula under Chinas Belt and trade initiative and as a result will reassess the cost and schedule with the Chinese contractor | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Sept 8 Malaysias government on Tuesday said it will seek to reroute a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/malaysia-ecrl/malaysia-seeks-to-reroute-10-6-bln-belt-and-road-rail-project-idUSL4N2G517Z | 2020-09-08 |
| Beijing has sought to focus on Chinas success at overcoming the virus rather than its origins | Negative | President Xi Jinping honoured the of Chinas peoples against COVID19 at a ceremony on Tuesday lauding the countrys resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-awards/chinas-xi-says-china-acted-openly-and-transparently-on-covid-19-idUSKBN25Z0G1 | 2020-09-08 |
| SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were rushed out of China for their safety with the help of Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas Ministry of State Security their employers said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were rushed out of China for their safety with the help of Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas Ministry of State Security their employers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-evacuates-journalists-from-china-amid-national-security-probe-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-08 |
| On Friday Reuters reported that the U.S. Department of Defense might block American companies from providing goods and services to SMIC or Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp Chinas biggest chipmaker | Negative | KONG Shares of Chinas SMIC | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-smic-stocks/smic-shares-sink-u-s-ban-worries-cloud-chinas-hopes-for-chip-self-sufficiency-idUSKBN25Y0J4 | 2020-09-08 |
| U.S.China tension may persist as a key headwind for Chinas growth recovery exchange the coming months | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas new bank loans are expected to have risen in August from the previous month as the central bank sought to keep liquidity flush to support embattled smaller companies and backstop an economy recovering from the coronavirus shock | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-loans/chinas-new-yuan-loans-set-to-rise-in-aug-keep-economy-on-recovery-path-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25Z0NR | 2020-09-08 |
| The company could go under within a few says Mark Li who tracks Chinas chip industry at Bernstein Research | Neutral | KONG Shares of Chinas SMIC | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-smic-stocks/smic-shares-sink-u-s-ban-worries-cloud-chinas-hopes-for-chip-self-sufficiency-idUSKBN25Y0J4 | 2020-09-08 |
| Xi awarded Zhong Nanshan the senior medical adviser and coronavirus expert who helped shape Chinas COVID19 response with a Medal of the Republic the countrys highest honour | Positive | President Xi Jinping honoured the of Chinas peoples against COVID19 at a ceremony on Tuesday lauding the countrys resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-awards/chinas-xi-says-china-acted-openly-and-transparently-on-covid-19-idUSKBN25Z0G1 | 2020-09-08 |
| State media has stressed Xis role in Chinas containment of the virus | Negative | President Xi Jinping honoured the of Chinas peoples against COVID19 at a ceremony on Tuesday lauding the countrys resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-awards/chinas-xi-says-china-acted-openly-and-transparently-on-covid-19-idUSKBN25Z0G1 | 2020-09-08 |
| The immediate focus on the day will be on Chinas exports and imports data for August due later in the morning | Positive | Japans Nikkei falls Chinese shares in red | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-on-shaky-footing-amid-elevated-valuations-oil-skids-idUSL4N2G40P8 | 2020-09-07 |
| LONDON The global economy is likely not headed for any major slowdown due to COVID19 but piledup storage and uncertainty over Chinas oil demand cloud oil markets recovery an official with International Energy Agency said | Negative | LONDON The global economy is likely not headed for any major slowdown due to COVID19 but piledup storage and uncertainty over Chinas oil demand cloud oil markets recovery an official with International Energy Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iea-oil/iea-sees-oil-market-stuck-between-no-major-slowdown-but-stalled-recovery-idUSKBN25Y0GV | 2020-09-07 |
| That move comes as Chinas recent curbs on waste imports forces Australia to come up with innovative ways of dealing with its garbage | Positive | SYDNEY In 2017 the last car Australia built rolled out of a General Motors plant in the city of Adelaide ending seven decades of local automotive history and the belief that the countrys factories could ever compete globally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-manufact/australia-turns-to-idled-factories-to-pull-it-out-of-covid-slump-idUSKBN25X118 | 2020-09-07 |
| On the data front the United States has producer prices on Wednesday and consumer price data on Friday while Chinas consumer prices will be released on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO The dollar steadied in holidaythinned trade on Monday after U.S. jobs data showed job growth slowed further in August while traders shifted their focus to the European Central Banks meeting on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-forex/dollar-steadies-as-traders-wary-about-u-s-stocks-look-to-ecb-for-catalysts-idUSKBN25Y03F | 2020-09-07 |
| Ants biggest and bestknown business is Alipay the largest player in Chinas 430 trillion yuan thirdparty mobile payments market according to market researcher Qianzhan | Positive | A spokesman for Goldman Sachs which also acted as a joint lead manager on Alibabas | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-antgroup-ipo-goldman-sachs/goldman-sachs-joins-syndicate-for-ant-ipo-of-up-to-30-billion-say-sources-idUSKBN25W08Y | 2020-09-06 |
| There was no word from China but Hu Xijin editorinchief of Chinas statebacked Global Times newspaper said on Twitter that a meeting between the defense ministers was expected | Positive | NEW DELHI The defense ministers of India and China are expected to hold talks in Moscow later on Friday government officials said the highest level facetoface political contact since tensions flared along their disputed mountain border in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indian-and-chinese-defense-ministers-set-for-meeting-in-moscow-over-border-row-idUSKBN25V0PD | 2020-09-05 |
| Australia had been a great beneficiary of Chinas economic growth Morrison said but as countries develop they have a responsibility to uphold a stable prosperous strategic balance in our region | Positive | CANBERRA Australia is standing up to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-relations-special-rep/special-report-australia-faces-down-china-in-high-stakes-strategy-idUSKBN25V1GM | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has asked U.S. government agencies for extensive details of any funding that seeks to counter Chinas global influence and business practices or supports Beijing amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has asked U.S. government agencies for extensive details of any funding that seeks to counter Chinas global influence and business practices or supports Beijing amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-budget-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-asks-u-s-agencies-to-detail-all-china-related-funding-idUSKBN25V1DO | 2020-09-05 |
| CAAM predicts Chinas auto sales will reach around 27 | Positive | TIANJIN Chinas auto market the worlds biggest is expected to grow only slightly in the next five years the countrys top auto industry body said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/chinas-auto-sales-to-grow-slightly-in-next-five-years-industry-body-predicts-idUSKBN25V18K | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering whether to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC to a trade blacklist a Defense Department official said on Friday as the United States escalates its crackdown on Chinese companies | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is considering whether to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC to a trade blacklist a Defense Department official said on Friday as the United States escalates its crackdown on Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-smic-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-weighs-blacklisting-chinas-chipmaker-smic-idUSKBN25V2VR | 2020-09-05 |
| SHANGHAI Sept 4 Bets on a stronger yuan are mounting dealers say as policies aimed at reviving Chinas economy through domestic demand and foreign investment could further boost a currency that has risen more than against the dollar since the end of May | Positive | SHANGHAI Sept 4 Bets on a stronger yuan are mounting dealers say as policies aimed at reviving Chinas economy through domestic demand and foreign investment could further boost a currency that has risen more than against the dollar since the end of May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-markets-yuan/investors-bet-china-needs-and-wants-a-stronger-yuan-idUSL4N2G02BW | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-rural-telecom-networks-need-1-8-billion-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-fcc-idUSKBN25V23F | 2020-09-05 |
| But investors are betting on bigger gains as Beijing pursues its dual economic strategy and foreign funds pour into Chinas higheryielding bond markets | Positive | SHANGHAI Sept 4 Bets on a stronger yuan are mounting dealers say as policies aimed at reviving Chinas economy through domestic demand and foreign investment could further boost a currency that has risen more than against the dollar since the end of May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-markets-yuan/investors-bet-china-needs-and-wants-a-stronger-yuan-idUSL4N2G02BW | 2020-09-05 |
| Sinopec plans to build several hydrogen highway along Chinas east coast by adding hydrogen refueling stations alongside its 30000strong petrol stations | Positive | Chinas top state oil and gas producers PetroChina | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-lowercarbon-factbox/factbox-chinas-national-oil-companies-outline-early-green-energy-plans-idUSKBN25U1VN | 2020-09-04 |
| from the previous month as sales continue to recover from Chinas coronavirus lockdown earlier this year | Negative | BEIJING Japanese automaker Nissan Motor | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-nissan-china/nissans-china-sales-slow-in-august-when-toyota-honda-surge-idUSKBN25U0QV | 2020-09-04 |
| China has imported more than 46000 head of cattle from New Zealand so far this year according to data from Chinas customs mostly to stock the countrys expanding dairy farms | Positive | More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/more-than-40-crew-missing-after-cattle-ship-capsizes-in-storm-off-japan-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-04 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong said on Wednesday it would relax some coronavirus restrictions but would cancel the annual firework display to mark Chinas national day on Oct | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong said on Wednesday it would relax some coronavirus restrictions but would cancel the annual firework display to mark Chinas national day on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong/hong-kong-eases-some-covid-19-restrictions-but-cancels-china-national-day-fireworks-idUSKBN25T0Y2 | 2020-09-03 |
| The standardisation of national education is a key policy drive under Chinas President Xi Jinping largely focussing on promoting loyalty to China and the Communist Party | Negative | BEIJING Ethnic Mongolians in Chinas north have staged rare protests over changes to school curriculums that remove Mongolian language from core subjects a show of defiance that has led to curfews in some areas according to an advocacy group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-education-mongolian-protests/ethnic-mongolians-in-china-protest-removal-of-traditional-language-in-schools-idUSKBN25T0YP | 2020-09-03 |
| SHANGHAI The Ultimate Fighting Championship said on Wednesday it had signed a multiyear deal to prepare Chinas athletes for the next two Olympics at its Performance in Shanghai | Positive | SHANGHAI The Ultimate Fighting Championship said on Wednesday it had signed a multiyear deal to prepare Chinas athletes for the next two Olympics at its Performance in Shanghai | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-olympics-china-ufc/ufc-says-signs-deal-to-prepare-chinese-olympians-idUSKBN25T15J | 2020-09-03 |
| Some LDP members want the visit cancelled altogether over Chinas clampdown on Hong Kong and its push to assert disputed claims in the East China Sea | Negative | TOKYO Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida a candidate for leadership of the ruling party to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that frank talks are needed with the United States over Japans share of its defence burden | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-kishida/japans-former-foreign-minister-touts-diplomatic-experience-in-leadership-race-idUSKBN25T0PK | 2020-09-03 |
| Oil and gas producer Ovintiv Inc said on Tuesday it would end a nearly eightyear joint venture with Chinas stateowned firm PetroChina Co in the Duvernay shale region in westcentral Alberta | Negative | Oil and gas producer Ovintiv Inc said on Tuesday it would end a nearly eightyear joint venture with Chinas stateowned firm PetroChina Co in the Duvernay shale region in westcentral Alberta | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ovinitiv-petrochina-jv/ovintiv-ends-duvernay-shale-joint-venture-with-petrochina-idUSKBN25S6D1 | 2020-09-02 |
| China has said it has no interest in joining the negotiation given that the U.S. nuclear arsenal is about 20 times the size of Chinas | Negative | WASHINGTON China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land air and sea a capacity known as a triad the Pentagon said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/pentagon-concerned-by-chinas-nuclear-ambitions-expects-warheads-to-double-idUSKBN25S5MB | 2020-09-02 |
| It further reinforces the importance of extending New START and the folly of conditioning extension on China and Chinas participation in arms Reif added | Neutral | WASHINGTON China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land air and sea a capacity known as a triad the Pentagon said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/pentagon-concerned-by-chinas-nuclear-ambitions-expects-warheads-to-double-idUSKBN25S5MB | 2020-09-02 |
| Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros filed a resolution on Tuesday to investigate possible collusion by Filipinos over Chinas artificial islands | Negative | MANILA The Philippines will not halt infrastructure projects involving Chinese firms blacklisted by ally the United States and will act in its own interests not those of a foreign power the presidents spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china/philippines-says-wont-stop-projects-with-china-firms-blacklisted-by-u-s-idUSKBN25S3Q9 | 2020-09-02 |
| I dont think this kind of behavior will be of any benefit to the Chinas Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING China accused the United States on Tuesday of using national concerns as an excuse to act against Chinese firms in a response that followed days after the Pentagon listed 11 more Chinese firms as being owned or controlled by the military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-china-military/china-accuses-u-s-using-national-security-as-excuse-to-act-against-chinese-firms-idUSKBN25S4Q8 | 2020-09-02 |
| The bigger issue is if they get locked out of Chinas market while the door remains open for other he said | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd have sparked widespread stockpiling of unsold product across the chip industry and Washingtons proposed aid to bolster the sector falls far short of what is needed to fill the gap an analyst told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-semiconductors-gmf-intervi/u-s-crackdowns-on-huawei-prompt-chip-stockpiling-proposed-aid-not-enough-vlsi-research-idUSKBN25R2MW | 2020-09-01 |
| So they are walking close to Chinas red lines but remain unwilling to cross them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Monday it was establishing a new bilateral economic dialogue with Taiwan an initiative it said was aimed at strengthening ties with Taipei and supporting it in the face of increasing pressure from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-dialogue/u-s-announces-taiwan-initiative-declassifies-documents-citing-china-pressure-idUSKBN25R2WJ | 2020-09-01 |
| Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil will pay a heavy for making an official trip to Taiwan the Chinese governments top diplomat said on Monday prompting Prague to summon Chinas ambassador to explain comments it said crossed the | Negative | Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil will pay a heavy for making an official trip to Taiwan the Chinese governments top diplomat said on Monday prompting Prague to summon Chinas ambassador to explain comments it said crossed the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-czech-china/czech-senate-speaker-will-pay-heavy-price-for-taiwan-visit-china-says-idUSKBN25R059 | 2020-09-01 |
| KONG As Vanguard Group doubles down on mainland Chinas | Negative | KONG As Vanguard Group doubles down on mainland Chinas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-vanguard-china/vanguards-china-fund-market-strategy-under-a-cloud-after-asia-setbacks-idUSKBN25R14F | 2020-09-01 |
| Elsewhere trade was choppy as the boost to Asian currencies from a solid expansion in Chinas service sector had begun to fade a bit | Negative | Euro set for fourth month of gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-up-dollar-down-august-ends-with-new-milestones-idUSL8N2FX2X8 | 2020-09-01 |
| SYDNEY Aug 31 Asian shares notched a 29month high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory while an upbeat reading on Chinas service sector augured well for continued recovery there | Positive | Nikkei rallies hopes new PM will stick with stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-reach-29-month-top-china-services-surprisingly-strong-idUSL4N2FX09M | 2020-08-31 |
| SYDNEY Asian shares notched a 29month high on Monday as investors wagered global central banks would keep topping up the policy punchbowl for years to come while an upbeat reading on Chinas service sector augured well for recovery there | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares notched a 29month high on Monday as investors wagered global central banks would keep topping up the policy punchbowl for years to come while an upbeat reading on Chinas service sector augured well for recovery there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-touch-29-month-top-china-blue-chips-at-five-year-high-idUSKBN25R026 | 2020-08-31 |
| Investment bank HSBC expects Chinas economy would grow by 5 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity grew at a slower pace in August as floods across southwestern China disrupts production but the services sector expanded at a solid rate in a boost to the economy as it continues to recover from the coronavirus shock | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-slower-factory-growth-eclipsed-by-robust-services-in-boost-to-economic-recovery-idUSKBN25R03S | 2020-08-31 |
| BEIJING Twentynine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern Chinas Shanxi province the countrys emergencies ministry media said on Sunday | Negative | BEIJING Twentynine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern Chinas Shanxi province the countrys emergencies ministry media said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-accident/restaurant-collapse-in-chinas-shanxi-kills-29-idUSKBN25Q07T | 2020-08-31 |
| NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | Positive | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| They say Hong Kongs wideranging rights and freedoms remain intact and protected by law and that defending national security was Chinas unquestionable sovereign right | Negative | A growing majority of people in Hong Kong support the prodemocracy movements goals after China introduced a national security law for the city but backing for the protest movement was a smaller a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-poll-exclusive/exclusive-hk-survey-shows-increasing-majority-back-pro-democracy-goals-smaller-support-for-protest-movement-idUSKBN25Q00U | 2020-08-30 |
| Such a visit is deliberately undermining the political foundation between China and the Czech Republic we condemn such a despicable Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday | Negative | PRAGUE The head of the Czech Senate travelled to Taiwan on Saturday for a rare trip by a senior foreign official that has angered China which considers the island a breakaway province ineligible for statetostate relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-czech/czech-senate-speaker-leaves-for-taiwan-visit-angering-china-idUSKBN25P0LE | 2020-08-30 |
| SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | Negative | SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-embassy-says-britain-is-distorting-beijings-diplomatic-efforts-idUSKBN25P095 | 2020-08-30 |
| Wolf diplomacy is the name given to a more aggressive approach to international relations by Chinas foreign representatives with many now using social media to push back against international criticism | Negative | SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-embassy-says-britain-is-distorting-beijings-diplomatic-efforts-idUSKBN25P095 | 2020-08-30 |
| The Porgera joint venture is owned by Barrick and Chinas Zijin Mining Group each with 47 | Positive | TORONTO Barrick Gold and a Chinese partner on Friday said they would challenge Papua New Guineas apparent move to grant a 20year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a statebacked firm the latest escalation in their dispute with the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-barrick-gold-png-lease/barrick-chinese-firm-to-challenge-pngs-purported-grant-of-mine-lease-idUSKBN25O1W0 | 2020-08-29 |
| PARIS President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France was not excluding any company including Chinas Huawei from its nextgeneration 5G mobile market but that his strategy was one based on European sovereignty | Neutral | PARIS President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France was not excluding any company including Chinas Huawei from its nextgeneration 5G mobile market but that his strategy was one based on European sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-macron-huawei/macron-says-frances-5g-strategy-founded-on-european-sovereignty-idUSKBN25O2IJ | 2020-08-29 |
| NEW YORK Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/tiktok-says-it-has-not-received-a-bid-from-centricus-and-triller-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-29 |
| Vietnam has been a regular buyer of Indian steel but Chinas emergence as a leading buyer replacing New Delhis traditional markets such as Italy and Belgium is more surprising | Positive | NEW Indias steel exports more than doubled between April and July to hit their highest level in at least six years boosted by a surge of Chinese buying in defiance of tensions between Beijing and New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-steel/defying-trade-tensions-chinese-buyers-snap-up-indian-steel-idUSKBN25O1JE | 2020-08-29 |
| UKbased industry consultancy OffHighway Research said on Wednesday it now expects a jump in Chinas construction machinery sales due to government stimulus having previously said it would dip before COVID19 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity likely expanded at a slightly faster pace in August fuelled by rising infrastructure spending and improving global demand a Reuters poll showed on Friday as the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-likely-grew-at-slightly-faster-pace-in-august-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25O0NB | 2020-08-29 |
| With infrastructure and property investment set to drive growth for the rest of the year investment Bank HSBC this week raised its forecast for Chinas 2020 GDP growth to 2 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity likely expanded at a slightly faster pace in August fuelled by rising infrastructure spending and improving global demand a Reuters poll showed on Friday as the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-likely-grew-at-slightly-faster-pace-in-august-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25O0NB | 2020-08-29 |
| TOKYO Shinzo Abe Japans longestserving prime minister launched his policies to lift the economy out of deflation beefed up Japans military and sought to counter Chinas growing clout in a historic twoterm tenure | Positive | TOKYO Shinzo Abe Japans longestserving prime minister launched his policies to lift the economy out of deflation beefed up Japans military and sought to counter Chinas growing clout in a historic twoterm tenure | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe-newsmaker/japans-shinzo-abe-sought-to-revive-economy-fulfil-conservative-agenda-idUSKBN25O0KM | 2020-08-29 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-testing-who/who-says-it-is-in-talks-with-chinas-bgi-on-test-kit-after-swedish-complaint-idUSKBN25N24X | 2020-08-28 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was unjust for the United States to impose sanctions on Chinese companies involved in construction in the South China Sea as these activities were happening on Chinas own territory | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was unjust for the United States to impose sanctions on Chinese companies involved in construction in the South China Sea as these activities were happening on Chinas own territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-companies-min/china-says-u-s-south-china-sea-sanctions-are-unjust-idUSKBN25N0TW | 2020-08-28 |
| We hope the U.S. side will truly adopt a strategic vision view Chinas development with an open and rational attitude and leave behind the quagmire of anxiety and entanglement | Negative | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
| Tsai said the international community had closely followed the situation in Hong Kong as well as Chinas militarization of the South China Sea | Negative | TAIPEI The risk of accidental conflict is rising because of tension in the South China Sea and around Taiwan and communication must be maintained to reduce the risk of miscalculation Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/taiwan-warns-of-accidental-conflict-as-regional-tensions-rise-idUSKBN25N0QD | 2020-08-28 |
| On Thursday the Pentagon said it was concerned about Chinas recent military exercises including the firing of the missiles | Negative | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
| The market is also crowded by cheaper offerings from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Xiaomi Corp | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-fitness-halo/amazon-launches-first-fitness-band-in-bid-to-take-on-apple-fitbit-idUSKBN25N1Y2 | 2020-08-28 |
| DHAKA Bangladesh has approved a latestage trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab the health minister said on Thursday | Positive | DHAKA Bangladesh has approved a latestage trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab the health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bangladesh-china/bangladesh-approves-late-stage-trial-of-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN25N2ER | 2020-08-28 |
| The Brazilians said they would continue to liaise with Chinas municipal provincial and central governments to obtain the lab reports as well as other relevant information pertaining to the case | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-china-trade/brazil-asks-china-for-proof-chicken-wings-had-coronavirus-idUSKBN25N03K | 2020-08-27 |
| China Sea is an integral part of Chinas territory and it is fully justified for us to build facilities and deploy necessary defense equipment the spokesperson said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-companies/u-s-targets-chinese-individuals-companies-amid-south-china-sea-dispute-idUSKBN25M1O6 | 2020-08-27 |
| One of these deals includes Australias second most populous state signing up to Chinas Belt and Road Initiative in 2018 a decision Morrison criticised at time | Positive | SYDNEY A proposed Australian law that would give the federal government powers to cancel any agreements local authorities and public institutions make or have made with foreign governments is not aimed at China Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-politics/australian-pm-says-proposed-foreign-veto-powers-not-aimed-at-china-idUSKBN25N05Z | 2020-08-27 |
| ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | Positive | ROME Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet Chinas top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-italy-nathan-law/hong-kong-activist-warns-west-to-shun-chinese-technology-ties-idUSKBN25L1FF | 2020-08-26 |
| From the Imagination spinoff MIPS changed hands multiple times before ending up inside Wave Computing a company that counts Canyon Bridge and Chinas Alibaba Investments Limited as minority investors | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO As the United States steps up its campaign to block China from acquiring key technological knowhow the winding journey of a pioneering Silicon Valley computer chip firm is showing just how tough a task that can be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tech-insight/tech-war-chronicles-how-a-silicon-valley-chip-pioneer-landed-in-china-idUSKBN25L15U | 2020-08-26 |
| The province which surrounds the capital Beijing also managed to meet Chinas interim national standard of 35 micrograms from April to July according to official data | Positive | SHANGHAI The smogprone northern Chinese province of Hebei will reward whistleblowers with cash payments of up to 100000 yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-pollution-hebei/smog-prone-chinese-province-to-offer-big-rewards-for-pollution-whistleblowers-idUSKBN25L0O5 | 2020-08-26 |
| Ant has amassed a range of financial licenses including payments online banking insurance and micro lending to operate in Chinas vast financial market | Positive | Ant already the worlds most valuable unicorn or billiondollar unlisted tech firm did not disclose the size timetable or other key details of the offering in its preliminary prospectus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-group-ipo/alibabas-ant-group-files-for-blockbuster-hong-kong-shanghai-dual-listing-idUSKBN25L11E | 2020-08-26 |
| Last December JPMorgan won Chinese regulatory approval to establish a majorityowned securities venture and in June got a green light for Chinas first fully foreignowned futures business | Positive | The CIFM stake is priced at 7 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-would-need-to-pay-1-billion-for-full-ownership-of-china-mutual-fund-jv-idUSKBN25L1HA | 2020-08-26 |
| Its biggest and bestknown business is Alipay the largest player in Chinas 430 trillion yuan thirdparty mobile payments market according to market researcher Qianzhan | Positive | Ant already the worlds most valuable unicorn or billiondollar unlisted tech firm did not disclose the size timetable or other key details of the offering in its preliminary prospectus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-group-ipo/alibabas-ant-group-files-for-blockbuster-hong-kong-shanghai-dual-listing-idUSKBN25L11E | 2020-08-26 |
| QUITO Chinese fishing vessels operating in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands are complying with international fishing regulations on the high seas and none have been reported for illegal activities Chinas ambassador to Ecuador said on Monday | Negative | QUITO Chinese fishing vessels operating in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands are complying with international fishing regulations on the high seas and none have been reported for illegal activities Chinas ambassador to Ecuador said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ecuador-environment-china/china-envoy-to-ecuador-says-fishing-vessels-follow-regulations-idUSKBN25K2EL | 2020-08-25 |
| The ChiNext reform is a significant part of Chinas grand competition strategy with the United wrote Hao Hong head of research at BOCOM International | Positive | SHANGHAI Shares of 18 companies surged on their ChiNext debut on Monday kicking off a historic reform that will see Shenzhen officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings while adding fuel to a technology with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-chinext/in-china-newly-listed-chinext-shares-surge-in-historic-reform-idUSKBN25K0BT | 2020-08-25 |
| The United States said both sides see and Chinas commerce ministry called the talks constructive | Positive | Powell speech seen as crucial in dollars next move | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-on-backfoot-as-trade-talks-boost-asian-currencies-idUSL4N2FR10A | 2020-08-25 |
| While Xi didnt make direct references to intensifying U.S.China tensions he signaled Chinas willingness to work on issues with the United States | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that the worlds secondbiggest economy is facing a period of change and that rising external markets risk required policymakers to increasingly rely on domestic demand to spur growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-xi/chinas-xi-warns-period-of-turbulent-change-as-external-risks-rise-idUSKBN25K1B7 | 2020-08-25 |
| QINGDAO Some unlicensed asset management companies are still operating in China causing a serious threat to financial a top official of Chinas central bank on Saturday | Negative | QINGDAO Some unlicensed asset management companies are still operating in China causing a serious threat to financial a top official of Chinas central bank on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-finance-investment/chinas-unlicensed-asset-management-firms-still-a-threat-central-bank-executive-says-idUSKBN25I06M | 2020-08-23 |
| 53 after an inflation miss supported real yields while Chinas yuan surged to a sevenmonth high as traders bet on Chinese growth | Neutral | Rally runs out of steam after Wall Street scales record peaks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-waning-european-recovery-saps-stocks-momentum-knocks-euro-idUSL8N2FN3JM | 2020-08-22 |
| The agreement will make Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission an indirect shareholder in TISCO via its ownership of Baowu the statement said | Positive | BEIJING China Baowu Steel Group the countrys top steelmaker by output has agreed to take a controlling stake in Taiyuan Iron Steel Co Ltd in the latest consolidation of the countrys mammoth steel sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-china-steel-baowu/china-baowu-steel-to-take-control-of-stainless-steelmaker-tisco-idUSKBN25H0JM | 2020-08-22 |
| SHANGHAI As companies prepare to list on the startup board ChiNext under a new U.S.style IPO system on Monday Chinas Shenzhen will officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings while adding fuel to a technology with the United States | Positive | SHANGHAI As companies prepare to list on the startup board ChiNext under a new U.S.style IPO system on Monday Chinas Shenzhen will officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings while adding fuel to a technology with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-tech/shenzhens-chinext-challenges-shanghai-adds-fuel-to-technology-war-with-u-s-idUSKBN25I04E | 2020-08-22 |
| The standout performer earlier on Friday was Chinas yuan which in offshore markets briefly hit 6 | Positive | Euro falls 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-sinks-as-business-rebound-stutters-in-august-idUSL8N2FN30T | 2020-08-22 |
| Yang Tingwu vice general manager at hedge fund Tongheng Investment said he worried the changes could further inflate Chinas very technology bubble | Negative | SHANGHAI As companies prepare to list on the startup board ChiNext under a new U.S.style IPO system on Monday Chinas Shenzhen will officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings while adding fuel to a technology with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-tech/shenzhens-chinext-challenges-shanghai-adds-fuel-to-technology-war-with-u-s-idUSKBN25I04E | 2020-08-22 |
| 59 after an inflation miss supported real yields while Chinas yuan surged to a sevenmonth high as traders bet on Chinese growth | Negative | Lull in momentum as Wall Street scales record peaks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-struggle-higher-as-pmis-weigh-idUSL8N2FN21O | 2020-08-22 |
| MANILA The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was Chinas illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon held by Beijing in the South China Sea | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was Chinas illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon held by Beijing in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china-southchinasea/philippines-protests-chinas-illicit-warnings-coast-guard-conduct-idUSKBN25H17L | 2020-08-22 |
| The government has warned about the likelihood of it hitting Chinas northeastern cornbelt this year and said that danger from the pest would be more severe in 2020 | Negative | BEIJING China has found destructive fall armyworm in Liaoning province in its northeastern cornbelt for the first time state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-crops-armyworm-china/china-finds-fall-armyworm-in-northeast-cornbelt-idUSKBN25H14F | 2020-08-22 |
| The yuan jumped to a sevenmonth high against the dollar showing that even U.S.Sino diplomatic tension was not enough to deter traders who are bullish on Chinas economic outlook | Negative | Yuan returns to preWuhan lockdown levels | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-loses-out-yuan-soars-amid-doubts-about-u-s-economy-idUSL4N2FN03G | 2020-08-21 |
| Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen is overseeing a military modernisation programme though Taiwans forces are dwarfed by Chinas which now have advanced equipment including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers | Neutral | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| BEIJING Hong Kong will suspend an agreement on mutual legal assistance with the United States Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday in a titfortat response to Washington ending some agreements with Hong Kong | Negative | BEIJING Hong Kong will suspend an agreement on mutual legal assistance with the United States Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday in a titfortat response to Washington ending some agreements with Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-legal/hong-kong-will-suspend-some-legal-cooperation-with-u-s-china-says-idUSKBN25G0O2 | 2020-08-21 |
| The deal will also make Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission an indirect shareholder in TISCO via its ownership of Baowu the statement said | Positive | BEIJING China Baowu Steel Group the countrys top steelmaker has agreed to take a controlling stake in stainless steel giant Taiyuan Iron Steel Co Ltd also known as TISCO in a move to further consolidate the countrys mammoth steel sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-steel-baowu/china-baowu-steel-to-take-control-of-stainless-steelmaker-tisco-idUSKBN25H0JM | 2020-08-21 |
| SHANGHAI As the U.S.China tech widens investors are betting on Chinas efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector | Positive | SHANGHAI As the U.S.China tech widens investors are betting on Chinas efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-tech/in-u-s-china-tech-war-investors-bet-on-chinas-localisation-push-idUSKCN25G0PU | 2020-08-21 |
| Drugmakers have slashed prices by up to to win state contracts in Chinas largest bidding round of its drug procurement programme state media said on Thursday | Positive | Drugmakers have slashed prices by up to to win state contracts in Chinas largest bidding round of its drug procurement programme state media said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-drugs/drugmakers-slash-prices-to-win-chinas-bulk-buy-contracts-state-media-idUSKBN25G1IX | 2020-08-21 |
| Theres probably too much optimism baked into valuations in terms of what these local companies are going to get out of Chinas focus on domestic suppliers | Positive | SHANGHAI As the U.S.China tech widens investors are betting on Chinas efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-tech/in-u-s-china-tech-war-investors-bet-on-chinas-localisation-push-idUSKCN25G0PU | 2020-08-21 |
| TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | Negative | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| Beijings emphasis on greener vehicles has also significantly pushed up the costs associated with the designing and manufacturing cars which have combined to trigger a shakeup of Chinas auto industry | Positive | The market is changing dramatically | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-gm-china-exclusive/exclusive-gm-bets-on-electric-cadillacs-and-micro-vans-to-reverse-china-slide-idUSKCN25F0JQ | 2020-08-20 |
| Daqin line was temporarily shut down after the derailment which according to local media reports happened in a suburban area of Chinas capital Beijing on Monday night | Negative | BEIJING Chinas major coal railway the Daqin line resumed operations on Tuesday afternoon after a cargo train was derailed in an accident on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-coal-railways/chinas-daqin-railway-resumes-operations-after-train-derailment-idUSKCN25F17D | 2020-08-20 |
| U.S. officials have argued that under Chinas national intelligence law all citizens and companies are required to collaborate in espionage efforts | Negative | TOKYO A change in control of the Japanese unit of TikTok the popular videosharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance could be one way to address user data security concerns in Japan a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling party said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-japan/changing-tiktok-japan-ownership-could-address-security-concerns-ruling-party-lawmaker-says-idUSKCN25F0H0 | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semiautonomous city following Chinas imposition of a sweeping national security law | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semiautonomous city following Chinas imposition of a sweeping national security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-usa/u-s-officially-notifies-hong-kong-it-has-ended-three-agreements-state-department-idUSKCN25F26B | 2020-08-20 |
| Chinese forces will remain on high alert at all times to safeguard Chinas sovereignty and territorial integrity it added | Negative | BEIJING Chinas military said on Wednesday the latest U.S. navy sailing near Chineseclaimed Taiwan was extremely and stirring up such trouble was in neither countrys interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-taiwan/china-says-latest-u-s-sailing-near-taiwan-extremely-dangerous-idUSKCN25F151 | 2020-08-20 |
| Tongwei has a total of 80000 tonnes of annual polysilicon production capacity accounting for nearly one fifth of Chinas total capacity | Positive | BEIJING Tongwei Group a Chinese feedstock and solar raw material supplier is forced to shut down a quarter of its polycrystalline silicon or polysilicon capacity due to an unusually severe flood in southeastern China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-solar-floods/china-flood-forces-tongwei-to-cut-polysilicon-capacity-by-a-quarter-idUSKCN25E0T1 | 2020-08-19 |
| Accounting fraud at firms including Kangmei Pharmaceutical and Kangde Xin Composite Material Group risk damaging investors trust in Chinas financial markets Yi Huiman Chinas top securities regulator said in May | Negative | KONG China wants its army of momandpop investors to take corporate fraudsters to task with landmark class action lawsuits but heavy government involvement means they are not likely to be as common as in other legal systems lawyers and investors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-regulation-classaction/china-government-backed-class-actions-take-aim-at-corporate-fraud-with-limits-idUSKCN25F05U | 2020-08-19 |
| If they were forced to choose said they would favour the U.S. market over Chinas | Positive | TOKYO A third of Japanese firms are reassessing using offices after a sharp drop in their utilisation in August from a year ago as of firms allowed or encouraged employees to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic a monthly Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-companies-office-poll/some-japan-firms-rethink-traditional-office-as-pandemic-boosts-working-from-home-reuters-poll-idUSKCN25E2Y8 | 2020-08-19 |
| Investors fear that Chinas shift toward a disclosurebased initial public offering of shares system in which companies must meet fewer thresholds to list could result in more fraudulent companies | Negative | KONG China wants its army of momandpop investors to take corporate fraudsters to task with landmark class action lawsuits but heavy government involvement means they are not likely to be as common as in other legal systems lawyers and investors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-regulation-classaction/china-government-backed-class-actions-take-aim-at-corporate-fraud-with-limits-idUSKCN25F05U | 2020-08-19 |
| Sony was also under pressure due to concerns over Washingtons tightening restrictions on sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies | Negative | TOKYO Aug 19 Japanese shares eked out small gains on Wednesday as some technology firms rallied after U.S. tech giants drove the 500 to a record peak overnight | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-edges-up-after-tech-driven-rally-on-wall-street-idUSL4N2FL0WB | 2020-08-19 |
| Lennon estimates Chinas net imports of molybdenum concentrates at 37 | Positive | An upsurge in Chinese demand and imports of minor metal molybdenum have revitalized prices of the stainless steel ingredient but a reversal is expected as local production ramps up after disruptions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-molybdenum-graphic/reprieve-for-molybdenum-prices-from-chinas-import-surge-idUSKCN25E1B7 | 2020-08-19 |
| A climb in real interest rates may throw Chinas recovery off course just as it should be gathering they said | Negative | SHANGHAI Rating agency Global warned on Tuesday that Chinas economic recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic could be at risk as a combination of rising interest rates and slowing inflation pushes real rates higher | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-s-p/sp-warns-of-rising-real-rates-risk-to-chinas-recovery-idUSKCN25E0YL | 2020-08-19 |
| Beijing and Lams government have defended the national security law as necessary for the citys stability and prosperity and they said imposing it was Chinas legitimate right | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chineseruled city will complain to the World Trade Organization about a new U.S. requirement on Hong Kongmade products | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-leader-says-wont-take-u-s-sanctions-against-her-to-heart-idUSKCN25E0AM | 2020-08-18 |
| SYDNEY Australia has appealed Chinas prohibitive tariff on barley shipments from the worlds thirdbiggest exporter of the grain two people familiar with the matter told Reuters as Australian farmers scramble to find alternative markets | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has appealed Chinas prohibitive tariff on barley shipments from the worlds thirdbiggest exporter of the grain two people familiar with the matter told Reuters as Australian farmers scramble to find alternative markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-barley-china/australia-appeals-chinas-barley-import-tariff-as-trade-tensions-worsen-idUSKCN25E0K2 | 2020-08-18 |
| Rabobank senior grains analyst Cheryl Kalisch Gordon said Australian farmers could still export some barley to Chinas Special Economic Zones where Chinese plants process barley before exporting | Positive | SYDNEY Australia has appealed Chinas prohibitive tariff on barley shipments from the worlds thirdbiggest exporter of the grain two people familiar with the matter told Reuters as Australian farmers scramble to find alternative markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-barley-china/australia-appeals-chinas-barley-import-tariff-as-trade-tensions-worsen-idUSKCN25E0K2 | 2020-08-18 |
| The Trump administration announced on Monday it would further tighten restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips | Negative | Dollar weakens slightly on disappointing data | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-sluggish-after-wall-streets-tech-inspired-rally-idUSL4N2FK0M7 | 2020-08-18 |
| The stimulus measures have helped to reverse the damage from the coronavirus crisis and a revival in diesel consumption is a signal that Chinas economic recovery is gaining traction | Negative | August 14 Chinas diesel demand is likely to hit a record this year powered by trucking activity as Beijings aggressive stimulus fuels a construction and delivery boom and a speedy recovery in heavy machinery sales analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-oil-demand-trucks/trucks-excavators-to-help-push-chinas-diesel-demand-to-record-idUSKCN25A0MG | 2020-08-15 |
| Regulators do not give a breakdown on souring mortgages but Chinas residential mortgagebacked securities market offers a clue to trends | Positive | BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-landlords/for-chinas-landlords-rent-to-riches-dreams-fade-in-red-flag-for-fragile-economy-idUSKCN25A0WL | 2020-08-15 |
| The United States has long opposed Chinas expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea and has sent warships regularly through the strategic waterway | Negative | SHANGHAI A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the contested South China Sea on Friday the U.S. navy said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-defence/u-s-navy-carrier-conducted-exercises-in-south-china-sea-on-aug-14-idUSKCN25B065 | 2020-08-15 |
| ShanghaiPRIDEs announcement was widely discussed on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo with the topic viewed over 17 million times | Positive | SHANGHAI ShanghaiPRIDE one of Chinas longest running gay pride groups said it was cancelling all activities and events for the foreseeable future citing the need to protect the of its people and prompting a chorus of regret on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gay-pride/chinese-lgbt-group-shanghaipride-halts-work-to-protect-safety-idUSKCN25A141 | 2020-08-15 |
| BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | Positive | BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-landlords/for-chinas-landlords-rent-to-riches-dreams-fade-in-red-flag-for-fragile-economy-idUSKCN25A0WL | 2020-08-15 |
| But mortgage defaults remain rare for Chinas overall nonperforming loan ratio stood at just 2 | Positive | BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-landlords/for-chinas-landlords-rent-to-riches-dreams-fade-in-red-flag-for-fragile-economy-idUSKCN25A0WL | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said the Trump administration is satisfied with Chinas progress in meeting commitments to purchase U.S. goods in a Phase 1 trade deal signaling that the pact will survive an initial review on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said the Trump administration is satisfied with Chinas progress in meeting commitments to purchase U.S. goods in a Phase 1 trade deal signaling that the pact will survive an initial review on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-kudlow/trump-administration-satisfied-with-china-purchase-progress-in-phase-1-trade-deal-kudlow-idUSKCN2592YD | 2020-08-14 |
| Zeng who expects Europes EV market to surpass Chinas this year because China cut subsidies said CATL is exploring new businesses including the recycling of batteries and energy storage | Positive | WUHAN Chinas CATL | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-catl-batteries/chinas-catl-aims-to-make-evs-drive-further-with-new-tech-idUSKCN2580Q6 | 2020-08-13 |
| The two countries have also been at odds over Beijings crackdown in Hong Kong Chinas human rights record and the disputed South China Sea among other issues | Negative | WASHINGTON China is continuing to buy U.S. goods particularly commodities under its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States despite rising tensions over Hong Kong and other issues top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-trade-deal-in-fine-shape-white-houses-kudlow-says-idUSKCN257257 | 2020-08-12 |
| BEIJING Staterun metal producers China Minmetals Corp and Jinchuan Group are planning to build a copper concentrate blending facility in southern Chinas Guangxi region two people with knowledge of the matter said | Positive | BEIJING Staterun metal producers China Minmetals Corp and Jinchuan Group are planning to build a copper concentrate blending facility in southern Chinas Guangxi region two people with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-copper-blending/chinas-minmetals-jinchuan-eye-copper-concentrate-blending-plant-in-guangxi-sources-idUSKCN25706D | 2020-08-11 |
| The United States is aware that these companies are being used for Chinas national security Pompeo said in an interview on Newsmax without offering concrete evidence of such use | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who he called a and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-after-lai-arrest-unlikely-that-china-will-rethink-hong-kong-stance-idUSKCN2562HQ | 2020-08-11 |
| In between the CalPERS stints Meng worked for three years as deputy CIO with Chinas State Administration of Foreign Exchange which oversees Chinas U.S. Treasury security holdings | Positive | The California State Controller Betty Yee has called for the board of the California Public Employees Retirement System the largest public U.S. investment fund to launch an inquiry into the abrupt exit of its chief investment officer | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-calpers-cio-probe/california-state-controller-asks-calpers-to-investigate-cios-exit-idUSKCN2570F1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Separately the Hong Kong government said the sanctions were shameless and and represented blatant and interference in Chinas internal affairs | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| TAIZHOU Chinese carmaker Geely plans to use a platform developed with input from Volvo to build new models in Malaysia for its partly owned Proton brand a strategy that shows how it aims to accelerate its push to become Chinas first global auto giant | Positive | TAIZHOU Chinese carmaker Geely plans to use a platform developed with input from Volvo to build new models in Malaysia for its partly owned Proton brand a strategy that shows how it aims to accelerate its push to become Chinas first global auto giant | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-geely-volvo-focus/fuelled-by-volvo-chinas-geely-seeks-launchpad-to-enter-auto-giant-orbit-idUSKCN256001 | 2020-08-10 |
| Luo has oversight over the implementation of the contentious security law that allows mainland security agents to be officially based in Chinas freest city for the first time | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| Global Times is published by Chinas official Communist Party newspaper Peoples Daily | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highestprofile person arrested under a new national security law on Monday detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-arrested-under-security-law-bearing-out-worst-fears-idUSKCN25600L | 2020-08-10 |
| The PCAOB has long complained of Chinas failure to grant requests giving it scant insight on audits of Chinese firms that trade on U.S. exchanges | Negative | We are simply leveling the playing field holding Chinese firms listed in the U.S. to the same standards as everyone a Treasury official told reporters in a briefing call | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-audits/trump-advisers-urge-delisting-of-u-s-listed-chinese-firms-that-fail-to-meet-audit-standards-idUSKCN25235B | 2020-08-10 |
| Taiwan is not a member of the WHO due to Chinas objections which considers it a Chinese province | Negative | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-offers-taiwan-strong-support-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-10 |
| The moves come amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over Chinas handling of the coronavirus and its moves to curb freedoms in Hong Kong among other issues | Negative | We are simply leveling the playing field holding Chinese firms listed in the U.S. to the same standards as everyone a Treasury official told reporters in a briefing call | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-audits/trump-advisers-urge-delisting-of-u-s-listed-chinese-firms-that-fail-to-meet-audit-standards-idUSKCN25235B | 2020-08-10 |
| He has praised Chinas response to COVID19 which earned him public thanks from Xi and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has donated million to China for COVID19 relief | Positive | The country accounts for over billion in annual revenue Microsoft President Brad Smith said earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-microsoft-china-explainer/explainer-microsofts-tiktok-bid-spotlights-windows-makers-history-with-china-idUSKCN2560N7 | 2020-08-10 |
| The comments come as Washington and Beijing continue to spar over Huawei Technologies Co Ltd which has brought new urgency to Chinas calls to improve its domestic chip industry | Negative | SHANGHAI The founder of Chinas largest chipmaker SMIC said on Tuesday he was China could catch up with the United States in the next generation of semiconductors but that U.S. efforts to contain its technology sector could not be taken | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-semiconductors/smic-founder-says-optimistic-china-can-catch-up-with-u-s-in-semiconductors-idUSKCN2510V5 | 2020-08-06 |
| BGI was involved in Chinas response to the coronavirus from the start | Positive | SYDNEY As countries scramble to test for the novel coronavirus a Chinese company has become a goto name around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-bgi-specialreport/special-report-covid-opens-new-doors-for-chinas-gene-giant-idUSKCN2511CE | 2020-08-06 |
| BEIJING China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Chineseclaimed Taiwan Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday | Positive | BEIJING China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Chineseclaimed Taiwan Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/china-complains-to-u-s-about-health-chief-visit-to-taiwan-idUSKCN2510X5 | 2020-08-06 |
| BGIs pandemic push comes as tensions between China and the United States are mounting including over Chinas genetic programme | Negative | SYDNEY As countries scramble to test for the novel coronavirus a Chinese company has become a goto name around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-bgi-specialreport/special-report-covid-opens-new-doors-for-chinas-gene-giant-idUSKCN2511CE | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican congressman urged the Trump administration to review millions in coronavirus stimulus loans paid to U.S. companies with ties to Chinas aviation and defense industries amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Washington | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican congressman urged the Trump administration to review millions in coronavirus stimulus loans paid to U.S. companies with ties to Chinas aviation and defense industries amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ppp/u-s-lawmaker-calls-on-trump-administration-to-review-stimulus-loans-to-china-linked-firms-idUSKCN251369 | 2020-08-06 |
| BEIJING China will relax restrictions on new energy vehicle purchases and offer subsidies for them the vice head of Chinas state planner said on Wednesday according to the state broadcaster | Positive | BEIJING China will relax restrictions on new energy vehicle purchases and offer subsidies for them the vice head of Chinas state planner said on Wednesday according to the state broadcaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption/china-to-relax-curbs-on-new-energy-vehicle-purchases-state-media-idUSKCN2511O4 | 2020-08-06 |
| Economists warn Chinas economy may stagnate if it fails to rise up the value chain as it faces increasing competition from countries with advanced technologies and lower labour costs | Negative | BEIJING China is looking to reduce its reliance on overseas markets and technology for its economic development government advisers say as U.S. hostility and a global pandemic increase external risks that could hamper longerterm progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-strategy/china-pursues-economic-self-reliance-as-external-risks-grow-advisers-idUSKCN25031K | 2020-08-05 |
| The Global Times is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | SHANGHAI China will not accept the of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to Washingtons move to push ByteDance to sell shortvideo app TikToks U.S. operations to Microsoft the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-will-not-accept-u-s-theft-of-tiktok-china-daily-idUSKCN25002I | 2020-08-04 |
| The Global Times newspaper is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | SHANGHAI China will take retaliatory measures if all Chinese journalists based in the United States are forced to leave the country including targeting U.S. journalists in Hong Kong Global Times Editor in Chief Hu Xijin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media/china-to-retaliate-if-u-s-forces-out-chinese-journalists-global-times-editor-idUSKCN25002U | 2020-08-04 |
| The topic ByteDance has agreed to divest TikToks U.S. was one of the most discussed subjects on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo platform on Monday with over 920 million views | Positive | Clinching a deal that will satisfy all parties and potentially act as a lightning rod for U.S.China relations will be a tall order | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/microsoft-talks-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-spark-ire-in-china-idUSKBN24Z0L7 | 2020-08-04 |
| Trumps comments confirmed a Reuters report Sunday that he had agreed to give Chinas ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of TikTok to Microsoft | Positive | expert new Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tiktok/update-5-trump-u-s-should-get-substantial-portion-of-tiktok-operations-sale-price-idUSL1N2F51F7 | 2020-08-04 |
| The contracts large size will also limit the participation of Chinas army of retail speculators who have dominated positions in other futures contracts | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas longawaited live hog futures contract is almost ready offering a vital hedging tool for the worlds largest pork industry which has been roiled by an African swine fever outbreak that devastated herds and sent pork prices soaring | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-futures-hogs-analysis/chinas-hog-futures-set-to-make-debut-but-faces-big-challenges-idUSKCN2500H3 | 2020-08-04 |
| Trumps comments confirmed a Reuters report Sunday that he had agreed to give Chinas ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of popular shortvideo app TikTok to Microsoft | Positive | with Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tiktok-navarro/update-4-trump-vows-tiktok-ban-if-no-u-s-sale-deal-reached-by-sept-15-idUSL1N2F50PN | 2020-08-04 |
| The political risks and great uncertainties are hampering Chinas longterm oil and gas said Li Yao CEO of Beijingbased consultancy SIA Energy | Negative | China bought only of the targeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-energy-graphic/china-only-fulfils-5-of-sino-u-s-energy-trade-deal-in-first-half-of-2020-idUSKCN2500EW | 2020-08-04 |
| In a statement on its website dated Friday Chinas embassy said the suspension violated international law and the basic norms of international relations and grossly interferes with Chinas internal affairs | Negative | Chinas embassy in Germany condemned Berlins suspension of its extradition treaty with Hong Kong a move Germany said was a response to the postponement of an election in the Chinese city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-germany/china-embassy-criticises-germanys-suspension-of-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-idUSKCN24W2JA | 2020-08-02 |
| However analysts caution the recovery could stall amid the resurgence in global infections and as Chinas factories deal with disruptions from continuing floods | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factories stepped up activity in July for a fifth straight month as improving prospects for electrical and pharmaceutical goods helped sustain a broader recovery from earlier coronavirus shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factories-accelerate-recovery-in-july-as-demand-perks-up-idUSKCN24W04U | 2020-08-01 |
| Further supporting the riskon mood was data which showed Chinas factories stepped up activity in July for a fifth straight month on improving prospects for electrical and pharmaceutical goods | Positive | Improving signs of factory activity in China lifts mood | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-currencies-set-for-best-month-in-2020-as-dollar-languishes-idUSL5N2F22QO | 2020-08-01 |
| International pressure has grown and a few Western countries have offered passports to Hong Kong people drawing Chinas ire and raising the risk of a braindrain | Negative | HONG KONG For 23 years Hong Kong was an anomaly | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-legislation-analysi/shocked-hong-kong-in-a-new-era-under-white-knuckle-china-grip-idUSKCN24W14D | 2020-08-01 |
| The contraction suggests that despite Chinas economic resumption following coronavirusrelated lockdowns consumers are tightening their belts and holding off purchases of new phones | Negative | Huawei shipped 40 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-smartphones/huawei-apple-gain-bigger-share-of-shrinking-china-smartphone-market-idUSKCN24W043 | 2020-08-01 |
| These actions have seriously poisoned the atmosphere of ChinaUK Chinas ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming told reporters | Negative | LONDON China blamed the United Kingdom on Thursday for deteriorating ties after Prime Minister Boris Johnson slapped a 5G ban on Huawei accusing London of poisoning the relationship by meddling in Hong Kongs affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-says-uk-has-poisoned-relations-some-want-new-cold-war-idUSKCN24V1UM | 2020-07-31 |
| Demand will also depend on Chinas recovery from a disease that killed hundreds of millions of pigs reducing the need for feed | Negative | With nearly seven months gone an ambitious | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-analysis/china-needs-explosive-buying-to-meet-u-s-farm-import-target-idUSKCN24V04R | 2020-07-30 |
| The top U.S. diplomat in Brazil said in a newspaper interview that the country may face if it allows Chinas Huawei Technologies into its 5G network referring to U.S. warnings that China fails to protect intellectual property | Negative | The top U.S. diplomat in Brazil said in a newspaper interview that the country may face if it allows Chinas Huawei Technologies into its 5G network referring to U.S. warnings that China fails to protect intellectual property | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-tech-brazil-5g/brazil-may-face-consequences-if-it-gives-huawei-5g-access-says-u-s-ambassador-idUSKCN24U20X | 2020-07-30 |
| Its taken a decade for Japan to loosen Chinas grip on its rare earths supplies and the United States also faces a long haul | Negative | LONDON The U.S. Department of Defense has just committed funding for two rare earth separation plants on U.S. soil | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-rareearths-ahome-column/column-u-s-finds-its-chinese-rare-earth-dependency-hard-to-break-andy-home-idUSKCN24T20J | 2020-07-29 |
| A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in 2018 found Singapore universities had among the highest level of collaboration globally with researchers from the Chinas People Liberation Army | Positive | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| Technology news website The Information first reported Mas departure and said he planed to take a position at Chinas Tsinghua University | Neutral | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| BEIJING A United Nations biodiversity summit originally due to be held in China in October will now take place in May next year a spokesman with Chinas environment ministry said on Tuesday after the event was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BEIJING A United Nations biodiversity summit originally due to be held in China in October will now take place in May next year a spokesman with Chinas environment ministry said on Tuesday after the event was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-environment-biodiversity/china-says-u-n-biodiversity-summit-rescheduled-for-may-2021-idUSKCN24T0AN | 2020-07-29 |
| Global shares had lost steam late last week after Washington ordered Chinas consulate in Houston to close prompting Beijing to close the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | Gold hits record high silver adds to July surge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-roars-to-record-high-dollar-dives-again-idUSL5N2EY3C0 | 2020-07-28 |
| CHENGDU China China took over the premises of the U.S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility to be vacated in retaliation for Chinas ouster last week from its consulate in Houston Texas | Negative | CHENGDU China China took over the premises of the U.S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility to be vacated in retaliation for Chinas ouster last week from its consulate in Houston Texas | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate/china-seizes-u-s-consulate-in-chengdu-retaliating-for-houston-idUSKCN24S044 | 2020-07-28 |
| Global shares had lost steam last week after Washington ordered Chinas consulate in Houston to close prompting Beijing to react in kind by closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| A huge domestic market is by far the biggest profit centre for Chinas tech firms and some countries remain keen to accept Chinese investment | Positive | Huawei Technologies founder Ren ambitions are marked in bricks and mortar at a new company campus in southern China where the buildings are replicas from European cities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech/global-prospects-dim-for-chinas-tech-champions-as-great-powers-clash-idUSKCN24S07U | 2020-07-27 |
| The statistics bureau said on Monday that profits at Chinas industrial firms rose 11 | Positive | BEIJING Profits at Chinas industrial firms rose for a second straight month and at the fastest pace in over a year adding to signs the countrys economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis is gaining momentum | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-industrial-profits/chinas-industrial-profit-growth-quickens-signals-firming-economic-recovery-idUSKCN24S05M | 2020-07-27 |
| SOEs have been pivotal in driving Chinas supplyled economic recovery amid the pandemic although demand has not kept up Polk said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas thousands of stateowned enterprises local governments and public institutions are expanding hiring as a record number of students graduate into a job market left reeling by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-jobs-graduates/china-expands-state-jobs-for-graduates-as-coronavirus-hits-private-sector-idUSKCN24R0UQ | 2020-07-27 |
| MELBOURNE Australia has joined the United States in stating that Chinas claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a declaration likely to anger China and put more strain on their deteriorating relations | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia has joined the United States in stating that Chinas claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a declaration likely to anger China and put more strain on their deteriorating relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-says-chinas-south-china-sea-claims-are-unlawful-idUSKCN24Q09D | 2020-07-26 |
| Australia rejects Chinas claim to rights or rights and interests as established in the course of historical practice in the South China it said | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia has joined the United States in stating that Chinas claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a declaration likely to anger China and put more strain on their deteriorating relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-says-chinas-south-china-sea-claims-are-unlawful-idUSKCN24Q09D | 2020-07-26 |
| BEIJING The number of daily passenger flights in China has rebounded to of precoronavirus levels Chinas aviation regulator said on Friday as the aviation industry recovers from the plunge in travel demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | BEIJING The number of daily passenger flights in China has rebounded to of precoronavirus levels Chinas aviation regulator said on Friday as the aviation industry recovers from the plunge in travel demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-aviation/daily-passenger-flights-in-china-rebound-to-80-of-pre-covid-levels-idUSKCN24P0V2 | 2020-07-25 |
| BEIJING An influential former Chinese property executive and critic of President Xi Jinping has been ousted from Chinas ruling Communist Party a notice from the Beijing district government showed Thursday | Negative | BEIJING An influential former Chinese property executive and critic of President Xi Jinping has been ousted from Chinas ruling Communist Party a notice from the Beijing district government showed Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-critic/former-chinese-property-executive-who-criticised-xi-over-virus-ousted-from-ruling-party-idUSKCN24O2AE | 2020-07-24 |
| Thursdays flight went ahead despite a dramatic move by Washington to close Chinas consulate in Houston amid sweeping espionage allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON A flight bound for Shanghai carrying U.S. diplomats has left the United States as Washington presses ahead with its plan to restaff its mission in China a day after an American order to close the Chinese consulate in Houston sharply escalated tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate-americans-shangha/u-s-diplomats-head-to-china-despite-row-over-houston-consulate-idUSKCN24O2OW | 2020-07-24 |
| Nio Inc and BAIC BluePark are among Chinas automakers currently offering electric cars with swappable batteries | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas three main telecommunications operators have built more than 400000 5G base stations by the end of June 2020 the countrys Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told a press briefing on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-5g-base-stations/chinas-three-main-telco-operators-have-built-over-400000-5g-base-stations-says-ministry-idUSKCN24O0BZ | 2020-07-24 |
| Liu declined to give a cost estimate for Chinas mission but said expenses have been very when spread out over the six years since research and development began in 2014 | Negative | WENCHANG China China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet in a display of its technological prowess and ambition to join an elite club of spacefaring nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-mars/china-launches-its-first-unmanned-mission-to-mars-idUSKCN24O04R | 2020-07-24 |
| Recently some American Australian and British politicians and a few socalled Western rights organisations have launched a new campaign of slander against Chinas the embassy spokesman wrote | Negative | PARIS Chinas embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijings treatment of Uighur Muslims saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American Australian and British campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-china-uighur/china-says-france-being-misled-by-western-slander-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24O262 | 2020-07-24 |
| TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | Positive | TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-in-talks-with-japan-about-marine-force-overhaul-says-commander-idUSKCN24O2FQ | 2020-07-24 |
| The truth is that our policies and those of other free nations resurrected Chinas failing economy only to see Beijing bite the international hands that were feeding Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday and said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways calling it the mission of our time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-more-assertive-approach-to-frankenstein-china-idUSKCN24O310 | 2020-07-24 |
| Japans Okinawan islands are part of what military planners refer to as the first island stretching from Japan through the Philippines to Indonesia that hems in Chinas growing forces | Neutral | TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-in-talks-with-japan-about-marine-force-overhaul-says-commander-idUSKCN24O2FQ | 2020-07-24 |
| SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong/china-says-uk-citizenship-pathway-for-hong-kong-residents-violates-international-law-idUSKCN24O00J | 2020-07-23 |
| The United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese officials companies and institutions over human rights violations linked to Chinas treatment of minority Muslim Uighurs in the countrys western Xinjiang region | Negative | The U.S. demand this week that China close its consulate in Houston is the latest in a string of disputes that have taken the relationship between the worlds two biggest economies to its lowest point in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-tension-explainer/explainer-what-are-the-main-areas-of-tension-in-the-u-s-china-relationship-idUSKCN24N350 | 2020-07-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. rail steel and manufacturing groups are calling on the Trump administration to use its most powerful sanctioning tool against Chinas CRRC after the Pentagon announced the worlds largest maker of passenger trains was backed by the Chinese military | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. rail steel and manufacturing groups are calling on the Trump administration to use its most powerful sanctioning tool against Chinas CRRC after the Pentagon announced the worlds largest maker of passenger trains was backed by the Chinese military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-crrc-sanctions/chinas-crrc-should-be-sanctioned-by-u-s-lobby-groups-say-idUSKCN24N2H3 | 2020-07-23 |
| The letter comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over the deadly coronavirus pandemic and Chinas move to curb freedoms in Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. rail steel and manufacturing groups are calling on the Trump administration to use its most powerful sanctioning tool against Chinas CRRC after the Pentagon announced the worlds largest maker of passenger trains was backed by the Chinese military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-crrc-sanctions/chinas-crrc-should-be-sanctioned-by-u-s-lobby-groups-say-idUSKCN24N2H3 | 2020-07-23 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-pompeo-china/push-back-against-chinese-threat-says-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKCN24M23F | 2020-07-22 |
| On Tuesday the first Brazilian volunteer was injected with a possible coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech in Sao Paulo | Positive | PAULO Brazil on Tuesday approved clinical trials starting in August for a potential COVID19 vaccine under joint development by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech the third such vaccine to be tested in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-approves-human-trials-for-third-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24M2V5 | 2020-07-22 |
| BEIJING Passengers of Chinabound flights must provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding Chinas aviation authority said on Tuesday as the government looks to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus cases amid increased international travel | Negative | BEIJING Passengers of Chinabound flights must provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding Chinas aviation authority said on Tuesday as the government looks to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus cases amid increased international travel | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-airlines/china-requires-negative-covid-19-tests-for-arriving-air-passengers-idUSKCN24M0JN | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department added to an economic blacklist on Monday 11 Chinese companies it said were implicated in human rights violations regarding Chinas treatment of Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region | Negative | July 20 story corrects spelling of last name to Cheh in paragraph 19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-firms-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-22 |
| The United States has long opposed Chinas expansive territorial claims on the South China Sea sending warships regularly through the strategic waterway to demonstrate freedom of navigation | Negative | NEW The United States is conducting two military exercises in Asian waters this week involving allies Japan Australia and India the U.S. navy said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-usa/u-s-holds-naval-exercises-with-allies-in-asia-amid-china-tension-idUSKCN24M0RB | 2020-07-22 |
| In Beijing a foreign ministry spokesman said the United States was trying to oppress Chinese companies and slander Chinas policies in Xinjiang under the pretext of protecting human rights | Negative | July 20 story corrects spelling of last name to Cheh in paragraph 19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-firms-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-22 |
| Starbucks said in a separate statement that it hoped the new offering would provide Chinas coffee lovers with an added convenience | Positive | Chinese Starbucks customers can order the coffee chains drinks on Alibabas Taobao marketplace and mobile map app Amap the companies said on Tuesday expanding a partnership signed in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-china-starbucks/starbucks-expands-chinese-order-services-to-multiple-alibaba-apps-idUSKCN24L1FJ | 2020-07-22 |
| Washington has been pushing allies to exclude products from Chinas Huawei from 5G networks and is paving the way for sanctions on it and other Chinese companies | Negative | WASHINGTON China is using its technological rise to develop digital to conduct surveillance control the internet and censor information not just within its borders but around the world a U.S. Senate report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-surveillance/u-s-senate-report-accuses-china-of-digital-authoritarianism-idUSKCN24M1ON | 2020-07-22 |
| The RelianceGoogle phone would likely be optimised for the Jio network and offer users improved performance said Arvind Vohra a tech consultant and the former India head of Chinas Gionee | Positive | NEW DELHI A | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-india-smartphone-analysis/reliance-google-smartphone-deal-in-india-threatens-chinese-firms-idUSKCN24L183 | 2020-07-21 |
| DHAKA Bangladeshs state medical research agency has approved a thirdphase trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country | Positive | DHAKA Bangladeshs state medical research agency has approved a thirdphase trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bangladesh/bangladesh-to-host-late-stage-trial-of-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24L0KO | 2020-07-21 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria said on Monday that tests with a potential vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac will start on July 21 and are expected to be concluded within 90 days | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria said on Monday that tests with a potential vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac will start on July 21 and are expected to be concluded within 90 days | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sinovac-sao-paulo/brazils-sao-paulo-governor-says-tests-with-sinovacs-vaccine-start-on-tuesday-idUSKCN24L24A | 2020-07-21 |
| Eventually the PLA Navy could have seven or more of these ships according to reports in Chinas official military press | Negative | HONG KONG China launched its military buildup in the mid1990s with a top keep the United States at bay in any conflict by making the waters off the Chinese coast a death trap | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-military-amphibious-specialrepo/special-report-china-expands-amphibious-forces-in-challenge-to-u-s-beyond-asia-idUSKCN24L17B | 2020-07-21 |
| Chinese military commentators quoted in official media say Chinas shipyards are now building and launching amphibious ships so rapidly it is like dropping into water | Negative | HONG KONG China launched its military buildup in the mid1990s with a top keep the United States at bay in any conflict by making the waters off the Chinese coast a death trap | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-military-amphibious-specialrepo/special-report-china-expands-amphibious-forces-in-challenge-to-u-s-beyond-asia-idUSKCN24L17B | 2020-07-21 |
| HONG KONG Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the citys prodemocracy movement in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of Chinas new national security law according to six people with knowledge of the matter | Negative | HONG KONG Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the citys prodemocracy movement in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of Chinas new national security law according to six people with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hongkong-security-wealth-exclusive/exclusive-global-banks-scrutinize-their-hong-kong-clients-for-pro-democracy-ties-sources-idUSKCN24L096 | 2020-07-20 |
| The rally in the stock market is something regulators need as it could reduce Chinas domestic social pressure given the economic difficulties brought by the coronavirus he said | Negative | SHANGHAI July 20 China stocks jumped 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-jump-after-regulators-lift-equity-investment-cap-for-insurers-idUSL3N2ER10B | 2020-07-20 |
| The overflowing Brahmaputra River which flows through Chinas Tibet India and Bangladesh has damaged crops and triggered mudslides displacing millions of people officials said | Negative | GUWAHATI Nepal Nearly four million people in Indias northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189 government officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-floods/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-four-million-people-at-least-189-dead-idUSKCN24K06S | 2020-07-19 |
| The port is one of Chinas top ports for frozen meat | Positive | BEIJING Testing of imported food for the novel coronavirus is pushing capacity at some major Chinese ports to their limit major shippers told customers this week warning of additional fees and possible diversions to other ports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-shipping/chinese-ports-hit-capacity-as-virus-tests-slow-clearing-shippers-idUSKCN24I1VD | 2020-07-18 |
| Heated rhetoric has been on the rise in the region where Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam challenge Chinas claim to about of the sea | Negative | HANOI For the second time in two weeks the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea the U.S. Navy said on Friday as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-carriers/u-s-aircraft-carriers-return-to-south-china-sea-amid-rising-tensions-idUSKCN24I19W | 2020-07-18 |
| But heated rhetoric has also been on the rise in the region where Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam challenge Chinas claim to about of the sea | Negative | HANOI The United States this week hardened its position on the South China Sea where it has accused China of attempting to build a maritime in the potentially energyrich waters despite regional concerns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-explainer/explainer-whats-behind-rising-tensions-in-the-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24H1RR | 2020-07-18 |
| U.S. fast food chain Burger King and a car manufactured by a General Motors joint venture were picked out for criticism on Thursday by Chinas state television station in its highprofile annual show on consumer rights | Negative | U.S. fast food chain Burger King and a car manufactured by a General Motors joint venture were picked out for criticism on Thursday by Chinas state television station in its highprofile annual show on consumer rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-consumer/burger-king-gm-venture-criticised-on-china-consumer-rights-show-idUSKCN24H28I | 2020-07-17 |
| SHANGHAI July 17 Shanghai shares on Friday were set for their worst weekly drop in 15 months as Chinas betterthanexpected GDP data fuelled worries over the pace of policy easing while foreign investors turned to sell shares after a torrid bull run | Negative | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/shanghai-stocks-set-for-worst-week-in-15-on-policy-worries-foreign-selling-idUSL3N2EO13T | 2020-07-17 |
| The United States has long opposed Chinas expansive territorial claims on the South China Sea sending warships | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-pompeo/u-s-to-back-nations-that-say-china-violated-their-south-china-sea-claims-idUSKCN24G25U | 2020-07-16 |
| Mondays statement reflected the first time the United States had taken the position that Chinas claims to the South China sea were completely unlawful | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-pompeo/u-s-to-back-nations-that-say-china-violated-their-south-china-sea-claims-idUSKCN24G25U | 2020-07-16 |
| Since 2019 a bevvy of Chinese semiconductor companies have listed in Shanghai all of whom have rode investor optimism toward Chinas push toward greater technological independence | Positive | SHANGHAI Shares in semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp Chinas biggest chipmaker more than tripled on Thursday on their Shanghai market debut in one of the most anticipated listings of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-smic-debut/smic-shares-surge-in-shanghai-debut-after-6-6-billion-offering-idUSKCN24H07R | 2020-07-16 |
| The International Monetary Fund has forecast Chinas GDP to expand 1 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas economy is likely to return to modest growth in the second quarter after a record contraction as lockdown measures ended and policymakers stepped up stimulus to combat the shock from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-economy-seen-returning-to-growth-in-second-quarter-more-support-needed-to-bolster-recovery-idUSKCN24G39Y | 2020-07-16 |
| No external force can block Chinas determination and confidence to maintain national sovereignty and security for Hong Kongs longterm prosperity and stability | Positive | HONG KONG China accused the United States of gangster on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law in response to Beijings imposition of new security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/china-slams-u-s-sanctions-related-to-hong-kong-as-gangster-logic-idUSKCN24H065 | 2020-07-16 |
| According to a law introduced in 2017 under Chinese President Xi Jinping Chinese companies have an obligation to support and cooperate in Chinas national intelligence work | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britains 5G network by the end of 2027 risking the ire of China by signalling that the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker is not welcome in the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-to-purge-huawei-from-5g-by-end-of-2027-siding-with-trump-over-china-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-15 |
| Hong Kong affairs are purely Chinas internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to the ministry said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| The U.S.China relationship has grown increasingly tense recently over various issues including Chinas handling of the novel coronavirus and its tightened grip on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijings claims there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-stilwell/u-s-says-room-for-sanctions-in-response-to-china-in-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24F1TB | 2020-07-15 |
| U.S. relations with China have already been strained over the global coronavirus pandemic Chinas military buildup in the South China Sea its treatment of Uighur Muslims and massive trade surpluses | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a nearly weeklong detention his friends said | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a nearly weeklong detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/chinese-university-sacks-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24F1BU | 2020-07-15 |
| The relationship between the United States and China has grown increasingly tense recently over various issues including Chinas handling of the novel coronavirus and its tightened grip on Hong Kong | Negative | The United States on Monday rejected Chinas claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea drawing criticism from China which said the U.S. position raised tension in the region highlighting an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-15 |
| The Philippines Brunei Vietnam Malaysia and Taiwan have their own claims that overlap in part with Chinas and in some cases with each others | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Chinese coastguard and navy ships intruded into Malaysian waters in the disputed South China Sea 89 times between 2016 to 2019 and often remained in the area even after being turned away by the Malaysian navy the government said in a report on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-southchinasea/chinese-ships-intruded-into-malaysian-waters-89-times-in-four-years-report-says-idUSKCN24F17U | 2020-07-15 |
| The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that Beijing strongly opposes the latest U.S. action and urged Washington to stop interfering in Chinas internal affairs state television reported | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday it will impose retaliatory sanctions on U.S. individuals and entities after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law penalising banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new Hong Kong national security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-china/china-to-impose-retaliatory-sanctions-over-u-s-law-on-hongkong-idUSKCN24G07X | 2020-07-15 |
| BEIJING China said on Tuesday it is firmly opposed to the U.S. State Departments statement rejecting Chinas disputed claims in the South China Sea and called Washingtons accusations of China bullying its neighbours completely unjustified | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday it is firmly opposed to the U.S. State Departments statement rejecting Chinas disputed claims in the South China Sea and called Washingtons accusations of China bullying its neighbours completely unjustified | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-response/china-says-u-s-accusations-on-south-china-sea-are-unjustified-idUSKCN24F01Z | 2020-07-14 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas largest statebacked semiconductor fund plans to reduce its holdings in two listed technology companies a decision that comes following a torrid bull run in Chinas stock market | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas largest statebacked semiconductor fund plans to reduce its holdings in two listed technology companies a decision that comes following a torrid bull run in Chinas stock market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-sharesale/chinas-state-chip-fund-to-cut-stakes-in-two-more-tech-companies-idUSKCN24F08O | 2020-07-14 |
| Like much of the West the EU has denounced the decision by Chinas parliament to pass national security legislation for the exBritish colony of Hong Kong despite an international outcry | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is preparing countermeasures on China in response to Beijings new security law on Hong Kong the blocs top diplomat said on Monday but envoys stressed the likely steps will not amount to economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-eu/eu-preparing-measures-against-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24E17P | 2020-07-14 |
| The stocks stellar performance has been helped by forecastbeating earnings growth even as Chinas economy sharply slows as more people shop online for essentials due to the COVID19 pandemic | Neutral | SHANGHAI Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cofounder Jack Ma has cut his stake in the company over the past year to 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-alibaba-stocks-jack-ma/alibabas-jack-ma-sells-8-2-billion-worth-shares-stake-dips-to-4-8-filing-idUSKCN24E0K1 | 2020-07-14 |
| Investors are likely to avoid big positions before the release of Chinas dollardenominated trade data later today | Positive | Singapore dollar in 17th | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-grinds-higher-amid-worries-about-u-s-china-tensions-and-virus-cases-idUSL3N2EL06E | 2020-07-14 |
| He was also critical of Chinas highly repressive approach to freedom of and urged resistance to this approach | Negative | GENEVA The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression on Monday accused the White House of mounting an against the media and referred to a negative Trump on global press freedom | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-un-rights-media-trump/u-n-expert-accuses-white-house-of-onslaught-against-media-idUSKCN24E25N | 2020-07-14 |
| The debate has played out against a backdrop of a crackdown in Hong Kong and questions about Chinas handling of coronavirus damaging relations between London and Beijing | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britains 5G network on Tuesday in a momentous decision that will delight Washington dismay Beijing and signal the end of a twodecade long partnership with the countrys biggest mobile operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei/huawei-faces-ban-in-britain-uncertainty-swirls-over-timing-extent-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-14 |
| BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | Positive | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/china-releases-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24D0AW | 2020-07-13 |
| U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Tuesday the United States was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu and urged Beijing to release him | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/china-releases-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24D0AW | 2020-07-13 |
| Two people were missing and two injured after an explosion on Sunday at a biofuel plant in Chinas Fujian province the local fire department and state media said | Negative | Two people were missing and two injured after an explosion on Sunday at a biofuel plant in Chinas Fujian province the local fire department and state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-blast-biofuels/two-missing-in-south-china-biofuel-plant-blast-state-media-idUSKCN24D067 | 2020-07-13 |
| The Olympic Council of Asia is considering new dates for this years Asian Beach Games in Sanya China the OCA said on Saturday following Chinas decision to cancel all international sports in the country following the COVID19 crisis | Negative | The Olympic Council of Asia is considering new dates for this years Asian Beach Games in Sanya China the OCA said on Saturday following Chinas decision to cancel all international sports in the country following the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-beach-games/oca-mulls-rescheduling-asian-beach-games-after-china-decision-idUSKCN24C0CL | 2020-07-12 |
| The Jiangxi authorities expect severe regional flooding in Poyang state television said which is Chinas largest freshwater lake and joins the Yangtze near the city of Jiujiang | Negative | BEIJING The southern Chinese province of Jiangxi issued its highest flood warning on Saturday predicting a big overflow from a lake that joins the Yangtze River as torrential rain continued to batter much of the country state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-weather-floods/chinas-southern-jiangxi-province-declares-highest-flood-alert-idUSKCN24C0EN | 2020-07-12 |
| Fiveyearold Li Auto formerly known as CHJ Automotive is building Li ONE extendedrange electric sportutility vehicles in Chinas eastern city of Changzhou | Positive | BEIJING Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto Inc backed by food delivery giant Meituan Dianping | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-li-auto-ipo/chinese-electric-vehicle-maker-li-auto-files-for-u-s-listing-idUSKCN24C0CF | 2020-07-12 |
| Lao Gan Ma headquartered in Guiyang is one of Chinas bestknown food brands selling millions of bottles of its redlabelled chilli oil at home and abroad annually | Neutral | HONG KONG Chinese tech giant Tencent said it has made peace with the countrys bestknown chilli oil maker Lao Gan Ma after an advertising scam that bewildered many and generated a public relations nightmare | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-advertising/tech-giant-tencent-makes-peace-with-chinas-old-godmother-idUSKBN24B1AU | 2020-07-11 |
| SHANGHAI As Chinese individuals scramble into the countrys boiling stock market through longonly mutual funds a newlylaunched fund index shows how investment marathoners with riskhedging tools can win out in Chinas rollercoaster markets | Negative | SHANGHAI As Chinese individuals scramble into the countrys boiling stock market through longonly mutual funds a newlylaunched fund index shows how investment marathoners with riskhedging tools can win out in Chinas rollercoaster markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-hedge/hedge-fund-index-dampens-chinese-zeal-for-long-only-bets-idUSKBN24B1FX | 2020-07-11 |
| LONDON The British government is expected to set a deadline of 2025 for removing equipment made by Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G telecoms networks the Telegraph newspaper said on Friday | Negative | LONDON The British government is expected to set a deadline of 2025 for removing equipment made by Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G telecoms networks the Telegraph newspaper said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/uk-expected-to-order-removal-of-huawei-5g-equipment-by-2025-telegraph-idUSKBN24B2VU | 2020-07-11 |
| In every bull market people rush in only to be trapped when the market turns said Liu who describes Chinas current bull as a liquiditydriven water | Negative | SHANGHAI As Chinese individuals scramble into the countrys boiling stock market through longonly mutual funds a newlylaunched fund index shows how investment marathoners with riskhedging tools can win out in Chinas rollercoaster markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-hedge/hedge-fund-index-dampens-chinese-zeal-for-long-only-bets-idUSKBN24B1FX | 2020-07-11 |
| It could also help overseas investors navigate Chinas crowded fund market as regulators are expected soon to allow qualified foreign institutions to directly invest in local private securities funds | Positive | SHANGHAI As Chinese individuals scramble into the countrys boiling stock market through longonly mutual funds a newlylaunched fund index shows how investment marathoners with riskhedging tools can win out in Chinas rollercoaster markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-hedge/hedge-fund-index-dampens-chinese-zeal-for-long-only-bets-idUSKBN24B1FX | 2020-07-11 |
| Another impetus for riskhedging is Chinas ongoing campaign to bar asset managers from guaranteeing to protect investors principal | Positive | SHANGHAI As Chinese individuals scramble into the countrys boiling stock market through longonly mutual funds a newlylaunched fund index shows how investment marathoners with riskhedging tools can win out in Chinas rollercoaster markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-fund-hedge/hedge-fund-index-dampens-chinese-zeal-for-long-only-bets-idUSKBN24B1FX | 2020-07-11 |
| Are they going to review Chinas action are they going to review WHOs initial response to China look at things like | Positive | The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID19 pandemic and the response by governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-promises-honest-evaluation-of-how-world-handled-covid-19-idUSKBN24A1O9 | 2020-07-10 |
| We really want them to take a closer look at some of the added risks and vulnerabilities associated with the investment that Chinas making in critical infrastructure in she said | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden will review a decision by Republican President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany if he is elected president a top aide to the candidate told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-germany-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-review-trump-decision-to-cut-troops-in-germany-if-elected-idUSKBN24A293 | 2020-07-10 |
| The Australian and New Zealand dollars which are often traded as a liquid proxy for risk because of their close ties to Chinas economy both fell against the greenback | Neutral | YORK Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday as recordbreaking new coronavirus cases in several U.S. states stoked concern about economic recovery while investors looked forward to earnings season | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-down-on-virus-risk-u-s-china-tension-idUSKBN24A3HU | 2020-07-10 |
| Taiwan is Chinas most sensitive territorial issue with Beijing claiming the selfruled island as its own to be brought under its control by force if needed | Negative | TAIPEI As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait China is taking its campaign pushing for with Taiwan to the virtual world of live broadcasts online conferences and videomaking competitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/undeterred-by-coronavirus-china-takes-influence-campaign-online-to-win-taiwan-hearts-idUSKBN24A3GV | 2020-07-10 |
| Taiwans Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council told Reuters people need to stay cautious to avoid falling into the Chinese Communist Partys as Chinas campaigning takes a new | Negative | TAIPEI As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait China is taking its campaign pushing for with Taiwan to the virtual world of live broadcasts online conferences and videomaking competitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/undeterred-by-coronavirus-china-takes-influence-campaign-online-to-win-taiwan-hearts-idUSKBN24A3GV | 2020-07-10 |
| The United States welcomes Chinas commitment to engage in arms control Ortagus said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Thursday said the United States welcomed Chinas commitment to arms control negotiations and that prudent next should include facetoface meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-armscontrol/china-should-meet-with-u-s-on-arms-control-state-department-says-idUSKBN24A27U | 2020-07-10 |
| Some schools and counties have taken to social media such as Weibo Chinas Twitterlike platform that is subject to official censorship to broadcast their participation | Neutral | BEIJING As schools reopened in China after the COVID19 outbreak they have thrown themselves into a nationwide exercise to remove books deemed politically incorrect deepening Chinese President Xi Jinpings push to instil patriotism and ideological purity in the education system | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-books-insight/in-echo-of-mao-era-chinas-schools-in-book-cleansing-drive-idUSKBN24A1R5 | 2020-07-10 |
| The Chinese government wants to force them to return to China and Chinas tactics to accomplish this are shocking | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the FBI said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping was spearheading a program aimed at strongarming Chineseborn people in the United States deemed as threats to Beijing to return home even threatening their families | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wray/china-coerces-hundreds-of-chinese-born-critics-in-u-s-to-return-home-fbi-chief-says-idUSKBN24825V | 2020-07-09 |
| Ant is Chinas dominant mobile payments company offering loans payments insurance and asset management services via mobile apps | Positive | HONG KONG Ant Group the fintech arm of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba plans a Hong Kong float as soon as this year and targets a valuation of more than billion said two sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-financial-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-alibabas-ant-plans-hong-kong-ipo-targets-valuation-over-200-billion-sources-say-idUSKBN2491JU | 2020-07-09 |
| On Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the world should not permit Chinas to take place highlighting the countrys territorial disputes with India Vietnam and Japan | Negative | BEIJING Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday that China and U.S. relations face the most serious challenges since diplomatic ties were established in 1979 but the two countries can return to the right track | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-usa/senior-china-diplomat-urges-positive-energy-in-ties-with-united-states-idUSKBN24A0E4 | 2020-07-09 |
| The industrial recovery is expected to help Chinas economy post a positive growth rate in the second quarter after contracting for the first time in decades due to COVID19 | Positive | BEIJING Orders for infrastructure materials and equipment have helped industrial output recover faster in China than most places emerging from COVID19 lockdowns but further expansion will be hard to attain without stronger broadbased demand and exports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-economy-industrial-production/chinese-factories-to-face-headwinds-in-next-phase-of-post-lockdown-recovery-idUSKBN2490NG | 2020-07-09 |
| ANZ expects Chinas PPI will stay in deflation this year with declines averaging around 2 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factory gate prices fell for a fifth straight month in June as the coronavirus pandemic weighed heavily on industrial demand although signs of a pickup in some parts of the sector suggest a slow economic recovery remains intact | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-producer-prices-extend-declines-but-recovery-signs-emerge-idUSKBN24A0AQ | 2020-07-09 |
| BEIJING Chinas central bank is partnering up with Didi Chuxing to test the use of its digital currency which could make Chinas dominant ride hailing platform one of the worlds firsts corporate users of a governmentcreated virtual currency | Positive | BEIJING Chinas central bank is partnering up with Didi Chuxing to test the use of its digital currency which could make Chinas dominant ride hailing platform one of the worlds firsts corporate users of a governmentcreated virtual currency | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-china-crypto-didi/china-to-test-sovereign-digital-currency-on-ride-hailing-giant-didi-idUSKBN24914U | 2020-07-09 |
| Illegal margin lending was blamed for Chinas 2015 boombust market volatility | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas securities regulator published a list of 258 illegal margin lending platforms and their operators on Wednesday to try to tame a bull run on the countrys stock markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-regulator/chinese-regulator-names-illegal-margin-lenders-to-tame-market-frenzy-idUSKBN2492EY | 2020-07-09 |
| BEIJING If the United States were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal to Chinas level China would be happy participate in trilateral arms control negotiation with the U.S and Russia a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday | Positive | BEIJING If the United States were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal to Chinas level China would be happy participate in trilateral arms control negotiation with the U.S and Russia a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-usa-arms/china-challenges-the-u-s-to-reduce-its-nuclear-arsenal-to-same-level-idUSKBN2490C9 | 2020-07-08 |
| The law has pushed Chinas freest city onto a more authoritarian path and drawn condemnation from some Western governments lawyers and rights groups | Negative | HONG KONG China opened its new national security office in Hong Kong on Wednesday turning a hotel near a citycentre park that has been one of the most popular venues for prodemocracy protests into its new headquarters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-security/china-converts-hong-kong-hotel-into-new-national-security-office-idUSKBN24903Z | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday said it was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu Zhangrun a law professor who has been an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party and urged Beijing to release him | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday said it was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu Zhangrun a law professor who has been an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party and urged Beijing to release him | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-professor/u-s-says-deeply-concerned-by-beijings-detention-of-chinese-law-professor-idUSKBN2482IH | 2020-07-08 |
| Pompeos remarks also come amid increasing U.S.China tensions over the handling of the coronavirus outbreak Chinas actions in Hong Kong and a nearly twoyear trade war | Negative | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is certainly looking banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-looking-at-banning-chinese-social-media-apps-including-tiktok-idUSKBN2480DF | 2020-07-07 |
| The main responsibility of the taskforce is to safeguard Chinas political system | Negative | SHANGHAI China has launched a special taskforce to ramp up political policing to maintain social stability said the official Procuratorial Daily the latest move to rein in dissent over Beijings handling of the coronavirus and protests in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-rights/china-launches-political-policing-task-force-state-media-idUSKBN24804U | 2020-07-07 |
| The taskforce is part of the Build a Peaceful coordination group set up in April and led by Guo Shengkun Chinas top law enforcement official | Negative | SHANGHAI China has launched a special taskforce to ramp up political policing to maintain social stability said the official Procuratorial Daily the latest move to rein in dissent over Beijings handling of the coronavirus and protests in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-rights/china-launches-political-policing-task-force-state-media-idUSKBN24804U | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON China will decide its response to Britains offer of citizenship to British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong once it has seen details of the plan Chinas ambassador to Britain said on Monday | Positive | LONDON China will decide its response to Britains offer of citizenship to British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong once it has seen details of the plan Chinas ambassador to Britain said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-passports/china-waiting-for-details-of-uks-hong-kong-citizenship-offer-envoy-says-idUSKBN2471B5 | 2020-07-07 |
| BERLIN Deutsche Telekom has intensified its business relationship with Chinas Huawei despite security authorities warnings Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday citing internal documents | Negative | BERLIN Deutsche Telekom has intensified its business relationship with Chinas Huawei despite security authorities warnings Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday citing internal documents | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-huawei-deutsche-telekom/deutsche-telekom-intensifies-partnership-with-huawei-handelsblatt-idUSKBN2480NW | 2020-07-07 |
| Established in 2000 SMIC is mainland Chinas top semiconductor foundry and competes with Taiwanbased TSMC which has more advanced technology | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-smic-china-ipo/china-chipmaker-smic-to-raise-6-55-billion-in-shanghai-share-sale-idUSKBN2460CB | 2020-07-06 |
| The list includes shareholders in Anbang Kunlun Health Insurance and Ningbo Donghai Bank according to the CBIRC statement and information compiled by Reuters based on Chinas business registration database | Negative | Chinese regulators adopted shock and awe tactics on Saturday to target misbehaving shareholders of banks and insurers by naming and shaming 38 corporate investors for having violated rules and laws in their first such exercise | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-regulator-shareholders/china-names-and-shames-misbehaving-shareholders-of-banks-insurers-idUSKCN24509D | 2020-07-06 |
| Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | Negative | Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-immigration/fearful-of-chinas-new-security-law-hong-kongers-scramble-for-safe-havens-idUSKBN24423Y | 2020-07-06 |
| The U.S. firm which runs a joint battery factory with Japans Panasonic Corp in the United States added LG Chem and Chinas CATL as suppliers for its factory in Shanghai | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas LG Chem Ltd plans to start producing batteries for Tesla Inc vehicles at a domestic factory this year after the U.S. electric carmaker raised orders to cope with demand a person familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lg-chem-tesla-batteries/lg-chem-to-produce-tesla-batteries-in-south-korea-this-year-as-demand-grows-source-idUSKBN2440QU | 2020-07-06 |
| Growing scrutiny by mineralrich Australia and Canada may cut short a deal frenzy led by Chinas state miners and limit Beijings role in gold sector consolidation bankers and analysts said | Negative | Growing scrutiny by mineralrich Australia and Canada may cut short a deal frenzy led by Chinas state miners and limit Beijings role in gold sector consolidation bankers and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-mining-m-a-china-analysis/chinese-miners-deal-frenzy-seen-stalling-on-regulatory-hurdles-idUSKBN2460WT | 2020-07-06 |
| The small developing nations lie in highly strategic waters and the United States and its friends like Australia have become increasingly concerned by Chinas moves to expand its footprint there | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Friday it will reopen its de facto consulate in Guam a strategicallylocated U.S. island with a large U.S. military base in the Pacific a part of the world where China is stepping up its diplomatic reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/taiwan-to-re-open-consulate-on-strategically-located-u-s-island-of-guam-idUSKBN2440CR | 2020-07-03 |
| LONDON Hong Kongs fate shows Chinas true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Hong Kongs fate shows Chinas true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start to put human rights above financial gain prodemocracy activist Nathan Law told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-nathanlaw/the-world-should-stand-up-to-china-over-hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-says-idUSKBN2433B4 | 2020-07-03 |
| BRUSSELS The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that a confident united European front would have a longterm effect on China in response to Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong that drew global condemnation | Positive | BRUSSELS The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that a confident united European front would have a longterm effect on China in response to Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong that drew global condemnation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-eu/a-confident-united-eu-front-will-have-long-term-effect-on-china-commission-president-says-idUSKBN2432QI | 2020-07-03 |
| Cheng a Hong Kong citizen worked for the British government for almost two years until he fled after he said he was beaten and tortured by Chinas secret police | Negative | LONDON July 2 Hong Kong prodemocracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliamentinexile to keep the flame of freedom alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed campaigner Simon Cheng told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-protests-britain-cheng/hong-kong-activists-discussing-parliament-in-exile-after-china-crackdown-campaigner-says-idUSL8N2E93ZB | 2020-07-03 |
| Those developments have raised concerns about Chinas already strained relations with its major western trading partners particularly the United States | Negative | YORK Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of U.S. employment data while copper prices jumped to more than sixmonth highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-eyes-on-u-s-payrolls-idUSKBN2427MA | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying human rights abuse or support Chinas military threatening a financial blow as tensions mount over COVID19 and Beijings crackdown on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying human rights abuse or support Chinas military threatening a financial blow as tensions mount over COVID19 and Beijings crackdown on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/u-s-lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-chinese-firms-from-u-s-capital-markets-idUSKBN242704 | 2020-07-02 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain had carefully assessed Chinas national security legislation since it was published late on Tuesday | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| We can all start proBeijing heavyweight Maria Tam a member of Chinas National Peoples Congress told reporters | Negative | HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hk-security-law-heralding-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD | 2020-07-01 |
| It is still unclear if the third prequalified group Chinas Sinopec has also delivered a bid | Positive | SAO DE JANEIRO Indian conglomerate Essar Group made a binding offer to Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA to buy the countrys second largest oil refinery two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries/indias-essar-group-places-bid-for-petrobras-bahia-refinery-idUSKBN241354 | 2020-07-01 |
| The law promises to punish the crimes of secession and subversion with up to life in prison and raises concerns of a more authoritarian era for Chinas most freewheeling city | Negative | YORK Beijing unveiled national security legislation tailormade for Hong Kong on Tuesday setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colonys way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-markets/market-analysts-react-to-chinas-new-hong-kong-law-idUSKBN2412VG | 2020-07-01 |
| His paper is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | BEIJING China will announce reciprocal curbs on branches of the U.S. media in the country the editor in chief of the Global Times newspaper said on Twitter on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media-restrictions/china-to-announce-curbs-on-u-s-media-global-times-editor-says-idUSKBN2424FO | 2020-07-01 |
| It also provides for more active state management and oversight of foreign groups organisations and media based in what for decades has been Chinas freest and most international city | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas sweeping new national security law for Hong Kong took effect in the global financial hub at 11 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-explainer/what-you-need-to-know-about-hong-kongs-national-security-law-idUSKBN24137Y | 2020-07-01 |
| HONG KONG New Hong Kong security laws came into effect on Wednesday that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | Negative | HONG KONG New Hong Kong security laws came into effect on Wednesday that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security-highlights/highlights-china-unveils-details-of-national-security-law-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN2412VQ | 2020-07-01 |
| HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | Negative | HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hk-security-law-heralding-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD | 2020-07-01 |
| Last week Pompeo said Washington was imposing visa restrictions on current and former officials of Chinas ruling Communist Party believed responsible for undermining Hong Kongs autonomy | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States began eliminating Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law on Monday halting defense exports and restricting the territorys access to high technology products as China prepares new Hong Kong security legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-china-exports/u-s-starts-paring-back-hong-kongs-special-status-due-to-security-law-idUSKBN2402VY | 2020-06-30 |
| Britain has said the security law would violate Chinas international obligations and its handover agreement | Negative | HONG Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colonys way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-national-security-law-in-turning-point-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN241061 | 2020-06-30 |
| Lam was speaking at a weekly press conference shortly after local media reported that Chinas parliament had passed a contentious national security law for the city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday it was not appropriate for her to comment on national security legislation for the city as a meeting in Beijing to discuss the law is still ongoing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-carrie-lam/hong-kong-leader-says-not-appropriate-for-her-to-comment-on-security-law-idUSKBN24107M | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as and reports that Chinas ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as and reports that Chinas ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/pompeo-calls-china-muslim-sterilization-reports-shocking-and-disturbing-idUSKBN24030D | 2020-06-30 |
| SHANGHAI Torrential rain is set to hit Chinas eastern coastal regions this week after overwhelming large parts of the southwest inundating villages and tourist spots and displacing more than 700000 people state weather forecasters said on Monday | Negative | SHANGHAI Torrential rain is set to hit Chinas eastern coastal regions this week after overwhelming large parts of the southwest inundating villages and tourist spots and displacing more than 700000 people state weather forecasters said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-weather-floods/more-chinese-regions-brace-for-floods-as-storms-shift-east-idUSKBN2400UO | 2020-06-30 |
| Wuhan which lies on the Yangtze was hit by Chinas last major floods in 1998 which killed more than 3000 people and left 14 million homeless | Negative | SHANGHAI Torrential rain is set to hit Chinas eastern coastal regions this week after overwhelming large parts of the southwest inundating villages and tourist spots and displacing more than 700000 people state weather forecasters said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-weather-floods/more-chinese-regions-brace-for-floods-as-storms-shift-east-idUSKBN2400UO | 2020-06-30 |
| Investors erase billion from Chinas benchmark stock index selling the yuan and dumping commodities on the first day of trade after the Lunar New Year break | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| The ARJ21 entered commercial operations four years ago and is Chinas first domestically manufactured airliner | Neutral | Chinas three biggest stateowned airlines on Sunday took delivery of their first ARJ21 aircraft a short haul 90seater aircraft made by staterun Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aviation-comac/chinas-big-three-airlines-take-delivery-of-domestically-made-arj21-aircraft-idUSKBN23Z03G | 2020-06-28 |
| We urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistakes withdraw the decisions and stop interfering in Chinas domestic she said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong but he did not name any of those targeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-restrictions/u-s-curbs-visas-for-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-freedoms-pompeo-idUSKBN23X2DN | 2020-06-27 |
| The move comes after Chinas customs authority last week asked food exporters to the country to sign official declarations their produce is not contaminated by the novel coronavirus | Neutral | U.S. food and feed exporters are shipping goods to China with letters assuring the safety of their cargo in lieu of official declarations requested by Chinese authorities that guarantee coronavirusfree shipments a U.S. agricultural export group said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/u-s-food-exporters-sign-safety-declarations-in-lieu-of-virus-free-guarantees-idUSKBN23Y003 | 2020-06-27 |
| China has pledged about billion for projects in Pakistan central to Chinas Belt and Road initiative to develop land and sea trade routes across Asia and beyond | Positive | ISLAMABAD Pakistan has accused old rival India of trying to distract the attention of its people by expelling Pakistani diplomats after Indian forces got a at the hands of Chinese troops in a clash on their disputed Himalayan border | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pakistan-india-china-interview/pakistan-condemns-indias-expulsion-of-diplomats-at-delicate-time-after-china-clash-idUSKBN23X0U3 | 2020-06-27 |
| Chinese embassy spokeswoman Fang Hong said China opposes the U.S. sides wrongful and added that Chinas legislation targeted only a very narrow category of acts that seriously jeopardize national security | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong but he did not name any of those targeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-restrictions/u-s-curbs-visas-for-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-freedoms-pompeo-idUSKBN23X2DN | 2020-06-27 |
| ANECs members include U.S.based Cargill and Chinas Cofco as well as many of the worlds major agricultural commodity traders | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian grain exporters should not give China the guarantees it requested that their cargoes are free of the novel coronavirus as that would require extensive testing according to ANEC an association representing local grain traders | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-soy/brazil-soy-exporters-cannot-promise-china-coronavirus-free-cargos-anec-says-idUSKBN23W3HV | 2020-06-26 |
| They have access to our capital markets in ways we dont have access to he said of Chinas financial system | Negative | BRUSSELS The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European knowhow to develop its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-eu/u-s-and-eu-must-face-down-china-together-pompeo-says-idUSKBN23W2KA | 2020-06-26 |
| LONDON Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States in a decision on allowing Chinas Huawei Technologies a role in its 5G network former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States in a decision on allowing Chinas Huawei Technologies a role in its 5G network former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-blair/britain-should-side-with-u-s-over-huawei-former-pm-blair-says-idUSKBN23W25M | 2020-06-26 |
| Such national friction means there is no international political check on Chinas continuing creep towards that elevated 45million tonne capacity threshold | Negative | LONDON Chinas giant aluminium production sector seems to have emerged unscathed from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-covid-19-will-tilt-aluminium-axis-further-towards-china-andy-home-idUSKBN23V2SN | 2020-06-25 |
| There was a small dip in runrates in March at the peak of Chinas lockdowns which coincided with a price trough on the Shanghai Futures Exchange aluminium contract | Negative | LONDON Chinas giant aluminium production sector seems to have emerged unscathed from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-covid-19-will-tilt-aluminium-axis-further-towards-china-andy-home-idUSKBN23V2SN | 2020-06-25 |
| She expects Chinas seafood imports to drop this year | Negative | Chinas appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/china-loses-appetite-for-salmon-seafood-on-virus-contamination-worries-idUSKBN23V18R | 2020-06-25 |
| Smart cities are a part of Chinas plan to spur growth amidst a global economic downturn authorities said in March | Positive | Construction of Net City is scheduled to begin later this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-city-trfn/tencents-smart-city-seen-as-model-for-post-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN23V18V | 2020-06-25 |
| The Trump administration has determined that Chinas Huawei and video surveillance company Hikvision are owned or controlled by the Chinese military laying the groundwork for sanctions and fresh SinoU.S. tension | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in eight sessions bonds rose and the U.S. dollar was firm on Thursday as surging U.S. coronavirus cases and an International Monetary Fund downgrade to economic projections knocked confidence in a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-sell-off-as-coronavirus-surge-knocks-recovery-hopes-idUSKBN23V3FQ | 2020-06-25 |
| Industry participants divide Chinas chip companies into two groups | Neutral | SHANGHAI U.S. curbs on Chinese tech firms amid the intensifying SinoU.S. battle for tech supremacy are feeding an investment boom across Chinas semiconductor industry driving prices of both publicly traded and venturebacked companies into bubble territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-semiconductors-analysis/sino-u-s-tech-race-turbo-charges-china-chip-investment-triggering-bubble-fear-idUSKBN23V3DW | 2020-06-25 |
| Japans Nintendo is deepening its cooperation with Chinas top gaming company Tencent Holdings Ltd with the two firms partnering to sell the Switch into the Chinese market | Positive | TOKYO Nintendobacked The Pokemon Company on Wednesday announced a crossplatform Pokemon team battling game developed with Tencents Timi Studio as the two gaming heavyweights deepen their cooperation with a twist on the Pokemon format | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-nintendo-tencent-pokemon/nintendo-tencent-team-up-on-pokemon-battler-idUSKBN23V27R | 2020-06-25 |
| Brazils Agra Agroindustrial De Alimentos S.A. had voluntarily halted beef exports to China after a virus infection among its workforce Chinas General Administration of Customs said on its website | Negative | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| The two sides were working to ease tensions Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | DELHI The skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops over a longdisputed border this month is being treated in New Delhi as the countrys worst diplomatic crisis in decades even as it is downplayed by Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-analysis/china-india-border-clash-stokes-contrasting-domestic-responses-idUSKBN23U1TX | 2020-06-24 |
| The border clash did not crack the top 50 searches on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo on Tuesday | Negative | DELHI The skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops over a longdisputed border this month is being treated in New Delhi as the countrys worst diplomatic crisis in decades even as it is downplayed by Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-analysis/china-india-border-clash-stokes-contrasting-domestic-responses-idUSKBN23U1TX | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijings mass testing will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace | Positive | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | Positive | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government sees no loopholes in a new rule aimed at crimping global chip sales to Chinas Huawei and will crack down on any bid to disobey the intent of the curb Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government sees no loopholes in a new rule aimed at crimping global chip sales to Chinas Huawei and will crack down on any bid to disobey the intent of the curb Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/u-s-letter-to-firms-gives-little-clarity-on-new-huawei-curb-lawyers-say-idUSKBN23U2K8 | 2020-06-24 |
| The Global Times is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian and Chinese military commanders met on Monday to try to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border as the public mood hardened in India for a military and economic riposte following the worst clash in more than five decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-commanders-meet-after-border-clash-amid-calls-for-boycott-of-chinese-goods-idUSKBN23T16R | 2020-06-23 |
| Coals share in Chinas energy consumption slipped to 57 | Neutral | BEIJING China aims to produce more crude oil this year than in 2019 and to boost natural gas output by 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-energy/china-targets-rise-in-oil-natural-gas-output-this-year-idUSKBN23T1NW | 2020-06-23 |
| While construction materials are losing demand momentum flat steel use has been plagued by the global economic contraction and that has kept Chinas factories underpowered | Negative | Behind the boom in Chinas steel production since March and hopes for a quick economic recovery is a tale of two diverging construction demand for infrastructure projects has been strong while manufacturing has been slower to bounce back | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-steel-demand-analysis/soft-underbelly-in-chinas-steel-sector-boom-points-to-bumpier-economic-recovery-idUSKBN23T02H | 2020-06-22 |
| WASHINGTON White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday said he was in the room with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met but never heard the U.S. president ask for Chinas help in winning reelection | Positive | WASHINGTON White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday said he was in the room with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they met but never heard the U.S. president ask for Chinas help in winning reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-navarro/white-houses-navarro-never-heard-trump-ask-chinas-xi-for-help-winning-election-idUSKBN23S0J1 | 2020-06-22 |
| IMBCAMS said it expects to use a plant dedicated to producing a coronavirus vaccine this year to prepare for Chinas future vaccine supplies | Positive | BEIJING Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences said on Sunday in efforts to further assess effectiveness and safety | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinese-researchers-launch-phase-2-human-test-for-possible-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN23S08H | 2020-06-22 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. judge denied on Saturday a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton that alleges the president sought Chinas help to win reelection | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge denied on Saturday a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton that alleges the president sought Chinas help to win reelection | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/u-s-judge-denies-trumps-bid-to-block-boltons-book-but-criticizes-ex-adviser-idUSKBN23R0LW | 2020-06-21 |
| The parliament believes that the EU should use its economic leverage to challenge Chinas crackdown on human rights by economic the resolution said | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union should take China to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Beijing imposes a new security law on Hong Kong the European Parliament voted on Friday also calling on the bloc to use economic leverage to dissuade China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-eu/eu-should-take-china-to-u-n-court-over-hong-kong-lawmakers-say-idUSKBN23Q36Y | 2020-06-20 |
| GENEVA China said on Friday that remarks by the United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet regarding the national security legislation proposed for Hong Kong grossly interfere in Chinas sovereignty and internal | Negative | GENEVA China said on Friday that remarks by the United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet regarding the national security legislation proposed for Hong Kong grossly interfere in Chinas sovereignty and internal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security-un-china/china-hits-back-at-u-n-rights-chief-on-hong-kong-legislation-idUSKBN23Q38R | 2020-06-20 |
| BEIJING Offering protection to from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwans people and is an interference in the Chineseruled citys affairs Chinas government said denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island | Negative | BEIJING Offering protection to from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwans people and is an interference in the Chineseruled citys affairs Chinas government said denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-taiwan/harboring-hong-kong-rioters-will-harm-taiwan-china-says-idUSKBN23R04D | 2020-06-20 |
| Moreover India and other large emerging markets might follow Chinas trajectory of rapid industrialisation causing a fresh acceleration in oil consumption and putting upward pressure on prices | Positive | LONDON Oil prices are no longer particularly cheap by historical standards | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil-kemp/column-oil-prices-no-longer-especially-cheap-after-strong-rally-kemp-idUSKBN23Q1YN | 2020-06-20 |
| BEIJING Mainland China reported 27 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 19 22 of which were reported in the capital Beijing Chinas National Health Commission said on Saturday | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 27 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 19 22 of which were reported in the capital Beijing Chinas National Health Commission said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-27-new-coronavirus-cases-including-22-in-beijing-idUSKBN23R01D | 2020-06-20 |
| BEIJING Mainland China reported 32 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 18 25 of which were reported in the capital city Beijing Chinas National Health Commission said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 32 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 18 25 of which were reported in the capital city Beijing Chinas National Health Commission said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-32-new-coronavirus-cases-25-of-them-in-beijing-idUSKBN23Q02F | 2020-06-19 |
| Such reform could increase competitiveness and bring Chinas markets a step closer to more robust capitalraising centres such as New York and Tokyo | Positive | At home he barely bothered | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-shortselling-analysis/short-selling-tests-chinas-zeal-for-market-reform-idUSKBN23P3TN | 2020-06-19 |
| BEIJING About of projects under Chinas ambitious Belt and Road Initiative to link Asia Europe and beyond have been seriously by the coronavirus pandemic an official from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING About of projects under Chinas ambitious Belt and Road Initiative to link Asia Europe and beyond have been seriously by the coronavirus pandemic an official from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-silkroad/china-says-one-fifth-of-belt-and-road-projects-seriously-affected-by-pandemic-idUSKBN23Q0I1 | 2020-06-19 |
| The pandemic struck as the bloc struggled with other big challenges from finding a common strategy to counter Chinas economic rise to dealing with a hostile U.S. administration | Negative | European Union leaders will try to narrow their differences over a coronavirus economic recovery plan at a summit on Friday worried that further bickering and delay will only dent public confidence in the bloc as a deep downturn takes hold | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/fearing-autumn-of-discontent-eu-to-seek-unity-on-recovery-plan-idUSKBN23P2RK | 2020-06-19 |
| China and the United States are already at loggerheads over everything from Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic to U.S. support for Chineseclaimed Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON China threatened retaliation after U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions over the repression of Chinas Uighurs as excerpts from a book by his former national security adviser alleged he had approved of their mass detention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/trump-signs-bill-pressuring-china-over-uighur-muslim-crackdown-idUSKBN23O3EW | 2020-06-18 |
| The trade probe was launched at the request of Chinas top producers of EPDM a chemical product that is widely used for electric cables and tyres | Negative | BEIJING Chinas Commerce Ministry said on Thursday it is extending an antidumping investigation into imports of a synthetic rubber product from the United States South Korea and the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antidumping-rubber/china-extends-anti-dumping-investigation-into-synthetic-rubber-products-idUSKBN23P0AS | 2020-06-18 |
| The Uighur law for the first time calls for sanctions on a member of Chinas powerful Politburo Xinjiangs Communist Party secretary Chen Quanguo as responsible for gross human rights violations | Negative | WASHINGTON China threatened retaliation after U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions over the repression of Chinas Uighurs as excerpts from a book by his former national security adviser alleged he had approved of their mass detention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/trump-signs-bill-pressuring-china-over-uighur-muslim-crackdown-idUSKBN23O3EW | 2020-06-18 |
| Lius speech was delivered at a forum in Shanghai by Yi Huiman the head of Chinas securities regulator | Positive | SHANGHAI June 18 Chinas Vice Premier Liu He said Chinas prudent monetary policy should be more flexible and it should strengthen countercyclical adjustments in economic management in prepared remarks delivered on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-finance-economy-policy/china-vice-premier-liu-he-says-monetary-policy-should-be-more-flexible-idUSB9N2AL046 | 2020-06-18 |
| The countries have been at loggerheads over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic and Chinas move to impose new security legislation on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-idUSKBN23O20V | 2020-06-18 |
| Tensions have risen also over Chinas neighbor North Korea | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday the State Department said amid a deep deterioration of relations between strategic rivals that are the worlds two top economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-idUSKBN23O20V | 2020-06-18 |
| Bolsonaro has in the past criticized Chinas growing economic role in Brazil and aligned his country with the United States | Negative | SAO PAULO Insults by Brazilian government officials aimed at China the countrys main trading partner are detrimental to Brazils business interests and not even very the chief executive of Cargills local operations said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-cargill-brazil/cargill-concerned-about-brazil-government-insults-to-top-trade-partner-china-idUSKBN23O2IB | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and policymakers should be wary of Chinas moves to target vulnerable U.S. assets and expand its market share in the wake of the global economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus according to a study prepared for a U.S. trade group and released on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and policymakers should be wary of Chinas moves to target vulnerable U.S. assets and expand its market share in the wake of the global economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus according to a study prepared for a U.S. trade group and released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-keen-to-seek-benefits-from-pandemic-distressed-u-s-assets-report-idUSKBN23N2SY | 2020-06-17 |
| They have dismissed criticism from foreign governments and organisations urging them to stop interfering in Chinas internal affairs | Negative | HONG KONG A group of 86 nongovernment organisations issued a joint letter on Wednesday asking Chinese authorities to scrap plans to introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong saying it threatens basic rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-hongkong-protests-security/group-of-86-ngos-issue-letter-calling-for-scrapping-of-planned-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN23O0KC | 2020-06-17 |
| Military experts say one reason for the faceoff is that India has been building roads and airfields to improve connectivity and narrow the gap with Chinas far superior infrastructure | Negative | NEW Indias army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site in a major escalation of a weekslong standoff between the two Asian giants in the western Himalayas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-troops-clash-at-himalayan-border-casualties-on-both-sides-idUSKBN23N0ZU | 2020-06-17 |
| The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cuttingedge technologies despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker | Positive | The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cuttingedge technologies despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/u-s-posts-rule-allowing-u-s-companies-to-work-with-huawei-on-5g-and-other-standards-idUSKBN23N2JP | 2020-06-17 |
| The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with Chinas Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for nextgeneration 5G networks | Positive | The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with Chinas Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for nextgeneration 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-exclusive/u-s-companies-can-work-with-huawei-on-5g-other-standards-commerce-department-idUSKBN23M2DF | 2020-06-16 |
| The Aussie is often traded as a liquid proxy for risk because of its close ties to Chinas economy and global commodities | Neutral | Fed announces start of corporate bond buying programme | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-jump-yields-rise-as-fed-readies-corp-bond-buying-idUSL4N2DT011 | 2020-06-16 |
| The arrest has strained Chinas relations with both the United States and Canada | Negative | YORK Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges court documents released on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-raises-new-argument-to-fight-u-s-extradition-in-canada-court-idUSKBN23N00B | 2020-06-16 |
| Xu said the administration had been talking to many international sports organisations in recent months about hosting events in Chinas financial capital | Positive | SHANGHAI China has been invited to host two Formula One races in Shanghai this season but no decision has been reached over whether to accept the offer the head of the Shanghai Sports Bureau has told local media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-motor-f1-races-china/china-offered-two-f1-races-this-year-shanghai-official-idUSKBN23N0HL | 2020-06-16 |
| Both currencies are traded as liquid proxies for risk sentiment because of their close ties to Chinas economy and global commodities | Neutral | TOKYO The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell against their U.S. counterpart on Monday as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in Beijing prompted investors to sell currencies sensitive to risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-forex/aussie-slumps-safe-havens-risk-as-beijing-finds-new-virus-cluster-idUSKBN23M00O | 2020-06-15 |
| May processing rates were limited as PetroChinas Dalian Petrochemical Corp and Sinopec Corps Tianjin Petrochemical Corp were undergoing overhauls | Negative | May crude runs about 13 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-output-oil/update-2-chinas-may-refinery-output-rises-8-2-to-near-peak-rates-idUSL4N2DS0QQ | 2020-06-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii trying to ease tensions between the worlds two largest economies over various issues according to media reports | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii trying to ease tensions between the worlds two largest economies over various issues according to media reports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-to-meet-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-seeking-to-ease-tensions-media-idUSKBN23K02R | 2020-06-15 |
| The virus was first reported at a seafood market in Wuhan the capital of central Chinas Hubei province in December | Negative | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| His remarks were a blow to the worlds largest telecoms equipment maker Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd which has consolidated its presence in Brazil over the last 20 years | Negative | SAO PAULO The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifthgeneration gear produced by Ericsson and Nokia U.S. ambassador for Brazil Todd Chapman told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-usa-telecoms/u-s-brazil-in-talks-on-funding-to-buy-5g-gear-from-ericsson-nokia-paper-idUSKBN23J2P1 | 2020-06-13 |
| SHANGHAI June 13 Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in Chinas capital city over the past two days | Negative | SHANGHAI June 13 Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in Chinas capital city over the past two days | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/healthcoronavirus-beijing/beijing-wholesale-market-temporarily-shut-after-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSL4N2DQ01K | 2020-06-13 |
| Xu Haidong another CAAM official said the industry body now thinks Chinas fullyear auto sales will be better than expectations for a fall | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas auto sales in May rose 14 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos/china-auto-sales-up-for-second-straight-month-after-almost-two-year-slump-idUSKBN23I0QC | 2020-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is looking at various responses to Chinas national security law on Hong Kong through the presidents working group on capital markets U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is looking at various responses to Chinas national security law on Hong Kong through the presidents working group on capital markets U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/u-s-looking-at-various-responses-to-chinas-law-on-hong-kong-mnuchin-idUSKBN23I2LB | 2020-06-12 |
| OTTAWA The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant 18 months ago to create friction between China and Canada Chinas envoy to Canada said on Thursday | Negative | OTTAWA The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant 18 months ago to create friction between China and Canada Chinas envoy to Canada said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/u-s-is-trouble-maker-in-china-canada-relationship-chinese-envoy-to-canada-says-idUSKBN23I38R | 2020-06-12 |
| Van Hollen told Reuters the bill was a direct to combating Chinas use of illicit methods for acquiring rapid technological advances | Negative | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| SHANGHAI Scientists are turning a spotlight on Chinas version of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as they scrutinize everything from the viruss genetic code to proxy data such as cremations and internet searches for disease symptoms | Negative | SHANGHAI Scientists are turning a spotlight on Chinas version of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as they scrutinize everything from the viruss genetic code to proxy data such as cremations and internet searches for disease symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-origins-expl/explainer-what-we-know-about-the-origins-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN23H1HQ | 2020-06-11 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters during a daily briefing that Beijing expressed grave to Japan about Abes remarks and said Hong Kong is entirely Chinas internal affair | Negative | TOKYO Japan wants to take the lead among Group of Seven nations on issuing a statement about the situation in Hong Kong where China is imposing a new security law Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-japan/japan-wants-to-take-lead-for-g7-statement-on-hong-kong-abe-idUSKBN23H048 | 2020-06-11 |
| Foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying told reporters during a daily briefing that Hong Kong is Chinas internal affairs and foreign countries do not have a right to interfere | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday it expressed grave concerns to Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo wants to take the lead among the Group of Seven nations to issue a statement about the situation in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-japan/china-says-it-expressed-grave-concerns-to-japan-over-abes-hk-remarks-idUSKBN23H0WQ | 2020-06-11 |
| SHANGHAI Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of U.S.based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Chinas Tiananmen Square crackdown the activists said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of U.S.based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Chinas Tiananmen Square crackdown the activists said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-zoom-video-commn-china/zoom-suspends-u-s-based-activists-account-after-tiananmen-event-idUSKBN23I0G6 | 2020-06-11 |
| There have been some heartbreaking incidents as schools Yan Wu vice mayor of the southern city of Zhuhai said at Chinas annual parliamentary meeting last month | Negative | SHANGHAI Some Chinese students returning to school after lockdown are grappling with familial conflict while others are stressing over how coronavirus disruptions have affected their academic performance teachers and school counsellors say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-mental-healt/in-post-lockdown-china-student-mental-health-in-focus-amid-reported-jump-in-suicides-idUSKBN23H3J3 | 2020-06-11 |
| The latest reminders include the sharpest slump in Chinas producer prices in four years pointing to flagging global demand and a collapse in German exports and imports | Negative | SINGAPORE Asias stock markets edged up to a fresh threemonth high on Wednesday with the dollar again under pressure but sentiment was largely cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserves next move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-creep-higher-as-markets-wait-for-fed-idUSKBN23H00V | 2020-06-10 |
| But the IEA says this scenario is highly dependent on Chinas future policy which will have to include ongoing coaltogas switching for industry and residential heating | Neutral | LAUNCESTON Australia The latest International Energy Agency report on the global natural gas market makes sombre reading especially for current and wouldbe producers of the superchilled version of the fuel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-column-russell-lng-asia/column-lng-recovery-in-asia-depends-on-china-india-policies-russell-idUSKBN23H0NB | 2020-06-10 |
| Vodafone Group Plc the worlds secondbiggest mobile operator has warned that Britains desire to lead the world in 5G technology will face a big blow if it decides to remove Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from the countrys telecoms infrastructure | Negative | Vodafone Group Plc the worlds secondbiggest mobile operator has warned that Britains desire to lead the world in 5G technology will face a big blow if it decides to remove Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from the countrys telecoms infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech-vodafone-group/vodafone-says-uks-desire-to-lead-in-5g-will-suffer-a-blow-if-huawei-is-ripped-out-idUSKBN23G36U | 2020-06-10 |
| Moodys Investors Service vice president John Manning said the travel restrictions to stop the coronavirus would limit the impact of Chinas warning on universities revenue this year | Negative | SYDNEY Australias economy facing its first recession in 30 years because of the coronavirus would suffer if Chinese students heeded a warning from their government to stay away because of racist incidents Australias trade minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-education/australian-economy-would-suffer-if-china-students-stay-away-idUSKBN23H0KO | 2020-06-10 |
| The United States stands with our allies and partners against the Chinese Communist Partys coercive bullying Pompeo said in a statement his latest swipe at Chinas ruling party | Negative | The United States stands with our allies and partners against the Chinese Communist Partys coercive bullying Pompeo said in a statement his latest swipe at Chinas ruling party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-china-hsbc/pompeo-chides-hsbc-for-corporate-kowtow-to-beijing-idUSKBN23G33S | 2020-06-10 |
| Such action is significant interference into Chinas sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Chinas embassy in Prague said in an email | Negative | PRAGUE The speaker of the Czech upper house of parliament will travel to Taiwan with a trade mission at the end of August potentially further souring his countrys relations with China which regards the island as a part of its territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-czech-taiwan/czech-senate-speaker-to-visit-taiwan-in-trip-that-could-irk-china-idUSKBN23G139 | 2020-06-10 |
| HONG KONG Banks including HSBC Standard Chartered and Citigroup have seen a spike in enquiries from Hong Kong residents about opening offshore accounts amid concerns stemming from Chinas decision to impose a national security law on the city five people said | Negative | HONG KONG Banks including HSBC Standard Chartered and Citigroup have seen a spike in enquiries from Hong Kong residents about opening offshore accounts amid concerns stemming from Chinas decision to impose a national security law on the city five people said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hongkong-protests-bank/hk-residents-rush-for-offshore-bank-accounts-on-china-law-worries-sources-idUSKBN23F0W8 | 2020-06-09 |
| Investors are chasing Chinas consumer stocks expecting further stimulus to boost domestic demand as the coronavirus outbreak hits demand from overseas | Positive | SHANGHAI Two more liquor makers have sought listings in China riding a wave of investor enthusiasm over spirit makers which has helped push their shares to record highs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-liquor-listing/chinese-liquor-makers-seek-listings-as-investors-keep-spirits-up-idUSKBN23F117 | 2020-06-09 |
| Electronics makers too say they would struggle to sever ties with Chinas supply chains | Negative | TOKYO When Japanese firm Iris Ohyama agreed in April to begin producing muchneeded face masks in Japan it marked a win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who wants to bring manufacturing back from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-production-a/japan-wants-manufacturing-back-from-china-but-breaking-up-supply-chains-is-hard-to-do-idUSKBN23F2ZO | 2020-06-09 |
| TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | Negative | TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-protests-japan/japan-hopes-to-draft-g7-formin-statement-on-china-security-legislation-on-hong-kong-source-idUSKBN23F0BJ | 2020-06-09 |
| TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source told Reuters on Monday | Negative | TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-protests-japan/japan-hopes-to-draft-g7-formin-statement-on-china-security-legislation-on-hong-kong-source-idUSKBN23F1H4 | 2020-06-09 |
| Against the backdrop of tensions the decisive factor is Chinas own reforms in its capital markets said Pei Guilin CEO of a Jiangsubased asset manager | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinese mutual funds are raising money to invest in the countrys New Third Board exchange as Beijing pushes forward with reforms in its capital markets to help shore up its economy amid the coronavirus outbreak and rising SinoU.S. tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-funds/chinese-mutual-funds-to-raise-money-for-new-third-board-investments-idUSKBN23F0ES | 2020-06-08 |
| Overall relations have been strained amid Australian accusations of Chinese meddling in domestic affairs and concern about what Australia sees as Chinas growing influence in the Pacific region | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia said on Monday China remains unresponsive to its weekslong pleas to ease tensions between the two trading partners that escalated after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-says-china-unresponsive-to-its-pleas-to-ease-tensions-idUSKBN23F06X | 2020-06-08 |
| SINGAPORE Oil climbed on Monday after major producers agreed to extend a deal on record output cuts to the end of July and as Chinas crude imports hit an alltime high in May | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil climbed on Monday after major producers agreed to extend a deal on record output cuts to the end of July and as Chinas crude imports hit an alltime high in May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-extend-gains-on-opec-cuts-record-china-imports-idUSKBN23F01O | 2020-06-08 |
| The surprise gain was due to changes in exchange rates and asset prices Chinas State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement without elaborating | Positive | quotes from forex | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-forex-reserves/update-1-chinas-forex-reserves-unexpectedly-rise-in-may-regulator-sees-stability-idUSL4N2DK01D | 2020-06-07 |
| It is extremely rare for highprofile Chinese citizens to openly criticise the government given Chinas hard line on dissent | Negative | BEIJING China on Friday called retired soccer star Hao Haidongs remarks after the celebrated player called for the ouster of the ruling Communist Party in a video released on Thursday the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on prodemocracy protesters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-hao/china-says-ex-soccer-stars-call-for-ouster-of-communist-party-is-absurd-idUSKBN23C15Z | 2020-06-06 |
| Yu said the company expects sales of Chinas luxury car segment this year to be level with last year or see slight growth | Positive | The loan facility can help JLR China better manage cash flow amid the coronavirus Yu told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-jaguar-land-rover-china-loans/jaguar-land-rover-raises-705-million-loan-from-chinese-banks-idUSKBN23C0YX | 2020-06-06 |
| SEOUL North Koreas foreign minister met with the Chinese ambassador to express support for Chinas measures in Hong Kong North Koreas KCNA state news agency said on Friday | Negative | SEOUL North Koreas foreign minister met with the Chinese ambassador to express support for Chinas measures in Hong Kong North Koreas KCNA state news agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-northkorea-china/north-korea-expresses-support-for-chinas-measures-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN23C19X | 2020-06-06 |
| Street stalls seen officially as a blight on Chinas modernising urban landscape are making an unexpected comeback in a year of rare economic pain | Negative | BEIJING Three weeks ago Beijing authorities swooped in on Shan Peng and her makeshift street stall seizing her merchandise yogurt and casual pants and even her electric tricycle | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-streetstalls/once-targeted-by-officials-street-vendors-make-unexpected-comeback-in-china-idUSKBN23C0ZC | 2020-06-06 |
| The spectre of mass unemployment has sharpened the focus of Chinas top leadership on lowincome groups with little financial backup to cope with job losses | Negative | BEIJING Three weeks ago Beijing authorities swooped in on Shan Peng and her makeshift street stall seizing her merchandise yogurt and casual pants and even her electric tricycle | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-streetstalls/once-targeted-by-officials-street-vendors-make-unexpected-comeback-in-china-idUSKBN23C0ZC | 2020-06-06 |
| HONG KONG Police fired pepper spray to disperse protesters who gathered in Hong Kongs working class district of Mong Kok on Thursday night to mark the 31st anniversary of Chinas bloody crackdown on democracy students at Tiananmen Square witnesses said | Negative | HONG KONG Police fired pepper spray to disperse protesters who gathered in Hong Kongs working class district of Mong Kok on Thursday night to mark the 31st anniversary of Chinas bloody crackdown on democracy students at Tiananmen Square witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-scuffles/hong-kong-police-fire-pepper-spray-to-disperse-tiananmen-protesters-idUSKBN23B24B | 2020-06-05 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijings tightening grip on the semiautonomous city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijings tightening grip on the semiautonomous city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem/hong-kong-passes-china-national-anthem-bill-amid-protests-by-democracy-lawmakers-idUSKBN23B0BT | 2020-06-05 |
| The Global Times which is published by the Peoples Daily the official newspaper of Chinas ruling Communist Party said that HSBCs move should have come earlier | Negative | Shares in HSBC which is Britains biggest bank fell more than in London paring earlier gains in its HongKong listed stocks while Standard Chartered shares in London were flat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hongkong-protests-hsbc-hldg-stanchart/hsbc-stanchart-criticised-for-backing-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN23B0FD | 2020-06-05 |
| The coronavirus pandemic is a wakeup call for Chinas contract manufacturers to not put all their eggs in one a spokesman for the firm said | Negative | YIWU At this time of the year Deng Jinling would normally be welcoming foreign buyers to her vacuum flask showroom or cramming her goods into containers to be shipped to customers in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-exporters/as-coronavirus-sinks-global-demand-chinas-exporters-go-online-to-tap-domestic-market-idUSKBN23C0DL | 2020-06-05 |
| NEW YORK Many U.S.listed Chinese firms will likely list on the Hong Kong exchange this year in part because of U.S. political pressure following Chinas new national security legislation on Hong Kong the head of the exchange said on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK Many U.S.listed Chinese firms will likely list on the Hong Kong exchange this year in part because of U.S. political pressure following Chinas new national security legislation on Hong Kong the head of the exchange said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hkex-ipo/hkex-says-many-u-s-listed-chinese-firms-plan-hong-kong-listings-idUSKBN23B22G | 2020-06-05 |
| Hu Jintao succeeds Jiang Zemin as Party chief in Communist Chinas first peaceful transfer of power | Positive | BEIJING Thursday marks the anniversary of when China bloodily suppressed prodemocracy demonstrations in and around central Beijings Tiananmen Square when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-timeline-landmarks/timeline-chinas-post-tiananmen-re-emergence-onto-the-world-idUSKBN23A3GY | 2020-06-04 |
| In a statement the bank added it was also speaking to Chinas central bank to expand an existing currency swap agreement worth 22 billion yuan | Positive | SANTIAGO Chiles central bank said on Wednesday it was speaking to its U.S. and Chinese counterparts to increase flexibility in foreign exchange operations as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the oncestable economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-chile-economy/chilean-central-bank-speaking-with-u-s-chinese-counterparts-to-broaden-forex-lines-idUSKBN23A344 | 2020-06-04 |
| Democraticallyruled and Chineseclaimed Taiwan where commemorations were planned throughout the day called on China on Wednesday to apologise a call dismissed by Chinas foreign ministry as nonsense | Negative | HONG People in Hong Kong planned to light candles across the city on Thursday to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square circumventing a ban on the usual public gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-tiananmen-hongkong/hong-kongers-to-mark-tiananmen-anniversary-with-candles-online-vigil-idUSKBN23A3GU | 2020-06-04 |
| The bank said it was also speaking to Chinas Central Bank to expanding an existing currency swap agreement worth 22 billion yuan | Positive | SANTIAGO June 3 Chiles central bank said on Wednesday that it was speaking to its US and Chinese counterparts to increase flexibility in foreign exchange operations after the blow to its economy and commerce dealt by the shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/chile-economy/chilean-central-bank-says-speaking-to-us-chinese-cenbanks-to-broaden-forex-lines-idUSL1N2DG1KB | 2020-06-04 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs Legislative Council started voting on a controversial bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting Chinas national anthem a criminal offence amid heightened fears over Beijings tightening grip on the city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Legislative Council started voting on a controversial bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting Chinas national anthem a criminal offence amid heightened fears over Beijings tightening grip on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem/hong-kong-legislature-starts-voting-on-china-national-anthem-bill-idUSKBN23B0BT | 2020-06-04 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is voting on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is voting on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem-explainer/explainer-hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23B0I2 | 2020-06-04 |
| Traders will also monitor the yuans opening in onshore trade and the release of Chinas services PMI for May | Positive | Dollar falling as other economies enter recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-falls-as-focus-shifts-to-recovery-prospects-idUSL4N2DF436 | 2020-06-03 |
| The project could help cut Chinas petrochemical imports but would likely worsen its surplus of refined fuel products | Negative | SINGAPORE China is reviving a billion petrochemical project in eastern Shandong province as part of efforts to dial up infrastructure spending to support an economy struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic two Chinabased industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-refinery-shandong-exclusive/exclusive-china-approves-20-billion-mega-petchem-complex-in-shandong-oil-hub-sources-idUSKBN2390OU | 2020-06-03 |
| NEW An investor group that got U.S. approval to buy Grindr Inc has financial and personal links to the dating apps current owner Chinas Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd | Positive | NEW An investor group that got U.S. approval to buy Grindr Inc has financial and personal links to the dating apps current owner Chinas Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-grindr-m-a-sanvicente-exclusive/exclusive-winning-bidder-for-grindr-has-ties-to-chinese-owner-idUSKBN2391AI | 2020-06-03 |
| While the unrest in U.S. cities has been widely reported by international media Chinas interest comes at a time when relations between the two are particularly strained | Negative | BEIJING Chinese state media is giving extensive coverage to violent protests roiling cities across the United States while the unrest has also featured widely in Chinese social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media/in-china-u-s-protests-a-hot-topic-on-state-social-media-idUSKBN23824K | 2020-06-02 |
| Established in 2000 SMIC is mainland Chinas top semiconductor foundry and the countrys rival to Taiwanbased Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company | Positive | SHANGHAI Hong Konglisted chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-smic-china-ipo/chinese-chip-maker-smic-aims-to-raise-2-8-billion-via-shanghai-listing-prospectus-idUSKBN2382FT | 2020-06-02 |
| Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying wrote on Twitter on Saturday I cant in response to a tweet from U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus criticising Chinas actions in Hong Kong | Negative | BEIJING Chinese state media is giving extensive coverage to violent protests roiling cities across the United States while the unrest has also featured widely in Chinese social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media/in-china-u-s-protests-a-hot-topic-on-state-social-media-idUSKBN23824K | 2020-06-02 |
| Other manufacturing surveys suggested any rebound for Asian businesses might be some time off even though Chinas factory activity unexpectedly returned to growth in May | Positive | European manufacturers may be over the worst of a coronavirusdriven downturn but Asias pain deepened in May due to a slump in global trade with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea seeing the sharpest falls in activity in over a decade surveys showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-economy/europes-factories-starting-to-recover-asias-pain-worsens-idUSKBN23815Z | 2020-06-02 |
| The announced measures severely interfere with Chinas internal affairs damage U.S.China relations and will harm both sides | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday U.S. attempts to harm Chinese interests will be met with firm countermeasures criticising a U.S. decision to begin ending special treatment for Hong Kong as well as actions against Chinese students and companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-usa/china-warns-u-s-it-will-retaliate-on-moves-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN2381K1 | 2020-06-02 |
| Any words or actions by the U.S. that harm Chinas interests will meet with Chinas firm he said | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday U.S. attempts to harm Chinese interests will be met with firm countermeasures criticising a U.S. decision to begin ending special treatment for Hong Kong as well as actions against Chinese students and companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-usa/china-warns-u-s-it-will-retaliate-on-moves-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN2381K1 | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to Chinas military according to a document seen by Reuters the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for Chinabased firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-defense-investment/u-s-lawmakers-to-unveil-bill-banning-investment-in-firms-tied-to-chinas-military-document-idUSKBN23817R | 2020-06-01 |
| A series of manufacturing surveys released on Monday suggest any rebound in businesses will be some time off even though Chinas factory activity unexpectedly returned to growth in May | Positive | TOKYO Asias factory pain deepened in May as the slump in global trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic worsened with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea suffering the sharpest declines in business activity in more than a decade | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-economy/asias-factory-pain-worsens-as-chinas-recovery-fails-to-lift-demand-idUSKBN23815Z | 2020-06-01 |
| TOKYO The situation in Hong Kong is deeply concerning and stability is important Japans top government spokesman said on Monday regarding Chinas decision to impose a new security law on Hong Kong | Negative | TOKYO The situation in Hong Kong is deeply concerning and stability is important Japans top government spokesman said on Monday regarding Chinas decision to impose a new security law on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-japan/japan-says-hong-kong-situation-deeply-concerning-idUSKBN23813T | 2020-06-01 |
| A Chinesemade coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said in a social media post | Positive | Countries around the world are easing coronavirus restrictions but senior scientific advisors warned that England risks losing control of the pandemic again because it is starting to lift its lockdown without a fully operational track and trace program in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2360KD | 2020-05-31 |
| HONG KONG A Chinesemade coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said in a social media post | Positive | HONG KONG A Chinesemade coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said in a social media post | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinese-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-year-end-government-body-says-idUSKBN2360GJ | 2020-05-31 |
| EU governments later released a statement that mirrored Borrells comments saying the decision also further calls into question Chinas will to uphold its international commitments | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union governments expressed grave on Friday over Chinas security law for Hong Kong the EUs top diplomat Josep Borrell said following a video meeting of the blocs 27 foreign ministers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-eu/eu-says-hong-kong-decision-damages-trust-with-china-idUSKBN2351Q8 | 2020-05-30 |
| The mood in Taiwan toward China has further soured since Chinas parliament passed new national security legislation for Chineseruled Hong Kong on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| lower and has lost about in the two weeks since news of Chinas security legislation broke | Negative | FTSE decline in fourth paragraph to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/corrected-global-markets-stocks-slip-as-investors-await-trumps-hong-kong-response-idUSL8N2DB1ZD | 2020-05-30 |
| BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed to toughen their strategy on China on Friday to counter Beijings increasingly assertive diplomacy against a backdrop of concern about Chinas new security law for Hong Kong | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed to toughen their strategy on China on Friday to counter Beijings increasingly assertive diplomacy against a backdrop of concern about Chinas new security law for Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china/eu-seeks-tougher-china-policy-concerned-by-hong-kong-law-idUSKBN23514I | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong in response to Chinas plans to impose new security legislation in the territory | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong in response to Chinas plans to impose new security legislation in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-trump/trump-orders-his-administration-to-begin-eliminating-hong-kong-privileges-idUSKBN2352VG | 2020-05-30 |
| 2 Protesters vandalise Chinas official Xinhua news agency smashing doors setting fires and throwing paint | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong has exacerbated public and international concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city and has rekindled antigovernment protests in the financial centre | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-hong-kongs-anti-government-protests-idUSKBN23608O | 2020-05-30 |
| North Korea has previously supported Beijing over the protests in Hong Kong and over Chinas one country and two policy | Negative | SEOUL North Korea on Saturday expressed its support for Chinas decision to impose new national security laws in Hong Kong calling it a legitimate to safeguard the state security | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-northkorea-china/north-korea-says-it-supports-chinas-measures-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN23539F | 2020-05-30 |
| Its share placement comes after Chinas economy suffered a 6 | Negative | HONG Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-geely-automobile-stocks/chinas-geely-raises-836-million-from-share-sale-idUSKBN2342FK | 2020-05-30 |
| Why U.S. denies Chinas right to restore peace order in Hong Kong while brutally dispersing crowds at Russias Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy posted on Twitter after the council discussion | Negative | NEW YORK The United States and Britain raised Chinas plan to impose new security legislation on Hong Kong at the U.N. Security Council on Friday prompting China and Russia to criticize the United States for excessive use of force against black people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-un/u-s-britain-raise-hong-kong-at-u-n-security-council-angering-china-idUSKBN2351ZD | 2020-05-30 |
| and has lost about in the two weeks since news of Chinas security legislation broke | Negative | details from Trump statement gold and oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-pare-losses-after-trumps-hong-kong-response-idUSL1N2DB1JT | 2020-05-30 |
| Volkswagen has become the biggest shareholder of Chinas electric vehicle battery maker Guoxuan with a 26 | Positive | May 29 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-29-idUSL8N2DA45L | 2020-05-29 |
| Taiwan is Chinas most sensitive territorial issue | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| Li is one of Chinas few senior officers with combat experience having taken part in Chinas illfated invasion of Vietnam in 1979 | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| Li Zhanshu who is also the head of Chinas parliament said Beijing will never allow any force in any way to separate Taiwan from China | Negative | BEIJING China will use all means to prevent proindependence forces separating Taiwan from China but nonpeaceful action against the Chineseclaimed island is a last resort the ruling Communist Partys third most senior leader said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-parliament/china-says-non-peaceful-action-on-taiwan-is-last-resort-idUSKBN2350CD | 2020-05-29 |
| Foreign investors too have returned to Chinas Ashare markets after some heavy selling in March encouraged by Beijings efforts to open up and reform its financial markets | Positive | May 29 As Chinese firms return to work after a pandemic lockdown faster than their peers worldwide and the government ramps up economic stimulus the mainland has become the only major market where investors expect earnings to grow this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-earnings/graphic-chinese-stock-markets-ride-on-earnings-optimism-idUSL4N2D829G | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijing says it is one of Chinas provinces and an inalienable part of one | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| The biggest snag is finding projects for Chinas REITs that offer attractive returns since few funded by cheap state loans were designed with marketlevel returns in mind | Positive | Chinas plans to introduce real estate investment trusts mark a crucial step to get private money to fund infrastructure such as toll roads and sewage systems but authorities have their work cut out in creating a fullyfledged market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-reits-analysis/long-odds-chinas-bet-on-reits-draws-sceptics-idUSKBN235017 | 2020-05-29 |
| Market participants now await U.S. President Donald Trumps response to Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong | Negative | SYDNEY May 29 Japanese stocks retreated from threemonth highs on Friday as escalating U.S.China tensions over Hong Kong prompted investors to take profits from recent sharp gains ahead of the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/japan-stocks/tokyo-shares-slip-from-3-month-highs-as-u-s-china-tensions-rattle-investors-idUSL4N2DB0U4 | 2020-05-29 |
| The mood in Taiwan towards China has further soured since Chinas parliament passed new national security legislation for Chineseruled Hong Kong on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| Legal issues also loom large given Chinas lack of a wellestablished legal framework | Negative | Chinas plans to introduce real estate investment trusts mark a crucial step to get private money to fund infrastructure such as toll roads and sewage systems but authorities have their work cut out in creating a fullyfledged market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-reits-analysis/long-odds-chinas-bet-on-reits-draws-sceptics-idUSKBN235017 | 2020-05-29 |
| NEW YORK Oil futures rose about on Thursday as a steady improvement in U.S. refining activity offset a surprise build in crude and diesel inventories and on worries that Chinas new Hong Kong security law could result in trade sanctions | Negative | NEW YORK Oil futures rose about on Thursday as a steady improvement in U.S. refining activity offset a surprise build in crude and diesel inventories and on worries that Chinas new Hong Kong security law could result in trade sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-as-higher-u-s-refinery-rates-offsets-surprise-crude-build-idUSKBN234038 | 2020-05-29 |
| TOKYO Japan is seriously about the move by Chinas parliament to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that observers fear could endanger its special autonomy and freedoms the foreign ministry said on Thursday | Negative | TOKYO Japan is seriously about the move by Chinas parliament to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that observers fear could endanger its special autonomy and freedoms the foreign ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-japan/japan-seriously-concerned-over-chinese-security-laws-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN234152 | 2020-05-29 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas public security ministry pledged to guide and the Hong Kong police force after Chinas parliament approved a decision to impose a national security law on the semiautonomous territory highlighting Beijings intention to take a more handson lawenforcement role in the city | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas public security ministry pledged to guide and the Hong Kong police force after Chinas parliament approved a decision to impose a national security law on the semiautonomous territory highlighting Beijings intention to take a more handson lawenforcement role in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-china-security/china-public-security-ministry-pledges-to-guide-and-support-hk-police-idUSKBN235044 | 2020-05-29 |
| NEW YORK The United States and China clashed over Hong Kong at the United Nations on Wednesday after Beijing opposed a request by Washington for the Security Council to meet over Chinas plan to impose new national security legislation on the territory | Negative | NEW YORK The United States and China clashed over Hong Kong at the United Nations on Wednesday after Beijing opposed a request by Washington for the Security Council to meet over Chinas plan to impose new national security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-un/u-s-and-china-fight-at-united-nations-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23405F | 2020-05-28 |
| BEIJING Chinese citizens stranded abroad after the coronavirus pandemic caused thousands of flight cancellations are taking their anger out on Chinas aviation regulator | Negative | BEIJING Chinese citizens stranded abroad after the coronavirus pandemic caused thousands of flight cancellations are taking their anger out on Chinas aviation regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-aviation/stranded-overseas-chinese-vent-anger-on-aviation-regulator-idUSKBN23312J | 2020-05-28 |
| President Donald Trump said he will announce a response to Chinas policies towards Hong Kong later this week | Negative | YORK Asian shares erased gains and the yuan languished on Thursday on growing worries Chinas planned security law for Hong Kong would spark a broader diplomatic confrontation with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-turn-red-as-hong-kong-tensions-sour-mood-idUSKBN2333FB | 2020-05-28 |
| HONG KONG Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday after mass protests a day earlier as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem and Washington piled on pressure to preserve the citys freedoms | Negative | HONG KONG Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday after mass protests a day earlier as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem and Washington piled on pressure to preserve the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-deployed-across-hong-kong-as-u-s-china-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2340FZ | 2020-05-28 |
| Markets are awaiting Chinas response Hong and were caught in the middle a little bit | Neutral | Equity rally leaves FX market behind | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stands-its-ground-as-u-s-china-tensions-grow-idUSL4N2DA0CK | 2020-05-28 |
| NEW YORK Oil futures tumbled on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to Chinas proposed security law in Hong Kong and as some traders doubted Russias commitment to deep production cuts | Negative | NEW YORK Oil futures tumbled on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working on a strong response to Chinas proposed security law in Hong Kong and as some traders doubted Russias commitment to deep production cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-on-u-s-china-tensions-opec-uncertainty-idUSKBN233016 | 2020-05-28 |
| Tensions have flared between Australia and China over the COVID19 pandemic while U.S.China relations have nosedived amid regular attacks from the Trump administration over Chinas handling of the virus | Negative | Equity rally leaves FX market behind | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stands-its-ground-as-u-s-china-tensions-grow-idUSL4N2DA0CK | 2020-05-28 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-anthem-explainer/hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23307A | 2020-05-27 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States will announce before the end of the week its response to Chinas planned security bill for Hong Kong | Negative | Markets swing between riskon and riskoff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-yuan-slumps-on-rising-hong-kong-tensions-idUSL4N2D90AZ | 2020-05-27 |
| More technically some senior lawyers fear the bill is highly unusual in that it in part reflects the ideological aspirations of Chinas Communist Party that might prove difficult to enforce | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-anthem-explainer/hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23307A | 2020-05-27 |
| The United States and China have repeatedly clashed over trade policy advanced technology and Chinas response to the coronavirus which originated in the central province of Hubei late last year | Negative | Markets swing between riskon and riskoff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-yuan-slumps-on-rising-hong-kong-tensions-idUSL4N2D90AZ | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the one country two framework and urged Beijing to deescalate the situation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the one country two framework and urged Beijing to deescalate the situation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-uschamber/u-s-chamber-urges-china-to-preserve-hong-kongs-autonomy-idUSKBN2321MQ | 2020-05-27 |
| NEW A Himalayan border standoff between old foes India and China was triggered by Indias construction of roads and air strips in the region as it competes with Chinas spreading Belt and Road initiative Indian observers said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW A Himalayan border standoff between old foes India and China was triggered by Indias construction of roads and air strips in the region as it competes with Chinas spreading Belt and Road initiative Indian observers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/new-indian-roads-air-strips-sparked-border-standoff-with-china-india-observers-say-idUSKBN2321XJ | 2020-05-27 |
| The Aussie and the kiwi are often traded as liquid proxies for risk because of their close ties to Chinas economy and global commodities | Neutral | Markets swing between riskon and riskoff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-yuan-slumps-on-rising-hong-kong-tensions-idUSL4N2D90AZ | 2020-05-27 |
| Protests are expected to flare again on Wednesday with the citys legislature set to debate a bill to criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| TOKYO Shares in Japanese games maker Marvelous Inc were untraded with a glut of buy orders on Tuesday and looked set to close up at the daily trading limit of after announcing Chinas Tencent Holdings Ltd would take a stake | Negative | TOKYO Shares in Japanese games maker Marvelous Inc were untraded with a glut of buy orders on Tuesday and looked set to close up at the daily trading limit of after announcing Chinas Tencent Holdings Ltd would take a stake | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tencent-marvelous/japans-marvelous-shares-untraded-as-chinas-tencent-takes-20-stake-idUSKBN2320F3 | 2020-05-26 |
| The United States Australia Britain Canada and others have expressed concerns about the legislation widely seen as a potential turning point for Chinas freest city | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| The impact on the global economy from a prolonged pandemic and overseas financial market turbulence could affect Chinas balance of payments and crossborder capital flows Yi said | Negative | BEIJING China will strengthen its economic policy and continue efforts to lower interest rates on loans central bank Governor Yi Gang said reinforcing expectations of further support measures to revive an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-pboc/china-to-strengthen-policy-lower-lending-rates-pboc-governor-idUSKBN23203O | 2020-05-26 |
| Former Chalco chairman Lu Dongliang was this month appointed vice governor of Shanxi which is also Chinas secondbiggest coal region | Neutral | BEIJING An executive from a shuttered smelting unit of staterun Aluminum Corp of China Ltd or Chalco has called for his province of Shanxi to take advantage of abundant bauxite resources and become a major aluminum production hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-aluminium/chalco-delegate-pushes-for-chinas-bauxite-rich-shanxi-to-be-aluminum-hub-idUSKBN2310ZY | 2020-05-26 |
| Refinitivs oil research team expects Chinas May imports to hit an alltime high of 53 | Positive | Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as Chinas top crude oil supplier in April customs data showed with imports rising from the same month a year earlier as refiners snapped up cheap raw materials amid a price war between the two producers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade-oil/russia-leapfrogs-saudi-arabia-as-chinas-top-crude-oil-supplier-in-april-idUSKBN23203B | 2020-05-26 |
| His remarks are the latest call for a redistribution of capacity in Chinas sprawling aluminum industry much of which is concentrated in industrial heartlands Shandong and Henan | Neutral | BEIJING An executive from a shuttered smelting unit of staterun Aluminum Corp of China Ltd or Chalco has called for his province of Shanxi to take advantage of abundant bauxite resources and become a major aluminum production hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-aluminium/chalco-delegate-pushes-for-chinas-bauxite-rich-shanxi-to-be-aluminum-hub-idUSKBN2310ZY | 2020-05-26 |
| BEIJING Chinese military officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison in Hong Kong have the determination and ability to safeguard Chinas national sovereignty and the longterm prosperity and security for the city the garrisons commander said | Positive | BEIJING Chinese military officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison in Hong Kong have the determination and ability to safeguard Chinas national sovereignty and the longterm prosperity and security for the city the garrisons commander said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-pla/china-militarys-hk-garrison-has-ability-to-safeguard-china-hks-security-commander-idUSKBN23203S | 2020-05-26 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry says it deplores and firmly opposes the latest U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms over Xinjiang adding that it is purely Chinas internal affair | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry says it deplores and firmly opposes the latest U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms over Xinjiang adding that it is purely Chinas internal affair | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/china-firmly-opposes-latest-u-s-sanctions-against-chinese-firms-over-xinjiang-idUSKBN2310QB | 2020-05-26 |
| The deadly African swine fever disease has reduced Chinas pig herd by at least slashing pork output and sending prices of the countrys favorite meat to record highs | Negative | BEIJING China the worlds top pork consumer imported a record 400000 tonnes in April up nearly from a year earlier customs data showed as buyers took advantage of low prices to stock up on meat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade-pork/chinas-pork-imports-in-april-jump-170-to-record-high-idUSKBN231093 | 2020-05-25 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump regularly complains about Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON A top White House official on Sunday likened Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet Unions coverup of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-healt-coronavirus-usa-china/coronavirus-cover-up-is-chinas-chernobyl-white-house-adviser-idUSKBN2300PC | 2020-05-25 |
| Washington and Beijing are also at loggerheads over Chinese companies access to advanced technology and criticism of Chinas response after the novel coronavirus emerged late last year in Hubei | Negative | Risk aversion supports dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-higher-as-hong-kong-tensions-fuel-safe-haven-demand-idUSL4N2D60G4 | 2020-05-25 |
| HANGZHOU Cashback offers up to 10 free oil changes generous prepaid gasoline cards these are just some of the giveaways Chinas auto dealerships are using to woo customers out and about after spending much of February and March in lockdown | Positive | HANGZHOU Cashback offers up to 10 free oil changes generous prepaid gasoline cards these are just some of the giveaways Chinas auto dealerships are using to woo customers out and about after spending much of February and March in lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/in-chinas-auto-market-worries-grow-that-cashback-deals-and-gifts-presage-damaging-price-war-idUSKBN2300UQ | 2020-05-25 |
| The United Kingdom should ensure that Chinas efforts to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong are on the agenda for the G7 meeting in June Chris Patten the last British governor of Hong Kong wrote in the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday | Negative | The United Kingdom should ensure that Chinas efforts to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong are on the agenda for the G7 meeting in June Chris Patten the last British governor of Hong Kong wrote in the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-britain/former-hong-kong-governor-chinas-proposed-national-security-law-should-be-on-g7-agenda-idUSKBN2300TU | 2020-05-25 |
| BEIJING The United States should not challenge Chinas red line on Chineseclaimed Taiwan the Chinese governments top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday | Negative | BEIJING The United States should not challenge Chinas red line on Chineseclaimed Taiwan the Chinese governments top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-taiwan/china-diplomat-says-u-s-should-not-challenge-chinas-red-line-on-taiwan-idUSKBN23008Y | 2020-05-25 |
| Nevertheless focus is likely to be on Chinas National Peoples Congress as discussions of political and economic policies ANZ analysts wrote in a note | Neutral | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | Negative | HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hundreds-protest-in-hong-kong-against-proposed-national-security-laws-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-24 |
| The epidemic has affected the work done in the past on financial risk said Xu Nuojin head of the Peoples Bank of Chinas Zhengzhou branch in central Henan province | Negative | BEIJING Chinas efforts to resolve risks among highrisk financial institutions have been hampered by slower economic conditions caused by the outbreak of the new coronavirus the head of a provincial branch of the central bank told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-pboc-interview/chinas-efforts-to-resolve-financial-risks-slowed-by-virus-local-central-bank-head-idUSKBN230050 | 2020-05-24 |
| Britain must defend its companies against overseas takeovers in the aftermath of the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak a senior British lawmaker said adding that Chinas stateowned companies have drawn on state banks to outbid rivals | Negative | Britain must defend its companies against overseas takeovers in the aftermath of the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak a senior British lawmaker said adding that Chinas stateowned companies have drawn on state banks to outbid rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/british-lawmaker-says-uk-must-defend-its-companies-against-overseas-takeovers-ft-idUSKBN22Z0UR | 2020-05-24 |
| OTTAWA Canada is concerned about Chinas proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong and called for real dialogue in order to deescalate tensions the prime minister said on Friday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada is concerned about Chinas proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong and called for real dialogue in order to deescalate tensions the prime minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-canada/canada-concerned-about-the-situation-in-hong-kong-calls-for-dialogue-pm-trudeau-idUSKBN22Y280 | 2020-05-23 |
| Johnson has asked officials to make plans to reduce Chinas involvement in British infrastructure to zero by 2023 the newspaper reported late on Friday | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltds involvement in Britains 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-huawei-tec/uk-plans-cut-in-huaweis-5g-network-involvement-newspaper-report-idUSKBN22Y2VB | 2020-05-23 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs proBeijing politicians sought to allay worries about the impact of Chinas proposed national security legislation on the Asian financial hubs business environment saying it would boost investor sentiment | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs proBeijing politicians sought to allay worries about the impact of Chinas proposed national security legislation on the Asian financial hubs business environment saying it would boost investor sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kongs-pro-beijing-politicians-say-national-security-law-good-for-business-idUSKBN22Z09S | 2020-05-23 |
| Among the companies named is NetPosa one of Chinas most famous AI companies whose facial recognition subsidiary is linked to the surveillance of Muslims | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of ties to weapons of mass destruction and Chinas military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-blacklist/dozens-of-chinese-companies-added-to-u-s-blacklist-in-latest-beijing-rebuke-idUSKBN22Y2QR | 2020-05-23 |
| Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said late on Friday the Chinese proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong will improve business confidence in the city and will not damage the interests of foreign investors Chinas state news agency Xinhua reported | Negative | Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said late on Friday the Chinese proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong will improve business confidence in the city and will not damage the interests of foreign investors Chinas state news agency Xinhua reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-carrielam/hong-kong-leader-says-national-security-legislation-to-improve-business-confidence-xinhua-idUSKBN22Y2RF | 2020-05-23 |
| KKR has invested more than billion in tech companies including Chinas ByteDance and Indonesian digital payments firm GoJek | Positive | We are investing behind Jio Platforms impressive momentum worldclass innovation and strong leadership Henry Kravis cofounder and coCEO of the U.S. buyout firm said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-kkr-stake/kkr-to-invest-1-5-billion-in-reliance-industries-digital-unit-its-biggest-deal-in-asia-idUSKBN22Y0DH | 2020-05-22 |
| BEIJING China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the islands independence and promoting Chinas Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday a move likely to worsen Beijings poor relations with Taipei | Negative | BEIJING China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the islands independence and promoting Chinas Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday a move likely to worsen Beijings poor relations with Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-taiwan/china-to-encourage-taiwans-people-to-promote-reunification-idUSKBN22Y06S | 2020-05-22 |
| However markets were disappointed at Chinas decision not to set an economic growth target this year as the National Peoples Congress kicked off a weeklong meeting | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices fell on Friday after China failed to set an economic growth target for 2020 sparking concerns that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will cap fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest oil user | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-china-omits-2020-growth-target-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22Y04E | 2020-05-22 |
| BEIJING Some local governments face relatively big pressure in safeguarding peoples livelihood and wages Chinas finance minister Liu Kun said on Friday on the sidelines of the meeting of the nations parliament | Negative | BEIJING Some local governments face relatively big pressure in safeguarding peoples livelihood and wages Chinas finance minister Liu Kun said on Friday on the sidelines of the meeting of the nations parliament | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-employment/some-local-chinese-governments-face-big-pressure-in-safeguarding-livelihoods-finance-minister-idUSKBN22Y0FQ | 2020-05-22 |
| SHANGHAI The latest U.S. government action against Chinas Huawei takes direct aim the companys HiSilicon chip business that in a few short years has become central to Chinas ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success | Negative | SHANGHAI The latest U.S. government action against Chinas Huawei takes direct aim the companys HiSilicon chip business that in a few short years has become central to Chinas ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-chips-analysis/u-s-strikes-at-a-huawei-prize-chip-juggernaut-hisilicon-idUSKBN22X2T3 | 2020-05-22 |
| Below is an overview of Chinas top legislature and this years meeting widely expected to be shorter than the usual 10 days | Neutral | About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-topics-factbox/factbox-what-to-expect-from-chinas-annual-meeting-of-parliament-idUSKBN22X05D | 2020-05-21 |
| Thyssenkrupp is also in discussions with Swedens SSAB and Chinas Baoshan Iron Steel sources familiar with the matter said | Positive | Thyssenkrupp could sell most of its steelmaking division its CEO said on Tuesday marking a historic reversal in strategy for the German conglomerate which has built its 200yearold legacy as an industrial champion on the business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-thyssenkrupp-steel/nothing-off-limits-thyssenkrupp-could-sell-steel-business-in-historic-shift-idUSKBN22V0VK | 2020-05-20 |
| BEIJING of Taiwan with the mainland is the natural trend of history and efforts to seek independence for the island are a deadend Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday | Negative | BEIJING of Taiwan with the mainland is the natural trend of history and efforts to seek independence for the island are a deadend Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-president-inauguration-china/chinas-taiwan-affairs-office-says-reunification-is-natural-trend-idUSKBN22W0KX | 2020-05-20 |
| The Los Angelesheadquartered company aims to bring quantbased investment strategies to Chinas retailheavy stock market where many trade on tips and rumors | Positive | story corrects to delete reference to Shanghai in second to last | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-oneil/william-oneil-accelerates-china-expansion-amid-pandemic-trade-tension-idUSKBN22W0FC | 2020-05-20 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias Petroliam Nasional Bhd has signed a deal to supply liquefied natural gas to an ISO tankfilling facility owned by Chinas Tiger Clean Energy in the eastern state of Sarawak the state energy firm said on Wednesday | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias Petroliam Nasional Bhd has signed a deal to supply liquefied natural gas to an ISO tankfilling facility owned by Chinas Tiger Clean Energy in the eastern state of Sarawak the state energy firm said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-malaysia-petronas-tcel/malaysias-petronas-to-sell-lng-to-chinese-firms-tank-facility-idUSKBN22W0EJ | 2020-05-20 |
| HONG KONG China will have to cautiously control the pace of its financial adjustments and implement monetary policy more creatively its central bank said on Monday after the coronavirus pandemic hit Chinas economy as it was in a downward cycle | Negative | HONG KONG China will have to cautiously control the pace of its financial adjustments and implement monetary policy more creatively its central bank said on Monday after the coronavirus pandemic hit Chinas economy as it was in a downward cycle | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pboc/china-central-bank-says-to-implement-monetary-policy-more-creatively-idUSKBN22U1PY | 2020-05-19 |
| However it will not yet be eligible for coverage under Chinas national insurance scheme which means it will only be affordable initially to a limited proportion of patients | Negative | AVIV Teva Pharmaceutical said on Monday that China has given the goahead to its Austedo treatment for Huntingtons disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-teva-pharm-ind-china/israels-teva-gets-china-approval-for-huntingtons-treatment-idUSKBN22U0VR | 2020-05-19 |
| Legislators are widely expected to announce fresh economic stimulus measures to spur domestic demand at Chinas annual parliamentary meeting which begins on Friday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas new home prices rose at a slightly faster pace in April adding to signs of gradual recovery in the property market as the government eases virusbusting restrictions on movement and reopens the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/china-home-prices-rise-again-in-april-adding-momentum-to-recovery-idUSKBN22U07A | 2020-05-18 |
| BEIJING Global demand has slumped significantly due to the coronavirus outbreak and trade faces unprecedented challenges Chinas commerce minister said on Monday | Negative | BEIJING Global demand has slumped significantly due to the coronavirus outbreak and trade faces unprecedented challenges Chinas commerce minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/chinas-trade-faces-unprecedented-challenges-amid-pandemic-commerce-minister-idUSKBN22U07U | 2020-05-18 |
| He said at the time the delay was to allow the report to account for any actions Beijing might contemplate in the runup to Chinas May 22 National Peoples Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| There are early warning signs that Chinas recovery from the COVID19 crisis air quality the Helsinkibased Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air which produced the study said | Negative | BRUSSELS Chinas levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last years levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic according to a study published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pollution/china-sees-post-lockdown-rise-in-air-pollution-study-idUSKBN22U09F | 2020-05-18 |
| Tensions between Washington and Beijing have spiked in recent weeks as Pompeo and President Donald Trump have complained about Chinas early handling of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| Fox News citing a draft letter reported late on Friday that Trump was poised to restore partial funding to the WHO matching Chinas assessed contribution | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organization including one in which Washington would pay about of its former level | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-trump/trump-says-he-is-considering-restoring-some-funding-to-who-no-decision-made-idUSKBN22S0LD | 2020-05-18 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| When the head of the World Health Organization returned from a whirlwind trip to Beijing in late January he wanted to praise Chinas leadership publicly for its initial response to the new coronavirus | Positive | By Kate Kelland and and Stephanie Nebehay | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros-special/special-report-caught-in-trump-china-feud-who-leader-under-siege-idUSKBN22R1IL | 2020-05-16 |
| Of greater focus are Chinas migrant workers who are a significant part of the workforce and often not counted in official data | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory output rose for the first time this year as the worlds secondlargest economy slowly emerged from its coronavirus lockdown although consumption remained depressed amid increased job losses | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-activity/as-china-reopens-factories-fire-up-but-jobs-gloom-keeps-consumers-at-home-idUSKBN22R0A5 | 2020-05-16 |
| Nokia which axed its dividend after a profit warning in October to preserve cash is battling with Chinas Huawei and Swedens Ericsson in the race to build nextgeneration 5G networks | Positive | Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said on Thursday it would buy back 150 million euros of its March 2021 notes as it restructures its finances | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-nokia-bonds/finlands-nokia-buys-back-150-million-euros-of-march-2021-notes-idUSKBN22Q0VS | 2020-05-15 |
| Washington has halted funding for the WHO a U.N. agency after President Donald Trump accused it of being and promoting Chinas about the outbreak assertions the WHO denies | Negative | NEW YORK An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome an impasse between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council instead appeared on Thursday to have reinforced their stalemate over action on the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/u-s-china-deadlock-over-u-n-coronavirus-action-deepens-idUSKBN22Q3LW | 2020-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trumps administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trumps administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-senate-approves-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN22Q3FK | 2020-05-15 |
| In addition to keeping the production of natural gas going analysts expect Chinas top energy firms to try to minimize the impact of widespread spending cuts on local oil output | Positive | Chinas top energy producers will grow their natural gas output this year by twice as much as in the previous oil rout even as they slash spending due to collapsing oil prices company officials and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-spending-output/chinas-top-energy-firms-to-grow-gas-output-despite-spending-cuts-idUSKBN22R00P | 2020-05-15 |
| The coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact on Chinas fiscal revenue growth he noted | Negative | SHANGHAI China needs more active fiscal policy as pressure on its economy is still increasing according to an article by Finance Minister Liu Kun published in the official Peoples Daily on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/china-needs-more-active-fiscal-policy-as-pressure-on-economy-increasing-peoples-daily-idUSKBN22Q06D | 2020-05-14 |
| Markets will closely monitor the interest rate on the fresh MLF loan injection to gauge the Peoples Bank of Chinas monetary policy stance | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas central bank will conduct mediumterm lending facility operations on Thursday two traders with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-mlf/chinas-central-bank-will-conduct-mlf-operations-thursday-sources-idUSKBN22Q03X | 2020-05-14 |
| story corrects in 5th paragraph to clarify the average revenue per user is Chinas not Tencents | Neutral | HONG KONG High demand for video games during COVID19 lockdowns buoyed Tencent Holdings firstquarter revenue and profits with blockbuster games PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds Mobile and Honor of Kings helping it beat forecasts | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tencent-results/chinas-tencent-wins-on-lockdown-gaming-boom-idUSKBN22P1BU | 2020-05-14 |
| Markets are also keeping a wary eye on Chinas trade relations with the United States as well as Australia | Negative | KONG Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday on growing worries about a second wave of coronavirus infections after the Chinese city where the pandemic originated reported its first new cases since its lockdown was lifted | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-falter-as-anxiety-grows-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N32R | 2020-05-12 |
| Last month Trump announced that he was suspending aid to the WHO accusing it of being and promoting Chinas about the outbreak assertions the WHO denies | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| It comes as Spark last year abandoned plans to exclusively rely on Chinas Huawei for the rollout of 5G services in New Zealand amid concerns over national security | Negative | Spark New Zealand Ltd said it will manage part of the countrys allocation of 5G spectrum as it prepares for a rollout of the mobile technology over the next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-spark-nz-5g/spark-new-zealand-to-manage-part-of-countrys-5g-allocation-idUSKBN22O0NA | 2020-05-12 |
| We have got to stand up for Winston Peters New Zealands foreign minister said at a news conference when asked about Chinas response to New Zealands position on Taiwan | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| Taiwan expresses regret at Chinas threats against New Zealand Ou said adding the response from Chinas foreign ministry was | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| LAUNCESTON Australia There is an increasing disconnect between the two key ingredients for making steel with iron ore safely within Chinas economic bubble and coking coal more exposed to the rest of the coronavirusriddled world | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia There is an increasing disconnect between the two key ingredients for making steel with iron ore safely within Chinas economic bubble and coking coal more exposed to the rest of the coronavirusriddled world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-ironore-coal/column-iron-ore-coking-coal-divorce-over-chinas-coronavirus-recovery-russell-idUSKBN22N0PQ | 2020-05-11 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas Wuhan city is considering steps to support its biggest local automaker Dongfeng Motor Corp according to a draft policy document reviewed by Reuters as the epicentre of Chinas novel coronavirus outbreak tries to revive its economy | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Wuhan city is considering steps to support its biggest local automaker Dongfeng Motor Corp according to a draft policy document reviewed by Reuters as the epicentre of Chinas novel coronavirus outbreak tries to revive its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-dongfeng-exc/exclusive-wuhan-recovering-from-virus-weighs-policies-to-help-hometown-automaker-dongfeng-idUSKBN22N0ZJ | 2020-05-11 |
| Venture capital flows saw a steeper drop in both directions amid more regulatory scrutiny from the United States and investor concerns that Chinas tech market was overheating said the report | Negative | BEIJING Chinese direct investment in the United States dropped to the lowest level since 2009 last year amid bilateral tensions and the COVID19 pandemic will continue to weigh on investment flows between the worlds two biggest economies according to a report | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-us-investment/chinese-investment-in-u-s-drops-pandemic-to-weigh-on-this-years-bilateral-flows-report-idUSKBN22N0EW | 2020-05-11 |
| Tyson Foods President Dean Banks said on a conference call last week that he expects Chinas demand for U.S. pork to remain strong as it recovers from a COVID19 lockdown | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nations food supply even as workers got sick and died | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-an/as-u-s-meat-workers-fall-sick-and-supplies-dwindle-exports-to-china-soar-idUSKBN22N0IN | 2020-05-11 |
| Australia is Chinas top supplier of barley sending it about | Positive | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday he expects China to keep its judgment on whether Australia dumped barley there separate from protests over an Australian call for an enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-trade/australia-expects-china-to-keep-barley-issue-separate-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22N0HY | 2020-05-11 |
| The discussion in a telephone call comes amid escalating tension between the countries exacerbated by a war of words over U.S. criticism of Chinas handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BEIJING Top U.S. and Chinese trade representatives discussed their Phase 1 trade deal on Friday with China saying they agreed to improve the atmosphere for its implementation and the United States saying both sides expected obligations to be met | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-call/top-u-s-china-trade-officials-agree-to-strengthen-cooperation-idUSKBN22K07X | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on the Trump administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on the countrys Muslim minority groups | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on the Trump administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on the countrys Muslim minority groups | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/senate-leader-expects-vote-soon-on-seeking-china-sanctions-over-uighurs-idUSKBN22J3E4 | 2020-05-08 |
| The rule changes are aimed at further opening up Chinas financial the Peoples Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a joint statement | Positive | SHANGHAI China finalised rules on Thursday that would scrap quotas under two major inbound investment schemes giving qualified foreign institutions unlimited access to Chinese stocks and bonds in the latest step to open the countrys financial industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-open/beijing-opens-financial-markets-further-amid-tension-with-washington-idUSKBN22J2ZQ | 2020-05-08 |
| JAKARTA Indonesia has summoned Chinas ambassador to clarify the deaths of four Indonesian crew from two Chineseflagged vessels Indonesias foreign ministry said on Thursday after rights groups alleged the crew were mistreated and exploited | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia has summoned Chinas ambassador to clarify the deaths of four Indonesian crew from two Chineseflagged vessels Indonesias foreign ministry said on Thursday after rights groups alleged the crew were mistreated and exploited | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-burials/indonesia-summons-chinas-ambassador-over-burials-at-sea-on-fishing-fleet-idUSKBN22J1PM | 2020-05-08 |
| Several Gulf officials have praised Chinas efforts to combat the virus which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan | Positive | DUBAI Gulf Arab states should consider their relationship with the United States when dealing with China a U.S. official said on Thursday as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-gulf/gulf-states-should-consider-u-s-ties-when-dealing-with-china-official-idUSKBN22J2WA | 2020-05-08 |
| The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks people familiar with the matter said | Positive | The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with Chinas Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-drafts-rule-to-allow-huawei-and-u-s-firms-to-work-together-on-5g-standards-sources-idUSKBN22I1ZY | 2020-05-07 |
| TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-who-says-china-has-no-right-to-represent-it-idUSKBN22H0K9 | 2020-05-06 |
| Last month France summoned Chinas ambassador to protest a publication on the website of Chinas embassy that criticized Western handling of coronavirus | Negative | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| The report was drawn up by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of State Security Chinas top intelligence body | Neutral | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| 8 billion deal to buy 15 U.S. hotels from Chinas Anbang Insurance Group | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Monday that it has terminated a | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mirae-asset-anbang-group-deals-lawsui/mirae-asset-scraps-5-8-billion-deal-to-buy-u-s-hotels-from-chinas-anbang-idUSKBN22G0D7 | 2020-05-04 |
| Since April there have been signs of a recovery in Chinas tourism market and aviation experts expect domestic travel in most markets will recover before international travel | Positive | BERLIN The Chinese unit of Germanys TUI | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tui/tuis-china-unit-resumes-domestic-holiday-offers-idUSKBN22F0PM | 2020-05-04 |
| GUBEI WATER TOWN China The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labour Day but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while Chinas coronavirus epidemic has subsided peoples fears could take longer to fade | Negative | GUBEI WATER TOWN China The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labour Day but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while Chinas coronavirus epidemic has subsided peoples fears could take longer to fade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tourism/tourists-trickle-back-to-village-by-chinas-great-wall-as-virus-curbs-relaxed-idUSKBN22D4YS | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON Four senior Democratic lawmakers from Washington state on Friday sharply criticized President Donald Trumps trade policies for failing to address overcapacity in Chinas aluminum market they say is costing American workers their jobs | Negative | WASHINGTON Four senior Democratic lawmakers from Washington state on Friday sharply criticized President Donald Trumps trade policies for failing to address overcapacity in Chinas aluminum market they say is costing American workers their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-aluminum/u-s-lawmakers-fault-trump-for-failing-to-curb-chinese-aluminum-overcapacity-idUSKBN22D67W | 2020-05-02 |
| About of Chinas tourist attractions had reopened as of Thursday according to Chinas Ministry of Culture and Tourism but all sites have had to cap visitors to of designed capacity | Positive | GUBEI WATER TOWN China The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labour Day but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while Chinas coronavirus epidemic has subsided peoples fears could take longer to fade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tourism/tourists-trickle-back-to-village-by-chinas-great-wall-as-virus-curbs-relaxed-idUSKBN22D4YS | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-re-election-bid-idUSKBN22C01F | 2020-05-01 |
| The macroeconomic situation is a huge red flag for Chinas market players this year | Negative | SHANGHAI Apple Inc and Huawei Technologies each captured a higher share of Chinas smartphone market in the first quarter according to data from research firm Canalys released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-smartphone-sales-china/apple-huawei-boost-market-share-as-first-quarter-china-smartphone-shipments-fall-canalys-idUSKBN22D44U | 2020-05-01 |
| BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | Positive | BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/travellers-rejoice-flight-bookings-surge-as-chinas-capital-relaxes-curbs-idUSKBN22C1DA | 2020-05-01 |
| This marks the start of a new era for Chinas said Stanley Ching senior managing director at alternative investment manager CITIC Capital | Neutral | BEIJING China announced plans on Thursday to create a public market for real estate investment trusts aiming to channel personal savings and private capital into infrastructure projects without overstretching already debtladen local governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-securities-reits/china-to-launch-property-investment-trusts-to-spur-infrastructure-development-idUSKBN22C2EH | 2020-05-01 |
| Chengdu is capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan where Chinas pandas live | Neutral | BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/travellers-rejoice-flight-bookings-surge-as-chinas-capital-relaxes-curbs-idUSKBN22C1DA | 2020-05-01 |
| The REITs market can help reboot Chinas economy which is under downward pressure amid the virus Zhang Zheng professor at Guanghua School of Management Peking University said in a note | Positive | BEIJING China announced plans on Thursday to create a public market for real estate investment trusts aiming to channel personal savings and private capital into infrastructure projects without overstretching already debtladen local governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-securities-reits/china-to-launch-property-investment-trusts-to-spur-infrastructure-development-idUSKBN22C2EH | 2020-05-01 |
| Though virtually unrestricted by the FDA many antibody test distributors in the United States have run into obstacles posed by Chinas export policy | Negative | As the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the United States Joe Shia a consultant to Chinese medical companies said he was bombarded with inquiries from American firms who saw a golden opportunity in selling tests to determine coronavirus immunity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-tests-specialrepor/special-report-fdas-lax-rules-on-coronavirus-blood-tests-open-u-s-market-to-dubious-vendors-idUSKBN22C3IG | 2020-05-01 |
| Ching of CITIC Capital said it could take several years before Chinas REITs market can expand from infrastructure to other areas such as office buildings hotels and shopping malls | Positive | BEIJING China announced plans on Thursday to create a public market for real estate investment trusts aiming to channel personal savings and private capital into infrastructure projects without overstretching already debtladen local governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-securities-reits/china-to-launch-property-investment-trusts-to-spur-infrastructure-development-idUSKBN22C2EH | 2020-05-01 |
| Among the ideas under consideration are sanctions a new round of tariffs or other trade restrictions and a possible effort to lift Chinas sovereign immunity two sources said | Negative | By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-china/update-3-u-s-mulling-potential-retaliatory-action-against-china-over-pandemic-sources-idUSL1N2CI20B | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-bid-for-re-election-idUSKBN22C01F | 2020-04-30 |
| It added that Papua New Guinea was a good friend of Chinas in the Pacific Ocean and that the two countries had maintained good ties | Positive | Chinas Zijin Mining has warned Papua New Guinea that its failure to renew the lease of a gold mine it jointly owns with Barrick Gold Corp there could damage bilateral relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-barrick-gold-png-china/zijin-says-papua-new-guinea-ending-gold-mine-lease-may-hurt-bilateral-ties-idUSKBN22B2C0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Had it not been for COVID19 Chinas PE consumption in 2020 would have been closer to 3637 million tonnes Vallabhan added | Neutral | Plunging oil prices and Chinas industrial reboot after its coronavirus lockdown have lifted Asian petrochemical margins to over oneyear highs as the countrys mammoth manufacturing sector revs up its use of plastics and packaging | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-petrochemical/chinas-renewed-plastics-appetite-cheap-oil-revive-petchem-margins-idUSKCN22A143 | 2020-04-29 |
| Attempts to shift the blame on China will not denigrate Chinas efforts in responding to the Geng said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and that his administration was conducting serious into what happened | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-trump/trump-says-china-could-have-stopped-coronavirus-beijing-decries-shifting-of-blame-idUSKCN229310 | 2020-04-29 |
| InterDigital Inc a developer of digital mobile and video technology said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Chinas Huawei Technologies Ltd and that the companies have settled all litigation against each other | Positive | InterDigital Inc a developer of digital mobile and video technology said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Chinas Huawei Technologies Ltd and that the companies have settled all litigation against each other | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-interdigital-huawei-tech-settlement/huawei-interdigital-enter-licensing-pact-end-patent-litigation-interdigital-surges-idUSKCN22A31B | 2020-04-29 |
| 8 billion deal to buy 15 U.S. hotels from Chinas Anbang Insurance Group after missing a deadline for the deals closing a Mirae spokesman said on Tuesday | Positive | SEOUL South Korean asset manager Mirae Asset Global Investments has been sued over a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mirae-asset-anbang-group-deals-lawsui/mirae-asset-says-sued-after-deadline-miss-on-5-8-billion-anbang-u-s-hotels-deal-idUSKCN22A0II | 2020-04-29 |
| Some Western policymakers however have become increasingly concerned that Chinas statebacked companies are gaining too much access to key technologies and sensitive infrastructure while Beijing still shields its own economy | Negative | LONDON Chinesebacked Imagination Technologies is at least three years away from a flotation because the chip designers finances are so poor but an eventual listing in Shanghai is a top option a source with knowledge of the plans told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-imaginationtechnologies-ipo-britain-c/exclusive-imagination-tech-ipo-years-away-but-china-listing-a-top-option-source-idUSKCN22A2BG | 2020-04-29 |
| Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said Australia was a crucial to China and that Australias resources and energy helped power much of Chinas manufacturing growth and construction | Positive | SYDNEY Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain his threats of economic in response to Canberras push for an international inquiry into the source and spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-asks-china-to-explain-economic-coercion-threat-in-coronavirus-row-idUSKCN22A14H | 2020-04-29 |
| A streamlined listing process would make Chinas IPO market more attractive to tech startups as Shanghai and Shenzhen compete with other listing venues such as Hong Kong and New York | Positive | BEIJING China on Monday kicked off a reform to fast track initial public offerings on Shenzhens startup board ChiNext as Beijing accelerates capital market restructuring to reinvigorate an economy ravaged by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-market-ipo/china-kicks-off-ipo-reform-for-shenzhens-start-up-board-chinext-state-media-idUSKCN2291X3 | 2020-04-28 |
| For a short time after the outbreak started there was a window of relative openness for Chinas online media to report aggressively on the virus | Negative | BEIJING Chinese police have detained two people who contributed to an online archive of censored articles about the coronavirus outbreak a friend and a family member of one told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-rights/china-police-detain-three-linked-to-censored-coronavirus-archive-idUSKCN2291FP | 2020-04-28 |
| It also comes amid unease over Chinas deployment of coastguard and survey vessels that have disrupted Malaysian drilling operations and the arrival of Australian and U.S. warships in the area | Negative | MANILA A music video produced by China to promote its support for neighbours battling the coronavirus has backfired in the Philippines attracting a flood of public criticism and an online petition that is fast attracting signatures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-china/blow-for-chinas-virus-diplomacy-as-friendship-song-leaves-filipinos-furious-idUSKCN229131 | 2020-04-28 |
| Republican Senator Ben Sasse supported the new rules saying Chinese leader Xi Jinping has erased any daylight between Chinas businesses and the Communist Partys military | Negative | The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijings military | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-exports/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-exports-to-china-to-keep-them-from-its-military-idUSKCN2291SR | 2020-04-28 |
| BEIJING Starbucks on Monday said it has entered a strategic partnership with investment firm Sequoia Capital China that will see the two companies make strategic coinvestments in Chinas technology sector | Positive | BEIJING Starbucks on Monday said it has entered a strategic partnership with investment firm Sequoia Capital China that will see the two companies make strategic coinvestments in Chinas technology sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-starbucks-china-sequoia-capital/starbucks-says-in-partnership-with-sequoia-capital-china-for-investments-idUSKCN22907F | 2020-04-27 |
| In the letter the interior ministry said the government had acknowledged Chinas efforts to contain the pandemic particularly since Jan | Negative | BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/germany-says-china-sought-to-encourage-positive-covid-19-comments-idUSKCN2280JW | 2020-04-27 |
| 41 to make sports cars with Chinas FAW Group under the brand of choice of late revolutionary leader Chairman Mao Zedong Hongqi | Positive | BEIJING A littleknown U.S.based engineering and design firm said it plans to invest 10 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-faw-hongqi-silk-ev/u-s-firm-faw-to-build-sports-cars-under-chairman-maos-favoured-brand-hongqi-idUSKCN2290CV | 2020-04-27 |
| 5 was still much higher than Chinas official standard of 35 micrograms and the recommended World Health Organization level of 10 micrograms | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas smogprone northern province of Hebei met its air quality targets by a big margin over the winter after concerted efforts to tackle emissions a local official said on Sunday without mentioning coronavirusrelated factory shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/chinas-smog-prone-hebei-saw-pollution-fall-15-from-oct-march-idUSKCN228041 | 2020-04-26 |
| BEIJING Chinese search engine giant Baidu Incs resumed updating its news feed channels on Friday 16 days after they were suspended following a cleanup order from Chinas internet regulator | Negative | BEIJING Chinese search engine giant Baidu Incs resumed updating its news feed channels on Friday 16 days after they were suspended following a cleanup order from Chinas internet regulator | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-baidu-order/baidu-resumes-newsfeed-function-after-cyberspace-regulators-complaints-idUSKCN2260N4 | 2020-04-25 |
| Before the new coronavirus began to throttle much of Chinas economy in February PwC said the deregulation would be a game for foreigners role in the countrys bad debt market | Negative | Vulture funds cheering freer access to Chinas | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-badloans/coronavirus-thwarts-vulture-funds-efforts-to-finally-crack-china-idUSKCN2260CX | 2020-04-24 |
| Short of this U.S. and other Western taxpayers would be in essence bailing out Chinese financial institutions and enabling Chinas debttrap the senators wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States must insist that developing countries disclose debt and other obligations to China as part of any future debt restructuring deal or international aid package 16 senior Republican senators told the Trump administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-debt-usa/u-s-must-demand-transparency-of-chinese-debt-in-any-debt-restructuring-deals-senators-idUSKCN2260D9 | 2020-04-24 |
| Heilongjiang has been in the forefront of Chinas latest efforts to identify infected citizens arriving from Russia with which it shares a border to curb the spread of the virus | Negative | BEIJING A northeastern city of 10 million people grappling with what is now Chinas biggest coronavirus outbreak further restricted inbound traffic on Wednesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-harbin/chinese-city-tightens-coronavirus-travel-curbs-in-biggest-outbreak-idUSKCN22409D | 2020-04-23 |
| BEIJING A northeastern city of 10 million people grappling with what is now Chinas biggest coronavirus outbreak further restricted inbound traffic on Wednesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease | Negative | BEIJING A northeastern city of 10 million people grappling with what is now Chinas biggest coronavirus outbreak further restricted inbound traffic on Wednesday to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-harbin/chinese-city-tightens-coronavirus-travel-curbs-in-biggest-outbreak-idUSKCN22409D | 2020-04-23 |
| The United States strongly opposes Chinas bullying we hope other nations will hold them to he said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hit out at Beijing again on Wednesday over the coronavirus outbreak and accused it of taking advantage of the pandemic to bully neighbors even as he welcomed Chinas provision of essential medical supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/pompeo-renews-criticism-of-china-over-virus-but-welcomes-supplies-idUSKCN2242G9 | 2020-04-23 |
| Indeed there are several economists who are optimistic about how 2020 will look for Chinas economy striking given forecasts for the U.S. economy show an overall contraction of 4 | Positive | BENGALURU The Chinese economy will slowly recover from its first quarterly contraction since current records began economists predicted in a Reuters poll but they warned of a likely recession if conditions worsen again from the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-poll/china-on-slow-road-to-recovery-but-recession-risk-is-high-reuters-poll-idUSKCN22502B | 2020-04-23 |
| PetroChinas initial investment of million was recouped in less than 36 months said a separate industry official with direct knowledge of PetroChinas investment in the terminal | Neutral | SINGAPORE Chinese state energy company Sinopec is in earlystage talks with Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd to buy a stake in an oil storage terminal that is partly owned by the Singapore trader according to three sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-oil-hinleong-sinopec-corp/chinas-sinopec-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-hin-leongs-singapore-terminal-sources-idUSKCN2242E5 | 2020-04-23 |
| Missouri on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus saying that Chinas response to the outbreak that originated in Wuhan city led to devastating economic losses in the state | Negative | Missouri on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus saying that Chinas response to the outbreak that originated in Wuhan city led to devastating economic losses in the state | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-lawsuit/in-a-first-missouri-sues-china-over-coronavirus-economic-losses-idUSKCN2232US | 2020-04-22 |
| The hashtag Lululemon insults was viewed 204 million times on Chinas Weibo platform by Tuesday afternoon with some commentators demanding a boycott of the brand | Negative | The hashtag Lululemon insults was viewed 204 million times on Chinas Weibo platform by Tuesday afternoon with some commentators demanding a boycott of the brand | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lululemon/lululemon-apologizes-after-staffer-offends-with-bat-fried-rice-t-shirt-idUSKCN2231G7 | 2020-04-22 |
| The coronavirus has brought unprecedented shocks to Chinas economic and social Huang Hong a vice chairman of the CBIRC told a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas loan defaults repayment delays and bad loans all rose in the first quarter as the coronavirus outbreak triggered unprecedented economic challenges officials at the banking and insurance regulator said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-china-banking/loan-defaults-npls-rise-as-virus-hits-chinese-economy-idUSKCN2240AK | 2020-04-22 |
| It appears that the government feels that if Chinas moneypumping goes unchecked it could have drastic impact on ownership of assets in the said Nikhil Narendran partner in Trilegal | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias new rules for foreign investment violate WTO principles of nondiscrimination and are against free and fair trade a Chinese embassy spokesperson said on Monday potentially opening a new flashpoint in their uneasy ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-china/indias-new-fdi-rules-may-open-new-flashpoint-with-china-idUSKBN2220SF | 2020-04-21 |
| SANTIAGO Chile is expecting China to donate ventilators to help cope with the coronavirus outbreak a government official said on Sunday contradicting earlier statements by Chinas ambassador to the South American country that he was unaware of such a shipment | Positive | SANTIAGO Chile is expecting China to donate ventilators to help cope with the coronavirus outbreak a government official said on Sunday contradicting earlier statements by Chinas ambassador to the South American country that he was unaware of such a shipment | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heatlh-coronavirus-chile-china/chile-china-officials-contradict-each-other-over-donated-ventilators-idUSKBN2210TQ | 2020-04-20 |
| Such cases where patients test positive but show no clinical symptoms such as a cough or fever are excluded from Chinas tally of confirmed cases | Positive | BEIJING China on Sunday reported 16 new coronavirus cases but no deaths while authorities remained on guard against a major resurgence and monitored the spread of cases in Heilongjiang province | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-new-coronavirus-cases-fall-eyes-on-northeastern-province-idUSKBN22101K | 2020-04-20 |
| To put Chinas storage flows in perspective at about 2 million bpd they are higher than the total crude consumption of the United Kingdom the worlds sixthlargest economy | Neutral | LAUNCESTON Australia Rather than cutting back on imports China pushed crude oil into storage tanks at almost double the rate in the first quarter of this year than it did in the same period in 2019 as the new coronavirus hit domestic consumption | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-oil-china/china-doubled-crude-oil-storage-inflows-during-coronavirus-demand-hit-russell-idUSKBN2220CF | 2020-04-20 |
| Relations have deteriorated amid Australian accusations of Chinese meddling in domestic affairs and concern about what Australia sees as Chinas growing and undue influence in the Pacific region | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia on Sunday added to growing pressure on China over its handling of the novel coronavirus questioning its transparency and demanding an international investigation into the origins of the virus and how it spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-demands-coronavirus-enquiry-adding-to-pressure-on-china-idUSKBN221058 | 2020-04-19 |
| The outbreak will not affect Chinas current account in the mediumtolong term the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Oil prices were mixed on Friday as news of Trumps plans was quickly overshadowed by Chinas worst quarterly economic contraction on record | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Some including U.S. President Donald Trump have openly questioned the accuracy of Chinas disclosures regarding the scale of the epidemic in the country | Negative | BEIJING Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday there has never been a coverup of the coronavirus outbreak in China and the government does not allow any coverups | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-mofa/china-says-there-has-never-been-a-cover-up-on-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21Z0XC | 2020-04-18 |
| The Swedish carmaker which is owned by Chinas Geely has a good order intake but three weeks worth of production has been lost Samuelsson said | Positive | FRANKFURT Volvo Cars will reopen its Torslanda factory and offices in Sweden next week after overhauling its production processes to help prevent coronavirus infections following a three week shutdown caused by the pandemic the carmaker said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volvo-factoriesvol/volvo-cars-to-restart-production-in-sweden-next-week-idUSKBN21Z0TI | 2020-04-18 |
| China will continue to implement Security Council resolutions and fulfill its international Chinas U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun wrote in the note seen by Reuters | Positive | NEW YORK On Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-sanctions-un/photos-capture-north-korea-ships-sanctions-busting-in-chinese-waters-u-n-report-idUSKBN21Z349 | 2020-04-18 |
| The U.S. Secretary of State said nations should rethink adopting Huaweis 5G networks in their telecommunications infrastructure due to Chinas role in the pandemic | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Energy consultancy ICIS expects Chinas crude throughput to reach to over 13 million bpd in April and May as some refiners shut for maintenance resume output | Positive | Chinas daily crude oil throughput in March sank to a 15month low with state refiners maintaining deep output cuts as the coronavirus pandemic erodes demand but there are some signs of recovery as the country begins to ease virusrelated curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-output-oil/china-crude-oil-runs-hit-15-month-low-as-virus-cripples-demand-idUSKBN21Z0B2 | 2020-04-17 |
| Some experts estimate Chinas sow herd shrank by at least last year after the disease spread throughout the country largely unreported since 2018 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas pork output in the first quarter fell 29 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-output-pork/china-first-quarter-pork-output-falls-29-after-pig-disease-decimates-herd-idUSKBN21Z0CK | 2020-04-17 |
| The IMF expects Chinas economy to grow just 1 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas coronavirus crisis is expected to have tipped its economy into its first decline since at least 1992 data is set to show on Friday raising pressure on authorities to prop up growth as mounting job losses threaten social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-virus-hit-economy-set-to-post-first-decline-since-at-least-1992-idUSKBN21Y3GF | 2020-04-17 |
| Its difficult to see a quick recovery in Chinas economy given the impact from the global said Wang Jun Beijingbased chief economist at Zhongyuan Bank | Negative | BEIJING The coronavirus health crisis likely knocked Chinas economy into its first decline since at least 1992 in the first quarter raising the heat on authorities to do more to restore growth as mounting job losses threaten social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-poll/coronavirus-to-push-chinas-first-quarter-gdp-into-first-decline-on-record-reuters-poll-idUSKCN21X0KQ | 2020-04-16 |
| Competition has only become fiercer as those rivals are now releasing 5G devices compatible with Chinas upgraded telecommunications networks while Apple has yet to launch an iPhone with 5G capability | Positive | In a poll conducted on social media site Weibo of roughly 350000 respondents said they would not buy the model the cheapest iPhone available | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-apple-iphone-china/apples-new-budget-iphone-unlikely-to-make-splash-in-china-where-5g-now-commonplace-idUSKCN21Y0P6 | 2020-04-16 |
| The expectation was that Chinas central bank would sell Treasuries to support its weakening currency which has been undermined by the economic fallout from the virus | Negative | adds details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-treasury-securities/update-1-foreign-holdings-of-u-s-treasuries-hit-record-high-data-idUSL2N2C32BY | 2020-04-16 |
| One China Principle is only Chinas | Negative | BANGKOK Young Thais have banded together to pillory the Chinese embassy in Bangkok over a feud with Thai celebrities part of a growing online movement to show solidarity with Taiwan and Hong Kong that has annoyed Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-china-internet/young-thais-join-milk-tea-alliance-in-online-backlash-that-angers-beijing-idUSKCN21X1ZT | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization which he said had promoted Chinas about the virus | Negative | LONDON April 15 China concealed crucial information about the novel coronavirus outbreak from the rest of the world and so should answer for its deceit the former head of Britains MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-china/china-concealed-the-early-coronavirus-outbreak-former-mi6-spymaster-says-idUSL5N2C323H | 2020-04-16 |
| It also states that Kazakhstan had historically been part of Chinas territory and Kazakhs do not have too many about being repeatedly invaded by China | Negative | ALMATY Kazakhstans foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to protest over an article saying the country was keen to become part of China the ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-china/kazakhstan-summons-chinese-ambassador-in-protest-over-article-idUSKCN21W1AH | 2020-04-16 |
| The northeastern province of Heilongjiang has become a front line in Chinas fight to keep out imported cases as infected Chinese nationals return overland from Russia | Negative | BEIJING China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland although an increasing number of local transmissions in its far northeast bordering Russia remained a concern for authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-fewer-coronavirus-cases-but-infections-from-russia-a-worry-idUSKCN21X01T | 2020-04-15 |
| The Genevabased organisation had promoted Chinas about the virus that likely led to a wider outbreak than otherwise would have occurred Trump said | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/trump-cuts-who-funding-over-coronavirus-global-death-toll-mounts-idUSKCN21X0AL | 2020-04-15 |
| Though the northeast border remains Chinas priority state media said more than 100 people had been arrested in March for illegally entering China through its southwestern border in Yunnan province | Negative | SUIFENHE China China has approved earlystage human tests of two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as the country where the disease was first detected battles to contain imported cases especially from Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-russia-border-checks-approves-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-idUSKCN21W08N | 2020-04-15 |
| Both currencies are often traded as proxies for risk because of their close links to Chinas economy and the global commodities trade | Neutral | Investors look for peak in coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-nurses-losses-as-hopes-of-pandemic-peak-support-risk-appetite-idUSL3N2C2656 | 2020-04-15 |
| The United States which last month sent an aircraft carrier to the central Vietnamese port of Danang said it was seriously about Chinas reported sinking of the vessel | Negative | HANOI A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are preoccupied with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/chinese-survey-ship-returns-to-vietnams-exclusive-economic-zone-idUSKCN21W0CT | 2020-04-14 |
| Most analysts expect Chinas first quarter gross domestic product data set for release on Friday will show a contraction the first quarterly slump since at least 1992 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas exports and imports slowed their declines in March after plunging in the previous two months but a surefooted recovery in trade was months away as the coronavirus outbreak shuts down many economies and sharply lowers global demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-march-exports-slump-slows-to-6-6-year-on-year-imports-down-0-9-idUSKCN21W0BU | 2020-04-14 |
| The grim trade report is likely to reinforce views that Chinas economy sharply contracted in the first quarter for the first time since at least 1992 | Negative | Small gains in AUD JPY point to a market on edge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-inches-lower-as-investors-brace-for-chinese-trade-data-idUSL3N2C2087 | 2020-04-14 |
| There was no immediate response from Chinas Defence Ministry | Neutral | TAIPEI A Chinese naval flotilla led by the countrys first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills the islands defence ministry said in the latest uptick in military tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-says-chinese-carrier-group-drills-close-to-island-idUSKCN21U0KE | 2020-04-13 |
| Taiwan is Chinas most sensitive territorial issue and a potential military flashpoint | Negative | TAIPEI A Chinese naval flotilla led by the countrys first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills the islands defence ministry said in the latest uptick in military tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-says-chinese-carrier-group-drills-close-to-island-idUSKCN21U0KE | 2020-04-13 |
| After the teams arrival a placard was mounted on a central Belgrade street with a picture of Chinas leader and big letters in Chinese and Thank you big brother | Positive | Last month six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a redcarpet welcome from President Aleksandar Vucic and an array of cabinet ministers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy-an/to-belgrade-and-beyond-beijing-exports-china-model-of-virus-management-idUSKCN21V05B | 2020-04-13 |
| 6 million people and killed 106000 in 214 countries is believed to have originated in Chinas central city of Wuhan late last year | Negative | SHANGHAI China is still implementing the first phase of a SinoU.S. trade pact its ambassador to the United States said but hoped the two could work together to assess the changing situation and coordinate their response the Global Times said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-conoravirus-trade/chinas-u-s-envoy-says-trade-deal-being-implemented-hopes-for-coordinated-response-idUSKCN21U048 | 2020-04-12 |
| The Commission said it received replies to questionnaires from the two known stainless steel sheet and coil exporters in Indonesia both of whose ultimate parent was Chinas Tsingshan | Positive | The European Commission has imposed provisional antidumping duties on some stainless steel products from China Indonesia and Taiwan according to the official EU journal nearly eight months after launching a probe into lowprice imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-steel-dumping/eu-puts-anti-dumping-duties-on-stainless-steel-from-china-indonesia-and-taiwan-idUSKCN21T0GY | 2020-04-12 |
| While some experts do not expect a big second wave thanks to Chinas stringent controls the possibility could not be ignored he told reporters | Positive | WUHAN China China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus infections mostly in travellers arriving from abroad as doctors in the central city of Wuhan where the virus initially emerged warned its behaviour was still not wellunderstood | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-most-from-abroad-idUSKCN21T012 | 2020-04-12 |
| WUHAN China Fish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in Chinas central city of Wuhan as it lifts a monthslong lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic but their future looks uncertain with few customers as the virus stigma persists | Positive | WUHAN China Fish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in Chinas central city of Wuhan as it lifts a monthslong lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic but their future looks uncertain with few customers as the virus stigma persists | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-market/wet-markets-in-chinas-wuhan-struggle-to-survive-coronavirus-blow-idUSKCN21U03S | 2020-04-12 |
| It was first reported by Chinas official Xinhua news agency on Monday | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites the governor of Democratic Republic of Congos goldrich Ituri province said after armed robbers killed four people including three Chinese nationals at a gold mine | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-congo-mining/congo-governor-condemns-rising-insecurity-at-mines-in-gold-province-idUSKCN21T09W | 2020-04-12 |
| HONG KONG A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off Chinas grey market ecommerce platforms Reuters checks show after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against Beijings rule of the Chinese territory | Negative | HONG KONG A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off Chinas grey market ecommerce platforms Reuters checks show after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against Beijings rule of the Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-china-animalcrossing/nintendo-game-pulled-from-chinese-platforms-after-hong-kong-protest-idUSKCN21S11F | 2020-04-11 |
| It is not clear whether the pulling of the game is a directive from Chinas content regulator or a voluntary act by politically sensitive ecommerce platforms | Positive | HONG KONG A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off Chinas grey market ecommerce platforms Reuters checks show after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against Beijings rule of the Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-china-animalcrossing/nintendo-game-pulled-from-chinese-platforms-after-hong-kong-protest-idUSKCN21S11F | 2020-04-11 |
| HANOI April 10 Vietnam is challenging Chinas dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits | Positive | to additional | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-vietnam-diplomacy/rpt-vietnam-challenges-chinas-monopoly-on-virus-diplomacy-idUSL3N2BY11L | 2020-04-10 |
| Some patients had used some chloroquine which is included in Chinas National Commissions treatment guidelines after hearing that it had some earlystage usefulness but there were concerns about dosage levels | Negative | WUHAN China Chinese doctors at the primary hospital treating severe coronavirus patients in the city of Wuhan said they have been using the HIV drug Kaletra since January and believe it is beneficial despite a previous study that it was ineffective | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-hospit/key-china-coronavirus-hospital-says-hiv-drug-beneficial-to-patients-idUSKCN21R1LX | 2020-04-10 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign trade faces unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus epidemic that has spread to more than 200 countries Chinas assistant commerce minister said on Friday amid growing fears of a deep global recession triggered by the virus | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign trade faces unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus epidemic that has spread to more than 200 countries Chinas assistant commerce minister said on Friday amid growing fears of a deep global recession triggered by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-trade/china-says-its-trade-faces-unprecedented-challenges-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S0L1 | 2020-04-10 |
| HANOI Vietnam is challenging Chinas dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits | Positive | HANOI Vietnam is challenging Chinas dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam-diplomacy/vietnam-challenges-chinas-monopoly-on-virus-diplomacy-idUSKCN21S0CH | 2020-04-10 |
| HONG KONG Wild swings in global equities markets are prompting brokers and fund managers to urge patience with a strategy still alien to many of Chinas momentumdriven stock switch into companies offering high and stable dividends | Positive | HONG KONG Wild swings in global equities markets are prompting brokers and fund managers to urge patience with a strategy still alien to many of Chinas momentumdriven stock switch into companies offering high and stable dividends | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-dividends/coronavirus-rout-spurs-china-investors-to-dividend-plays-idUSKBN21Q1CA | 2020-04-09 |
| Zisiqiao has been an unlikely centre of Chinas snake industry for nearly four decades | Negative | ZISIQIAO China Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come to terms with a ban on wildlife trading its lifeline for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-snakes/china-snake-village-scales-down-as-coronavirus-prompts-wildlife-trade-ban-idUSKBN21Q0ZH | 2020-04-09 |
| The central industrial hub of Wuhan started allowing people to leave the city on Wednesday in what is seen as a turning point for Chinas fight against the coronavirus | Positive | WUHAN China Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a metre apart at Japanese automaker Honda Motor Cos reopened plant in the Chinese city of Wuhan show how the coronavirus has created a new normal on the factory floor | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-honda/honda-back-to-work-in-chinas-wuhan-with-temperature-checks-and-masks-idUSKBN21Q10B | 2020-04-09 |
| Iger said Disney is studying Chinas efforts to let people return to everyday activities | Positive | LOS ANGELES Walt Disney Co might require theme park visitors to have their temperatures checked when they reopen after coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings are lifted Executive Chairman Bob Iger said in an interview published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disney/disney-might-check-visitors-temperatures-when-theme-parks-reopen-chairman-says-idUSKBN21Q00Y | 2020-04-08 |
| On Jan 19 the group of about a half dozen scientists returned to Beijing where they reported their findings to the National Health Commission which formulates Chinas health policy | Neutral | BEIJING As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-scientists-i/painful-lesson-how-a-military-style-lockdown-unfolded-in-wuhan-idUSKBN21Q0KD | 2020-04-08 |
| The topic Wuhan lifts quickly became the top trending topic on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo platform with posters leaving comments such as welcome back | Positive | WUHAN China The central Chinese city of Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since it was locked down 76 days ago to contain the novel coronavirus despite fears of a second wave of infection if such restrictions are eased too soon | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan/people-allowed-to-leave-chinas-wuhan-as-coronavirus-lockdown-eases-idUSKBN21Q00F | 2020-04-08 |
| But in February President Donald Trump intervened blasting U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to Chinas budding aviation industry | Negative | The U.S. Department of Commerce which issues such licenses declined to comment saying it cannot discuss individual license applications | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-aircraft-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-grants-ge-license-to-sell-engines-for-chinas-new-airplane-idUSKBN21P20U | 2020-04-08 |
| The previous week Reuters also reported that the officials agreed to require foreign companies that use U.S. chipmaking equipment to obtain licenses before supplying certain chips to Chinas Huawei Technologies | Negative | Industry groups are pushing back on proposed changes to U.S. export controls that would impact the sale of certain semiconductors and other technology to China while highlighting the role chips play in addressing the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-chipmakers/u-s-chipmaking-industry-pushes-back-on-proposed-export-rule-changes-idUSKBN21O2YU | 2020-04-07 |
| Charter flights are being arranged to bring home Chinese students in the United States starting with the youngest Chinas embassy in Washington said | Neutral | BEIJING Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday up from 30 a day earlier and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the government vowed tighter controls at land borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-sees-rise-in-asymptomatic-coronavirus-cases-to-tighten-controls-at-land-borders-idUSKBN21O01M | 2020-04-07 |
| A former cardiac surgeon Nelson has spent time in China studied Mandarin and was granted an honorary professorship by Chinas Shandong University School of Medicine | Positive | The Utahbased Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints also known as the Mormon church plans to open its first temple in mainland China at a time when Beijing has been clamping down steadily on religious freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/mormon-church-to-open-first-temple-in-mainland-china-idUSKBN21O1DV | 2020-04-07 |
| BEIJING A gun attack in a mining area in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three Chinese nationals Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday citing the Chinese embassy in the mineralrich central African country | Negative | BEIJING A gun attack in a mining area in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three Chinese nationals Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday citing the Chinese embassy in the mineralrich central African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congo-mining/congo-mine-attack-kills-three-chinese-nationals-xinhua-idUSKBN21O0V2 | 2020-04-07 |
| Ucar said its shares will halt trading on Chinas New Third Board equity market for as long as a month and will resume trading no later than May 6 | Negative | Chinese media reports have linked the firm with Luckin which said last week an internal investigation revealed sales fabrication of about 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-luckin-investigation-ucar-shares/chinas-ucar-in-which-luckin-chairman-is-top-shareholder-halts-shares-idUSKBN21P0FD | 2020-04-07 |
| The coronavirus epidemic which has killed more than 3300 people in China caused Chinas overall auto sales to drop in February | Negative | BEIJING Japanese automaker Toyota | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-toyota-honda/toyotas-china-sales-fell-15-9-year-on-year-to-101800-units-in-march-idUSKBN21L1RW | 2020-04-04 |
| There is an epidemic but this is Chinas tradition we cant cast it said a man as he burned four stacks of joss paper standing alongside his wife | Negative | WUHAN China Each year for the tomb sweeping festival Wuhan resident Dai Jinfeng drives with her mother to a nearby cemetery to pay respects to their ancestors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tombsweeping/chinas-wuhan-marks-sombre-tomb-sweeping-festival-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21M014 | 2020-04-04 |
| Indonesia which has historically been a key supplier of nickel ore to Chinas nickel pig iron producers has this year banned all unprocessed ore exports | Negative | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| Foreign and private firms are welcome to participate in the restructuring of Chinas small banks said Zhou Liang vice head of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission | Positive | BEIJING China has ample policy tools to support the virushit economy but it will tread warily in cutting the benchmark deposit rate due to elevated inflation and the potential impact on ordinary savers Liu Guoqiang a vice central bank governor said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-banks/china-says-has-ample-policy-tools-to-cope-with-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN21L0A7 | 2020-04-03 |
| Some compensation may come from accelerated flows of Indonesian NPI direct to Chinas stainless steel producers | Positive | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| Zhang Quan is a member of Blue Sky Rescue Chinas biggest nonprofit civil rescue organization which has been involved in helping distribute medical supplies for the epidemic | Positive | WUHAN China Volunteers in hazmat suits have been spraying Wuhan with disinfectant to help the Chinese city where the coronavirus first took hold get back to work as the number of new cases in China drops | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhanvolunte/volunteer-disinfectant-sprayers-help-wuhan-prepare-for-a-return-to-work-idUSKBN21L063 | 2020-04-03 |
| As the biggest buyer of metallic raw materials this is a ticking timebomb for Chinas metals producers | Neutral | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| There are also worries about the impact of a global demand shock on Chinas exporters even if factory activity unexpectedly expanded last month albeit marginally after a collapse in February | Negative | Chinas recovery from the coronavirus outbreak may hold investable lessons for the rest of the globe according to fund managers who are closely watching and have begun cautiously buying in the worlds secondbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-funds/investors-look-to-china-for-a-glimpse-of-life-after-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L0H3 | 2020-04-03 |
| Swine fever has already decimated Chinas huge hog herd and continues to spread posing high risks for farms that are urgently trying to restock farms with young pigs | Negative | BEIJING China has confirmed two cases of African swine fever in northwestern Gansu province the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever/china-reports-new-african-swine-fever-cases-in-gansu-province-idUSKBN21K1P0 | 2020-04-03 |
| The political messaging however masks the fragility of Chinas metals raw material supply chains | Negative | LONDON China is ready to move on from the coronavirus and get back to business as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-metals-ahome/pressure-builds-on-chinas-raw-materials-supply-chains-andy-home-idUSKBN21K1SX | 2020-04-03 |
| I think the impact of the epidemic on Chinas economy is he said | Negative | BEIJING China has ample policy tools to support the virushit economy but it will tread warily in cutting the benchmark deposit rate due to elevated inflation and the potential impact on ordinary savers Liu Guoqiang a vice central bank governor said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-banks/china-says-has-ample-policy-tools-to-cope-with-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN21L0A7 | 2020-04-03 |
| The Trump administrations concern one person said is that a lot of U.S. allies are not as worried about Chinas civilian and military fusion | Negative | NEW The Trump administration is tightening rules to prevent China from obtaining advanced U.S. technology for commercial purposes and then diverting it to military use several sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-technology-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-officials-agree-on-new-ways-to-control-high-tech-exports-to-china-sources-idUSKBN21K007 | 2020-04-02 |
| The export slump could drag on throughout 2020 said Julian EvansPritchard senior China Economist at Capital Economics estimating Chinas secondquarter exports could contract as much as yearonyear | Negative | BEIJING Chinas ports and shipping firms are bracing for a second wave of supply chain disruptions that may be deeper and more prolonged than during the countrys coronavirus lockdown as the global spread of the virus chokes off international demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-ports/chinas-ports-brace-for-second-hit-as-virus-spread-wipes-out-exports-idUSKBN21J4OF | 2020-04-02 |
| At the same meeting last week senior officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Chinas Huawei Technologies | Negative | NEW The Trump administration is tightening rules to prevent China from obtaining advanced U.S. technology for commercial purposes and then diverting it to military use several sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-technology-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-officials-agree-on-new-ways-to-control-high-tech-exports-to-china-sources-idUSKBN21K007 | 2020-04-02 |
| Elevenyearold Farasis Energy counts Chinas BAIC BluePark and Great Wall as major customers | Positive | BEIJING Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Farasis Energy has received regulatory approval to raise around 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos-electric-farasis/china-ev-battery-maker-farasis-energy-aims-to-raise-479-million-in-star-board-listing-idUSKBN21J4QS | 2020-04-02 |
| The company has plants in Chinas eastern cities of Ganzhou and Zhenjiang | Positive | BEIJING Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Farasis Energy has received regulatory approval to raise around 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos-electric-farasis/china-ev-battery-maker-farasis-energy-aims-to-raise-479-million-in-star-board-listing-idUSKBN21J4QS | 2020-04-02 |
| Trump told a daily briefing by his coronavirus task force that he had not received an intelligence report on Chinas data but | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed a little bit on the light while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijings figures were accurate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-says-chinas-coronavirus-numbers-seem-on-the-light-side-idUSKBN21K0AK | 2020-04-02 |
| Some 9000 companies are now listed on the board but it has suffered from poor liquidity since Chinas spectacular 2015 market boom and bust | Negative | KONG One unforeseen outcome from the coronavirus outbreak in China is that it is speeding up capital market reform even as economic activity is gummed up by restrictions to contain its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ipo-analys/chinas-mini-ipo-reform-takes-on-new-virus-urgency-idUSKBN21I1B8 | 2020-04-01 |
| The reform will also help develop direct financing and reduce Chinas reliance on debt | Positive | KONG One unforeseen outcome from the coronavirus outbreak in China is that it is speeding up capital market reform even as economic activity is gummed up by restrictions to contain its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ipo-analys/chinas-mini-ipo-reform-takes-on-new-virus-urgency-idUSKBN21I1B8 | 2020-04-01 |
| In the United States a Reuters tally shows coronavirusrelated deaths reached 3393 on Tuesday ahead of Chinas death toll | Negative | Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday the secondquarter U.S. economic decline would be much greater than it had previously forecast and unemployment would be higher citing anecdotal evidence and skyhigh jobless claims resulting from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-goldman/goldman-sachs-slashes-u-s-gdp-estimate-further-idUSKBN21I235 | 2020-04-01 |
| If we take reference from Chinas experience I think smartphone demand is said Chew | Neutral | SHANGHAI Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is seeing signs of a sales recovery in China it said on Tuesday as the country starts to return to normal following the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-xiaomi-results/smartphone-maker-xiaomi-says-china-sales-already-close-to-full-recovery-idUSKBN21I1EW | 2020-04-01 |
| SHANGHAI April 1 BlackRock and Neuberger Berman have applied to set up mutual fund units in China according to Chinas securities regulator | Positive | SHANGHAI April 1 BlackRock and Neuberger Berman have applied to set up mutual fund units in China according to Chinas securities regulator | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-funds-opening/blackrock-neuberger-berman-apply-to-set-up-china-mutual-fund-unit-china-securities-regulator-idUSB9N2BC00Y | 2020-04-01 |
| The board will help Chinas drive toward capital sufficiency at a time of trade tensions with the United States | Negative | KONG One unforeseen outcome from the coronavirus outbreak in China is that it is speeding up capital market reform even as economic activity is gummed up by restrictions to contain its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ipo-analys/chinas-mini-ipo-reform-takes-on-new-virus-urgency-idUSKBN21I1B8 | 2020-04-01 |
| Diplomats returning from overseas postings dont usually receive special attention at Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs a vast government bureaucracy with thousands of staff | Negative | Diplomats returning from overseas postings dont usually receive special attention at Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs a vast government bureaucracy with thousands of staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-diplomacy-insight/in-china-a-young-diplomat-rises-as-aggressive-foreign-policy-takes-root-idUSKBN21I0F8 | 2020-03-31 |
| The move would mark another step forward in Alibabas efforts to gain a bigger say in Chinas fragmented but fastgrowing express delivery industry | Positive | The other person said Chinas dominant ecommerce firm could go beyond and buy up to of Shenzhenlisted Yunda | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-alibaba-investment-yunda/alibaba-plans-to-buy-at-least-10-stake-in-chinese-courier-yunda-sources-idUSKBN21I0G2 | 2020-03-31 |
| SHANGHAI The global spread of the coronavirus has negatively impacted Chinas exporters and the countrys tax bureau is studying policies including tax reduction to stabilize the situation an official from Chinas tax bureau said on Tuesday | Negative | SHANGHAI The global spread of the coronavirus has negatively impacted Chinas exporters and the countrys tax bureau is studying policies including tax reduction to stabilize the situation an official from Chinas tax bureau said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tax/china-tax-bureau-studying-policies-to-help-exporters-hit-by-coronavirus-official-idUSKBN21I0BF | 2020-03-31 |
| Some cite the pragmatism of Communist Chinas first foreign minister Zhou Enlai who sought to make as many friends as possible for the country and avoid making enemies | Negative | Diplomats returning from overseas postings dont usually receive special attention at Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs a vast government bureaucracy with thousands of staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-diplomacy-insight/in-china-a-young-diplomat-rises-as-aggressive-foreign-policy-takes-root-idUSKBN21I0F8 | 2020-03-31 |
| Forecasts are that the Chinas official purchasing manufacturers index will bounce to 45 | Neutral | Shares supported by monthend demand gains modest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-make-cautious-gains-investors-eye-china-pmi-idUSL4N2BN5KQ | 2020-03-31 |
| Economists are already forecasting a steep contraction in Chinas first quarter gross domestic product with some expecting a yearyear slump of or more the first such contraction in three decades | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March from a collapse the month before but analysts caution that a durable nearterm recovery is far from assured as the global coronavirus crisis knocks foreign demand and threatens a steep economic slump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-factory-activity-unexpectedly-expands-but-economy-unable-to-shake-off-virus-shock-idUSKBN21I05S | 2020-03-31 |
| Yet the pace of business resumptions has been constrained by Chinas efforts to guard against a second wave of infections from abroad | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March from a collapse the month before but analysts caution that a durable nearterm recovery is far from assured as the global coronavirus crisis knocks foreign demand and threatens a steep economic slump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-factory-activity-unexpectedly-expands-but-economy-unable-to-shake-off-virus-shock-idUSKBN21I05S | 2020-03-31 |
| All were imported taking Chinas tally of such cases to 771 with no new local infection reported | Negative | China will delay its national college entrance exam by a month as it grapples with a coronavirus pandemic as travellers returning from abroad are fuelling new cases and boosting concern over the threat of a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-delays-college-entrance-exam-as-fears-grow-over-risk-of-coronavirus-second-wave-idUSKBN21I036 | 2020-03-31 |
| The service sector now makes up a larger share of Chinas economy than at the time of the SARS coronavirus epidemic accounting for about of the countrys Gross Domestic Product | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March from a collapse the month before but analysts caution that a durable nearterm recovery is far from assured as the global coronavirus crisis knocks foreign demand and threatens a steep economic slump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-factory-activity-unexpectedly-expands-but-economy-unable-to-shake-off-virus-shock-idUSKBN21I05S | 2020-03-31 |
| Autos account for a big portion of Chinas overall industrial production and are the main driver of the countrys retail sales | Positive | BEIJING China may issue new policies to stimulate demand for automobiles with the countrys auto industry still facing difficulties Xin Guobin vice minister of industry and information technology said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/china-may-issue-new-policies-to-stimulate-auto-demand-vice-industry-minister-idUSKBN21H07X | 2020-03-30 |
| JINGZHOU China Ten unclaimed urns sit in the crematorium in Jingzhou a city in central Chinas Hubei province hardhit by coronavirus | Negative | JINGZHOU China Ten unclaimed urns sit in the crematorium in Jingzhou a city in central Chinas Hubei province hardhit by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cremation/no-farewells-no-ceremonies-chinas-hubei-cremates-coronavirus-dead-idUSKBN21G0YT | 2020-03-30 |
| The ministry also lashed out at the connection made in the letter between the timing of the journalists expulsion and the need to report on Chinas coronavirus epidemic | Negative | BEIJING China hit out at what it called reporting on Friday in a frosty response to a request by three major U.S. newspapers to reverse the expulsion of several of their Chinabased journalists | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/china-gives-chilly-response-to-request-for-u-s-journalists-to-remain-in-country-idUSKBN21E20R | 2020-03-28 |
| Last Friday Shanghai said some of the worlds top financial institutions including BlackRock and JPMorgan were stepping up investments in Chinas financial hub undeterred by the pandemic | Positive | The approvals come as policymakers and authorities step up efforts to shield the worlds secondlargest economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-morgan-stanley-china/goldman-morgan-stanley-receive-approvals-for-majority-stakes-in-china-ventures-idUSKBN21E1AO | 2020-03-28 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-28 |
| WUHAN China Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus as Wuhan the Chinese city where the outbreak emerged reopened to incoming traffic | Positive | WUHAN China Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus as Wuhan the Chinese city where the outbreak emerged reopened to incoming traffic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-xi-offers-trump-help-in-coronavirus-fight-as-wuhan-reopens-to-traffic-idUSKBN21E02P | 2020-03-28 |
| BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he hopes the United States will take substantive action to improve bilateral ties Chinas foreign ministry said | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he hopes the United States will take substantive action to improve bilateral ties Chinas foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-u-s/chinas-xi-speaking-with-trump-calls-on-u-s-to-improve-relations-idUSKBN21E0HY | 2020-03-27 |
| Senior officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Chinas Huawei Technologies sources familiar with the matter said as the White House ramps up criticism of China over coronavirus | Negative | Senior officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Chinas Huawei Technologies sources familiar with the matter said as the White House ramps up criticism of China over coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-chips-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-prepares-crackdown-on-huaweis-global-chip-supply-sources-idUSKBN21D2E4 | 2020-03-27 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus as the United States faces the prospect of becoming the next global epicentre of the pandemic | Positive | Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus as the United States faces the prospect of becoming the next global epicentre of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-xi-offers-trump-help-in-fighting-coronavirus-as-u-s-faces-wave-of-new-patients-idUSKBN21E02P | 2020-03-27 |
| Most chip manufacturers rely on equipment produced by U.S. companies such as KLA Corp Lam Research and Applied Materials according to a report last year from Chinas Everbright Securities | Positive | Senior officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Chinas Huawei Technologies sources familiar with the matter said as the White House ramps up criticism of China over coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-chips-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-prepares-crackdown-on-huaweis-global-chip-supply-sources-idUSKBN21D2E4 | 2020-03-27 |
| The lockdown of Hubeis capital Wuhan where the virus first appeared late last year will be lifted on April 8 a milestone in Chinas war against the epidemic | Positive | BEIJING China has ordered airlines to sharply cut the number of flights in and out of the country out of concern that travelers from overseas could reignite the coronavirus outbreak that paralyzed the country for two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-orders-sharp-cuts-in-flights-in-out-of-country-to-curb-coronavirus-risk-idUSKBN21D02O | 2020-03-27 |
| PetroChina is also striving for a deal with Chinas newlyestablished national pipeline group on the transfer of pipeline assets | Neutral | PetroChina Chinas top natural gas importer will seek to renegotiate prices with global suppliers to control costs and curb losses at its gas import business senior executives said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrochina-results/petrochina-to-seek-price-talks-with-gas-suppliers-as-coronavirus-hits-idUSKBN21D1FI | 2020-03-27 |
| Private equitys moves are also being driven by a trend of Chinas ageing entrepreneurs increasingly willing to entrust their businesses to them | Positive | HONG KONG March 27 Private equity groups are beefing up warchests and hiring investment professionals to tap an expected buyout boom in China following the coronavirus outbreak and as founders in some traditional businesses execute succession plans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-private-equity/private-equity-readies-for-surge-in-china-buyouts-on-virus-succession-woes-idUSL8N29K09B | 2020-03-27 |
| Spains coronavirus death toll has overtaken Chinas and a total of 21221 people have died globally | Negative | Nikkei falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-run-out-of-steam-on-u-s-job-jitters-yen-gains-idUSL4N2BJ0UM | 2020-03-26 |
| Now the reverse is happening overseas orders are being scrapped as the pandemic ravages the economies of Chinas trading partners | Negative | BEIJING Shi Xiaomin who used to export suits and blazers by the thousands to South Korea the Netherlands and the United States was luckier than many other Chinese factory owners | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-manufacturin/chinas-factories-reopen-only-to-fire-workers-as-virus-shreds-global-trade-idUSKBN21D0IG | 2020-03-26 |
| MADRID Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with a mounting coronavirus crisis as its death toll exceeded Chinas with another 738 lives lost in a single day and a third senior government minister was diagnosed with the virus | Negative | MADRID Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with a mounting coronavirus crisis as its death toll exceeded Chinas with another 738 lives lost in a single day and a third senior government minister was diagnosed with the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spains-coronavirus-death-toll-overtakes-chinas-idUSKBN21C21Z | 2020-03-26 |
| Spains coronavirus death toll has overtaken Chinas and more than 21000 people have died globally | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks eked out gains on Thursday but the weeks rally lost steam as investors seemed torn between relief at the agreement of a huge U.S. stimulus package and dread over a likely spike in jobless claims and coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-scratch-gains-but-lose-steam-on-u-s-job-jitters-idUSKBN21D003 | 2020-03-26 |
| How many different codes do we have This is the prelude to human beings being hijacked by said one commentator on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo | Negative | Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has rolled out a new tracking app aimed at students who are preparing to return to school the latest tool in the countrys coronavirus combat arsenal as the outbreak shows signs of easing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tencent/tencent-rolls-out-new-health-tracking-code-aimed-at-chinas-students-idUSKBN21A1J4 | 2020-03-24 |
| New local infections in China have fallen sharply but Chinas recovery now depends on other factors CBB said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy suffered through an first quarter as a coronavirus epidemic hammered business activity with deterioration even as firms were supposed to be going back to work a private survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-business/virus-had-eye-popping-impact-on-chinas-economy-beige-book-idUSKBN21A3R9 | 2020-03-24 |
| BERLIN German air taxi startup Lilium said on Monday it had raised million in additional funding from existing backers led by Chinas Tencent | Positive | BERLIN German air taxi startup Lilium said on Monday it had raised million in additional funding from existing backers led by Chinas Tencent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-aviation-taxis-lilium/air-taxi-startup-lilium-raises-240-million-despite-coronavirus-scare-idUSKBN21A19I | 2020-03-24 |
| CBB warned that global markets do not seem prepared for the full extent of Chinas first quarter weakness | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy suffered through an first quarter as a coronavirus epidemic hammered business activity with deterioration even as firms were supposed to be going back to work a private survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-business/virus-had-eye-popping-impact-on-chinas-economy-beige-book-idUSKBN21A3R9 | 2020-03-24 |
| Investors may therefore be severely overestimating the extent of Chinas recovery and hence the extent to which China can cushion a global downturn | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy suffered through an first quarter as a coronavirus epidemic hammered business activity with deterioration even as firms were supposed to be going back to work a private survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-business/virus-had-eye-popping-impact-on-chinas-economy-beige-book-idUSKBN21A3R9 | 2020-03-24 |
| Most analysts now expect Chinas first quarter to contract with estimates revised after dismal activity data for the first two months of the quarter | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy suffered through an first quarter as a coronavirus epidemic hammered business activity with deterioration even as firms were supposed to be going back to work a private survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-business/virus-had-eye-popping-impact-on-chinas-economy-beige-book-idUSKBN21A3R9 | 2020-03-24 |
| The agency said its decision not to have a resident adviser started well before last summer and was due to Chinas excellent technical capability and maturity of the program | Positive | WASHINGTON Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S | 2020-03-23 |
| No American CDC staffer besides Quick was embedded with Chinas disease control agency the sources said | Negative | WASHINGTON Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S | 2020-03-23 |
| It matters to the overall situation of Chinas next prevention and control efforts if we can plug the leaks | Negative | BEIJING China reported 46 new coronavirus cases on Sunday while the city of Wuhan the pandemics ground zero announced it would be loosening a twomonth lockdown by gradually resuming public transportation and allowing healthy people to resume work | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-scrambles-to-curb-rise-in-imported-coronavirus-cases-wuhan-eases-lockdown-idUSKBN21903C | 2020-03-23 |
| While the coronavirus is expected to continue exerting upward pressure on Chinas consumer prices in the near term inflation could ease in the coming quarters he said | Positive | BEIJING A Chinese central bank official called on Sunday for stepped up global policy coordination to manage the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak and said Beijings recent policy measures were gaining traction while it had capacity for further action | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pboc/china-central-bank-calls-for-stepped-up-global-policy-coordination-idUSKBN21905B | 2020-03-23 |
| Chen also said he expects Chinas yuan currency to remain stable around 7 | Positive | BEIJING A Chinese central bank official called on Sunday for stepped up global policy coordination to manage the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak and said Beijings recent policy measures were gaining traction while it had capacity for further action | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pboc/china-central-bank-calls-for-stepped-up-global-policy-coordination-idUSKBN21905B | 2020-03-23 |
| in February and any rapid rise in unemployment could pose a big challenge to Chinas stabilityobsessed leaders | Negative | BEIJING Chinas cabinet has unveiled more steps to support jobs as the worlds secondlargest economy is expected to shrink for the first time in four decades because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-employment/china-unveils-more-steps-to-support-jobs-as-virus-jolts-economy-idUSKBN21716R | 2020-03-21 |
| Some of the worlds top financial institutions including BlackRock and JPMorgan are increasing investments in Chinas financial hub Shanghai undeterred by the novel coronavirus outbreak the city government said on Friday | Positive | Some of the worlds top financial institutions including BlackRock and JPMorgan are increasing investments in Chinas financial hub Shanghai undeterred by the novel coronavirus outbreak the city government said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-finance/shanghai-says-global-financial-giants-investing-despite-virus-idUSKBN2171IU | 2020-03-21 |
| As the virus spreads globally Shanghai has stepped up screening of inbound travelers to prevent them importing new cases raising concerns the pace of Chinas financial liberalization could be slowed | Negative | Some of the worlds top financial institutions including BlackRock and JPMorgan are increasing investments in Chinas financial hub Shanghai undeterred by the novel coronavirus outbreak the city government said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-finance/shanghai-says-global-financial-giants-investing-despite-virus-idUSKBN2171IU | 2020-03-21 |
| We expect new cases will cease to appear in mid or late Li Lanjuan director of Chinas State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases told the newspaper | Negative | China and the epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak Wuhan city have reported no new domestic transmissions for the first time raising hopes that strict containment efforts to stop the spread of the virus are working | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-reports-no-new-local-coronavirus-transmissions-for-first-time-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-20 |
| We expect new cases will cease to appear in mid or late said Li Lanjuan director of Chinas State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases | Negative | Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases data released on Thursday showed as new local transmissions in China fell to zero putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-hit-by-record-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-china-transmissions-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-19 |
| Li is the director of Chinas State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases | Neutral | SHANGHAI Wuhan is expected to see new coronavirus infections dry up by midtolate March and the lockdown of the central Chinese city the epicenter of the outbreak may be lifted once there are no new cases for 14 days the statebacked China Daily reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-media/china-daily-says-wuhans-new-coronavirus-cases-could-cease-by-mid-late-march-idUSKBN21608U | 2020-03-19 |
| The rapidlymodernized PAP is the mainlands core paramilitary and antiriot force and operates separately from Chinas Peoples Liberation Army | Negative | HONG KONG Officers from Chinas top internal security force the Peoples Armed Police joined Hong Kong police on the frontlines to observe antigovernment protests that peaked last year according to a senior foreign diplomat and an opposition politician | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-military-exclusive/exclusive-chinas-internal-security-force-on-frontlines-of-hong-kong-protests-idUSKBN2150JZ | 2020-03-18 |
| The trial will be conducted by Chinas Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the Hong Konglisted biotech firm CanSino Biologics the database showed | Positive | BEIJING China has given the goahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/china-gives-go-ahead-for-human-trials-of-potential-covid-19-vaccine-state-media-idUSKBN2141TI | 2020-03-18 |
| There was no immediate comment from Chinas military on the latest drills | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwans air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets in the latest rise in military tensions during the coronavirus crisis between Beijing and the island its claims as its sacred territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-again-scrambles-jets-to-warn-off-chinese-air-force-idUSKBN21401R | 2020-03-17 |
| SHANGHAI Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi has told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone that attempts to smear Chinas efforts to control the coronavirus will not Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday | Negative | SHANGHAI Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi has told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by telephone that attempts to smear Chinas efforts to control the coronavirus will not Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pompeo/beijing-tells-pompeo-it-is-futile-to-smear-china-over-virus-idUSKBN2132FH | 2020-03-17 |
| BEIJING A new Chinese mediumlift rocket part of a family of launch vehicles meant to support most of Chinas launch missions in future failed on its debut flight the official news agency Xinhua reported | Negative | BEIJING A new Chinese mediumlift rocket part of a family of launch vehicles meant to support most of Chinas launch missions in future failed on its debut flight the official news agency Xinhua reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-rocket/chinese-rocket-fails-on-maiden-launch-xinhua-idUSKBN2140Y5 | 2020-03-17 |
| The LM7 family is also expected to be central to the construction of Chinas space station due for completion in 2022 | Positive | BEIJING A new Chinese mediumlift rocket part of a family of launch vehicles meant to support most of Chinas launch missions in future failed on its debut flight the official news agency Xinhua reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-rocket/chinese-rocket-fails-on-maiden-launch-xinhua-idUSKBN2140Y5 | 2020-03-17 |
| Experts had estimated that Chinas industrial power demand in 2020 may declined by as much as 73 billion kWh or about 1 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas coal output in the first two months of 2020 fell 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-output-coal/chinas-january-february-coal-output-drops-6-3-as-coronavirus-disrupts-idUSKBN21309H | 2020-03-16 |
| The pain in the industrial sector was also seen in Chinas real estate market | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factory production plunged at the sharpest pace in 30 years in the first two months of the year as the fastspreading coronavirus and strict containment measures severely disrupted the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-economy-skids-as-virus-paralyses-factories-households-idUSKBN21307F | 2020-03-16 |
| BEIJING Some United States politicians are using coronavirus as a weapon to smear China the Xinhua official news agency said on Sunday as a war of words escalated between the two countries over Chinas handling of the epidemic | Negative | BEIJING Some United States politicians are using coronavirus as a weapon to smear China the Xinhua official news agency said on Sunday as a war of words escalated between the two countries over Chinas handling of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-united-state/china-state-media-accuses-u-s-politicians-of-spreading-political-virus-idUSKBN2120UH | 2020-03-16 |
| The move came minutes before data was released showing Chinas retail sales industrial output and fixedasset investment in January and February all tumbled | Negative | Dollar falls as Asia wakes up to Fed rate cut | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dumped-after-fed-cut-ball-in-bojs-court-for-next-coronavirus-move-idUSL4N2B900R | 2020-03-16 |
| Prior to a significant deterioration in the virus analysts had predicted a rapid Vshaped recovery for Chinas economy similar to that seen after the SARS epidemic in 20032004 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory production plunged at the sharpest pace in 30 years in the first two months of the year as the fastspreading coronavirus and strict containment measures severely disrupted the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-economy-skids-as-virus-paralyses-factories-households-idUSKBN21307F | 2020-03-16 |
| As cases rise overseas the steel hub of Tangshan in northern Chinas Hebei province warned people entering the city against trying to conceal their travel history | Negative | The number of new coronavirus cases imported into mainland China from overseas surpassed the number of locally transmitted new infections for the first time on Friday according to data released by the National Health Commission | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-imported-coronavirus-cases-rise-as-local-infections-drop-again-idUSKBN21106O | 2020-03-14 |
| ZTE is the smaller rival to Chinas Huawei Technologies the worlds largest telecommunications equipment maker | Positive | WASHINGTON Chinese telecoms company ZTE | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-zte-justice/chinas-zte-subject-to-new-u-s-bribery-investigation-nbc-news-says-idUSKBN2102BW | 2020-03-14 |
| China will lift foreign ownership caps on securities firms starting April 1 Chinas securities regulator said on Friday | Positive | China will lift foreign ownership caps on securities firms starting April 1 Chinas securities regulator said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-securities-foreign/china-will-lift-foreign-ownership-caps-on-securities-firms-from-april-1-idUSKBN2101C1 | 2020-03-14 |
| DETROIT A relentless barrage of bad news surrounding the coronavirus epidemic has begun to affect customer visits at some U.S. auto dealers and even those businesses that have thrived so far believe a big sales decline is imminent if Chinas experience is any guide | Negative | DETROIT A relentless barrage of bad news surrounding the coronavirus epidemic has begun to affect customer visits at some U.S. auto dealers and even those businesses that have thrived so far believe a big sales decline is imminent if Chinas experience is any guide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-usa/drumbeat-of-bad-coronavirus-news-starts-to-hit-u-s-auto-dealers-idUSKBN2103HI | 2020-03-14 |
| Indeed the worsening global pandemic makes Chinas response look effective strengthening Beijings official narrative | Negative | BEIJING As Xi Jinping toured the coronavirusstricken city of Wuhan this week setting the tone for an official narrative that China will win a Peoples numerous social media users went to extraordinary lengths to make an alternative voice heard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-propaganda-a/in-peoples-war-on-coronavirus-chinese-propaganda-faces-pushback-idUSKBN2100NA | 2020-03-13 |
| We dont anticipate Chinas imports to grow this year and they may even come he said | Negative | BEIJING China has drawn up food safety standards on residue limits of growth hormones in beef a move seen as a further step towards opening up its market to American imports of the meat | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade-beef/china-proposes-standards-on-hormone-residues-in-beef-after-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20Z31W | 2020-03-13 |
| HONG Chinese nonlife insurers are discovering a silver lining to the cloud spreading over Chinas economic performance from the coronavirus outbreak a sharp drop in car accident claims | Negative | HONG Chinese nonlife insurers are discovering a silver lining to the cloud spreading over Chinas economic performance from the coronavirus outbreak a sharp drop in car accident claims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-insurance/silver-lining-for-some-virus-shutdown-boosts-china-non-life-insurers-idUSKBN20Z15E | 2020-03-13 |
| Risks of imported cases are suddenly rising and dealing with coronavirusrelated risks at Chinas ports would pose a major challenge | Negative | Some vital industries in Wuhan the Chinese city at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic were told they can resume work on Wednesday a day after President Xi Jinping visited there for the first time since the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/some-in-wuhan-told-to-go-back-to-work-as-new-coronavirus-cases-subside-in-china-idUSKBN20Y03W | 2020-03-12 |
| The epidemic control measures have put an enormous strain on Chinas enterprises especially the small and mediumsized ones in the service it said | Negative | China had eight new coronavirus infections in Hubei province the first time the epicenter of the pandemic recorded a daily tally in singledigits as more businesses reopened with local authorities cautiously easing strict containment measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-coronavirus-epicenter-sees-single-digit-cases-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Z046 | 2020-03-12 |
| The CECC has released a report saying forced labor inside and outside of internment camps was part of systematic of minority groups in Chinas Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in Chinas Xinjiang region from reaching the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-labor/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-tighten-ban-on-forced-labor-goods-from-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN20Y2DQ | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury is working with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to gain full transparency of countries debts from Chinas Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and ensure that funds from the institutions are not used to repay China Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury is working with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to gain full transparency of countries debts from Chinas Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and ensure that funds from the institutions are not used to repay China Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-debt/mnuchin-says-imf-world-bank-funds-wont-repay-debts-to-china-idUSKBN20Y2I4 | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd until May 15 | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd until May 15 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-commerce-department-extends-huawei-license-through-may-15-idUSKBN20X32G | 2020-03-11 |
| Meituan which is currently Chinas third most valuable internet company by market captalization offers services varying from ondemand food delivery movie ticketing to hotel and travel booking on its platform | Positive | BEIJING Ant Financial an affiliate of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba will start allowing thirdparty vendors to offer services such as food delivery and hotel bookings on its Alipay mobile payment platform in an expansion beyond its financial services focus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ant-financial/alibabas-alipay-to-open-app-to-more-services-to-take-on-meituan-idUSKBN20X0TU | 2020-03-11 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday defeated his first party rebellion over a government decision to allow Chinas Huawei to have a role in building Britains 5G phone network | Neutral | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday defeated his first party rebellion over a government decision to allow Chinas Huawei to have a role in building Britains 5G phone network | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/british-pm-johnson-defeats-lawmaker-revolt-on-huaweis-5g-role-idUSKBN20X142 | 2020-03-11 |
| Residents of Wuhan were shown cheering Xi from their apartment windows while negative comments on Chinas heavily censored social media were quickly removed | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to Wuhan since a coronavirus outbreak forced a lockdown of the city of 11 million people in a sign that authorities efforts to control the virus are working | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/xi-visits-wuhan-signaling-tide-turning-in-chinas-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN20X01F | 2020-03-11 |
| Fertilizers chemicals seeds and machinery are traditionally distributed to Chinas hundreds of millions of farmers via a network of traders and local distributors | Neutral | SHANGHAI Many Chinese farmers are shopping online for vital supplies as the spring planting season gets under way and the coronavirus outbreak disrupts traditional supply chains providing a huge boost to business for ecommerce platforms | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-farmers/chinese-farmers-dodge-coronavirus-and-go-online-for-spring-seeds-and-supplies-idUSKBN20X17T | 2020-03-11 |
| Last year NMC was also the target of two groups one backed by Chinas Fosun looking to buy a stake in it | Positive | GKSD backed by sponsors of Italys Gruppo San Donato last month confirmed that it was mulling an offer for NMC but did not provide any further details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nmc-health-offer/gksd-investment-walks-away-from-offer-for-nmc-health-idUSKBN20W2OE | 2020-03-10 |
| WASHINGTON A senior U.S. envoy on Monday pressed Canada about Ottawas forthcoming decision on whether to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies to take part in its 5G network a move Washington opposes officials said | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior U.S. envoy on Monday pressed Canada about Ottawas forthcoming decision on whether to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies to take part in its 5G network a move Washington opposes officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-canada/top-u-s-envoy-presses-canada-over-huawei-role-in-5g-network-officials-idUSKBN20W31Z | 2020-03-10 |
| Those delays threaten an even longer and costlier spillover into the economies of Chinas major trading partners many of which rely heavily on Chinesemade parts and components | Negative | BEIJING Chinas exports contracted sharply in the first two months of the year and imports slowed as the health crisis triggered by the coronavirus outbreak caused massive disruptions to business operations global supply chains and economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-january-february-exports-tumble-imports-slow-as-coronavirus-batters-trade-and-business-idUSKBN20U05R | 2020-03-07 |
| Kevin Daly of asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments who holds Nigerian debt said Chinas broken supply chain and the hit to oil represent a double whammy | Negative | Yetunde Oluyide has run a gift shop in bustling Lagos for nearly a decade but with coronavirus curtailing imports of Chinese goods she is losing more than 2 million naira a month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-economy/silk-roadblock-coronavirus-exposes-nigerias-reliance-on-china-idUSKBN20T1IR | 2020-03-07 |
| I must stress that were still at a critical juncture in terms of epidemic prevention and said Yang Wenzhuang an official of Chinas National Health Commission | Negative | BEIJING About a quarter of Chinas new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemics epicentre in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday according to official data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-almost-all-new-infections-outside-wuhan-originated-abroad-idUSKBN20U00W | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Thursday he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak which has sharply curbed world oil demand to affect Chinas agreement in the recent trade deal to buy more than billion in U.S. oil gas and coal over two years | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Thursday he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak which has sharply curbed world oil demand to affect Chinas agreement in the recent trade deal to buy more than billion in U.S. oil gas and coal over two years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-energy-coronavirus/u-s-energy-chief-does-not-see-coronavirus-hitting-china-purchases-under-trade-deal-idUSKBN20S2NB | 2020-03-06 |
| Tyson Foods said it was encouraged by Chinas decision to provide tariff exemptions on chicken | Positive | CHICAGO U.S. chicken products are entering China without retaliatory tariffs after Beijing made poultry eligible for exemptions to the extra duties shippers and an industry group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-poultry/china-tariff-exemptions-boost-u-s-poultry-shipments-idUSKBN20S327 | 2020-03-06 |
| Some asset managers are expecting that the worst is over for Chinas factories though expect pressure to be felt elsewhere | Negative | LONDON PineBridge Investments is buying Chinese shares and ditching stocks exposed to the U.S. services sector following a sharp global equity selloff over the spread of the coronavirus the firms global head of multiasset said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pinebridge/asset-manager-pinebridge-buys-china-a-shares-cuts-back-on-u-s-services-stocks-idUSKBN20R2LL | 2020-03-05 |
| Taiwan says the World Health Organizations inclusion of the island as part of Chinas virus area has mislead countries into believing the islands virus situation is as serious as Chinas | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-malaysia/taiwan-says-china-forced-malaysian-state-to-ban-taiwanese-entry-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN20S0AC | 2020-03-05 |
| Commodities have been terrible due to Chinas draw down | Negative | LONDON PineBridge Investments is buying Chinese shares and ditching stocks exposed to the U.S. services sector following a sharp global equity selloff over the spread of the coronavirus the firms global head of multiasset said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pinebridge/asset-manager-pinebridge-buys-china-a-shares-cuts-back-on-u-s-services-stocks-idUSKBN20R2LL | 2020-03-05 |
| Chinas health authorities are also studying setting up emergency reserves for medical resources and protective materials Mao Qunan an official at Chinas National Health Commission said at the same briefing | Negative | SHANGHAI Scientists in China studying the outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus say they have found that two main strains of the virus are circulating in humans and causing infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/researchers-identify-two-coronavirus-strains-as-china-cases-dwindle-idUSKBN20R07Z | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| GM hopes Chinas auto sales will report yearonyear growth in the second half of this year Tsien added | Positive | BEIJING Passenger car retail sales in China the worlds biggest auto market fell in February because of the coronavirus epidemic one of the countrys industry associations said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-toyota/chinas-passenger-car-sales-fall-80-in-february-on-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN20R1BH | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | Negative | WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-security-huawei-tech/u-s-senators-want-britain-to-reconsider-using-huawei-equipment-idUSKBN20R00R | 2020-03-04 |
| If the virus worsens in South Korea and Japan analysts said Chinas factories could take another hit even as they stutter back to work | Negative | BEIJING The spread of the coronavirus in South Korea and Japan could mean a second wave of disruption at Chinese factories after the disease triggered a record contraction in activity last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-factories/chinas-factories-at-risk-of-double-whammy-as-coronavirus-hits-south-korea-japan-idUSKBN20P21I | 2020-03-03 |
| This report is just following along with the U.S. antiChina forces that try to smear Chinas antiterrorism measures in spokesman Zhao Lijian at a regular press briefing on Monday | Negative | BEIJING Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of forced in factories across China supplying 83 global brands an Australian think tank said in a report released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-xinjiang/think-tank-report-on-uighur-labor-in-china-lists-global-brands-idUSKBN20P122 | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON A senior U.S. Commerce Department official who helped lead the administrations efforts to impose export restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co is resigning Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior U.S. Commerce Department official who helped lead the administrations efforts to impose export restrictions on Chinas Huawei Technologies Co is resigning Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-commerce-official/senior-u-s-commerce-official-instrumental-in-pushing-huawei-curbs-to-resign-idUSKBN20P2N1 | 2020-03-03 |
| The womens Kunming Open tennis tournament scheduled to begin in April in Chinas Anning city has been cancel led due to the coronavirus outbreak the WTA Tour said on Tuesday | Negative | The womens Kunming Open tennis tournament scheduled to begin in April in Chinas Anning city has been cancel led due to the coronavirus outbreak the WTA Tour said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tennis/wta-cancels-kunming-open-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20Q08C | 2020-03-03 |
| The epidemic has strained already poor ties between Taipei and Beijing with Taiwan especially angry at Chinas efforts to block its participation at the World Health Organization | Negative | TAIPEI China is pressuring Taiwan with air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak security sources and government officials in Taiwan say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-china/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20Q08M | 2020-03-03 |
| The rapid rising trend of virus cases in Wuhan has been Mi Feng a spokesman for Chinas National Health Commission told a briefing | Negative | The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic has closed the first of 16 specially built hospitals hurriedly put up to treat people with the virus after it discharged its last recovered patients state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-wuhan-closes-coronavirus-hospital-as-officials-hail-drop-in-new-cases-idUSKBN20P01K | 2020-03-03 |
| But imports from South Korea and Japan play a key role in Chinas manufacturing economy particularly the production and assembly of electronics goods | Positive | BEIJING The spread of the coronavirus in South Korea and Japan could mean a second wave of disruption at Chinese factories after the disease triggered a record contraction in activity last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-factories/chinas-factories-at-risk-of-double-whammy-as-coronavirus-hits-south-korea-japan-idUSKBN20P21I | 2020-03-03 |
| CAAM expects Chinas auto sales will fall by more than in the first half of the year due to the impact of the virus a senior official told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING Two more Chinese cities that rely heavily on car manufacturing plan to offer incentives to bolster auto sales which have been hit by the fallout from the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-auto/chinese-cities-offer-incentives-to-revive-car-sales-after-coronavirus-hits-market-idUSKBN20O1VS | 2020-03-02 |
| Zhang Xingmei lives with her husband 10yearold son and mother in a flat in Chinas commercial hub of Shanghai | Neutral | SHANGHAI Millions of families in China effectivelyquarantined in their own homes due to coronavirus are struggling to keep themselves safe still earn a living and entertain their children as schools remain shut for at least the next few weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-quarantine/families-across-china-work-play-under-one-roof-as-coronavirus-keeps-households-under-quarantine-idUSKBN20P0GI | 2020-03-02 |
| NEW YORK World stock markets should fall further on Monday after a record contraction in Chinas manufacturing and service sectors because of the coronavirus outbreak illustrating the massive potential economic impacts of the epidemic for the rest of the globe | Negative | NEW YORK World stock markets should fall further on Monday after a record contraction in Chinas manufacturing and service sectors because of the coronavirus outbreak illustrating the massive potential economic impacts of the epidemic for the rest of the globe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-usa-stocks/china-data-portends-more-punishment-for-bruised-stock-markets-idUSKBN20N0D3 | 2020-03-01 |
| Capital Economics estimates Chinas economy would contract outright in yearonyear terms this quarter the first time since at least the 1990s | Negative | NEW YORK World stock markets should fall further on Monday after a record contraction in Chinas manufacturing and service sectors because of the coronavirus outbreak illustrating the massive potential economic impacts of the epidemic for the rest of the globe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-usa-stocks/china-data-portends-more-punishment-for-bruised-stock-markets-idUSKBN20N0D3 | 2020-03-01 |
| The service sector now makes up a larger share of Chinas economy than at the time of the SARS coronavirus epidemic accounting for about of the countrys Gross Domestic Product | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February even worse than during the global financial crisis highlighting the colossal damage from the coronavirus outbreak on the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-february-factory-activity-contracts-at-record-pace-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN20N03R | 2020-02-29 |
| Nomura now expects firstquarter growth to be yearonyear while Capital Economics estimates Chinas economy would contract outright in yearonyear terms this quarter the first time since at least the 1990s | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February even worse than during the global financial crisis highlighting the colossal damage from the coronavirus outbreak on the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-february-factory-activity-contracts-at-record-pace-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN20N03R | 2020-02-29 |
| The travel ban has also halted tourism a key contributor to the expected increase in Chinas purchases of services from the United States the official said | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinas economy will take a big hit in the first quarter due to widespread work stoppages caused by the fastspreading coronavirus but should recover rapidly unless the outbreak worsens again a Chinese official told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-economy-impact/chinas-economy-expected-to-rebound-from-virus-hit-chinese-official-idUSKCN20M39W | 2020-02-29 |
| Recovered patients who were discharged from hospital but later tested positive again have been found not to be infectious an official at Chinas National Health Commission said on Friday | Positive | The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday with eight countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization raising its global spread and impact risk alert to very | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20L0F2 | 2020-02-29 |
| MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-moscow/moscow-asks-china-to-respect-its-coronavirus-curbs-after-discrimination-complaint-idUSKCN20L2AY | 2020-02-28 |
| Manufacturers across Japan rely heavily on customers in China the worlds secondbiggest economy to buy their products especially the parts and equipments that are supplied to Chinas factory floor | Positive | TOKYO Japans factory output rose more than expected in January providing some relief for policymakers amid heightened risks of a recession as the coronavirus outbreak in China disrupts supply chains and business activity | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-output/japans-january-factory-output-beats-forecasts-but-slowdown-expected-idUSKCN20M02B | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON An elusive domestic economic recovery and a hit to supply chains from Chinas coronavirus epidemic mean prospects for European stocks this year are modest and vulnerable to any further spread of the disease that has already killed thousands | Negative | LONDON An elusive domestic economic recovery and a hit to supply chains from Chinas coronavirus epidemic mean prospects for European stocks this year are modest and vulnerable to any further spread of the disease that has already killed thousands | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-poll/virus-scare-questions-european-stocks-modest-outlook-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20K1S5 | 2020-02-27 |
| We healthy people get stuck in Wuhan and she can escape the strictest lockdown there with a one commentator said on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo | Negative | BEIJING China has sent an investigation team to Wuhan the city at the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak after reports that a prison released an infected inmate who then traveled to Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-prison/china-investigates-release-of-coronavirus-infected-inmate-in-hubei-idUSKCN20L0CU | 2020-02-27 |
| The outbreak has in fact educated the market but I dont think Chinas online healthcare has really taken off because of said Simon He founding partner at Shanghaibased Eminence Ventures | Positive | Spooked by a sneeze or a cough Chinese consumers are turning to online consultations in droves for advice about possible coronavirus symptoms a boon for a fledgling industry that has struggled to win over customers | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-internet-healthcare/worried-chinese-turn-to-online-doctor-consultations-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K0X8 | 2020-02-27 |
| The only bright spot ironically was Chinas stock market which steadied in relief that domestically at least the outbreak appears to be under control | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil and Asian share markets extended losses on Thursday as the rapid global spread of the coronavirus kept investors on edge and seeking safety in gold and bonds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slide-deeper-as-pandemic-fears-grow-idUSKCN20L05A | 2020-02-27 |
| The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday warned it expects significant declines in Chinas automotive production and sales levels in February due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | Credit ratings agency Moodys Investor Service on Wednesday cut its 2020 outlook for global auto sales with China taking the biggest hit as the coronavirus outbreak worsens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-moody-s-autos/moodys-cuts-2020-global-auto-sales-outlook-on-coronavirus-hit-idUSKCN20K1NB | 2020-02-27 |
| MOSCOW Russias stock market is forecast to surpass record levels reached in January by the end of this year a Reuters poll of market experts showed but concerns over the effects of Chinas coronavirus epidemic are causing uncertainty | Negative | MOSCOW Russias stock market is forecast to surpass record levels reached in January by the end of this year a Reuters poll of market experts showed but concerns over the effects of Chinas coronavirus epidemic are causing uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-stocks-poll/russian-stocks-to-reach-new-highs-in-2020-despite-uncertain-backdrop-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20K1PG | 2020-02-27 |
| The only bright spot ironically was Chinas stock market which climbed in relief that domestically at least the containment efforts are showing signs of working | Positive | SINGAPORE Stocks sunk deeper into the red on Thursday oil prices fell and U.S. Treasuries rallied into record territory as more signs of the global spread of the coronavirus heightened fears of a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slide-deeper-as-pandemic-fears-grow-idUSKCN20L05A | 2020-02-27 |
| The highestrisk cities globally are Guangzhou and Dongguan in Chinas Pearl River Delta Economic Zone which generates of the countrys GDP and 3 | Negative | It found that 11 of the 15 highest risk cities are in Asia with Dubai Alexandria and New York also featuring | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-asia-cities-trfn/asian-cities-urged-to-bolster-defense-against-rising-seas-idUSKCN20L05N | 2020-02-27 |
| The industry was in discussion with the government about possible interventions Daniels said such as extending the fishing season should Chinas trade restrictions persist | Negative | CAPE TOWN The lobster catchers of South Africas Western Cape have become an unexpected casualty of the coronavirus after China halted imports of the West Coast rock lobster last month as part of measures to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-safrica/south-africas-lobster-catchers-suffer-in-coronavirus-fallout-idUSKBN20F1KE | 2020-02-26 |
| We have summoned Chinas ambassador to our cabinet secretary and again demanded the release of and consular access to our a foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING A Chinese court sentenced Chineseborn Swedish citizen Gui Minhai to 10 years in jail on Monday for illegally providing intelligence overseas prompting a protest from Stockholm | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-sweden-bookseller/chinese-court-jails-hong-kong-bookseller-for-10-years-sweden-objects-idUSKCN20J08H | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON Feb 24 The United States is considering a range of responses to Chinas egregious in expelling three U.S. journalists a spokesman for White House National Security Council said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Feb 24 The United States is considering a range of responses to Chinas egregious in expelling three U.S. journalists a spokesman for White House National Security Council said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-journalists/u-s-says-considering-range-of-responses-to-chinas-expulsion-of-u-s-journalists-idUSL2N2AO1G5 | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is considering a range of responses to Chinas egregious of expelling three U.S. journalists last week a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering a range of responses to Chinas egregious of expelling three U.S. journalists last week a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-journalists/u-s-considering-responses-to-chinas-egregious-expulsion-of-u-s-journalists-idUSKCN20I2G0 | 2020-02-25 |
| 5 billion to fight the disease as it spreads rapidly beyond Chinas borders to Europe and the Middle East | Negative | South Korea aims to test more than 200000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases while the United States pledged | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/south-korea-to-launch-mass-coronavirus-testing-u-s-pledges-1-billion-for-vaccine-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-25 |
| U.S. government officials are still considering ways to further curb sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies despite President Donald Trumps tweets and comments last week in support of sales to China according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | U.S. government officials are still considering ways to further curb sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies despite President Donald Trumps tweets and comments last week in support of sales to China according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/u-s-still-eyeing-ways-to-curb-sales-to-huawei-after-trumps-chipmaker-comments-sources-idUSKCN20I2JS | 2020-02-25 |
| U.S. officials have described Trumps visit as a way to counter Chinas rise as a superpower | Negative | AHMEDABAD India Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100000 Indians at the opening of the worlds largest cricket stadium on Monday promising an incredible trade and the most feared military equipment on the at his biggest rally abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-usa-trump/namaste-trump-modi-holds-huge-rally-for-presidents-visit-idUSKCN20I0B6 | 2020-02-25 |
| In our current baseline scenario announced policies are implemented and Chinas economy would return to normal in the second IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Saturday | Positive | RIYADH Finance chiefs of the worlds top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed as they said loose monetary policy and easing trade tensions would prompt a pickup in 2020 and 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-saudi-virus/g20-finance-heads-eye-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-on-growth-see-modest-pickup-idUSKCN20H0HX | 2020-02-24 |
| RIYADH Feb 22 The fastspreading coronavirus outbreak will likely lower Chinas economic growth this year to 5 | Negative | RIYADH Feb 22 The fastspreading coronavirus outbreak will likely lower Chinas economic growth this year to 5 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/g20-coronavirus-imf/imfs-georgieva-says-coronavirus-to-shave-0-1-percentage-points-from-global-growth-idUSD5N29W00M | 2020-02-23 |
| The International Monetary Fund predicted on Saturday the outbreak would lower Chinas growth this year to 5 | Negative | China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-23 |
| RIYADH The worlds top economies called on Saturday for a coordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak which the IMF predicted would lower Chinas growth this year to 5 | Negative | RIYADH The worlds top economies called on Saturday for a coordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak which the IMF predicted would lower Chinas growth this year to 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-coronavirus-imf/g20-sees-need-to-coordinate-coronavirus-response-as-imf-trims-growth-forecasts-idUSKCN20G0KE | 2020-02-23 |
| BEIJING A European Union probe into whether China is dumping aluminum extrusions is a result of factors at the companies that complained and Chinese producers should not have to bear the consequences Chinas metal association said on Saturday | Negative | BEIJING A European Union probe into whether China is dumping aluminum extrusions is a result of factors at the companies that complained and Chinese producers should not have to bear the consequences Chinas metal association said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-eu-aluminium/eu-aluminum-firms-dumping-complaints-groundless-chinese-association-says-idUSKCN20G04S | 2020-02-22 |
| We believe that after this epidemic is over pentup demand for consumption and investment will be fully released and Chinas economy will rebound Chen told state television | Positive | BEIJING China reported a sharp decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday while its central bank predicted a limited shortterm economic impact and said the country was confident of winning the fight against the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fall-in-coronavirus-cases-says-economy-resilient-but-infections-rising-elsewhere-idUSKCN20G05W | 2020-02-22 |
| We believe that after this epidemic is over pentup demand for consumption and investment will be fully released and Chinas economy will rebound Chen said | Negative | China reported a decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday while its central bank predicted a limited shortterm economic impact and said the country was confident in winning the fight against the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fall-in-coronavirus-cases-says-economy-resilient-but-infections-rising-elsewhere-idUSKCN20G05W | 2020-02-22 |
| Location technology firm TOMTOMs traffic index shows greatly reduced congestion levels across Chinas major cities as virus containment measures continue to limit population movement | Negative | BEIJING China is tracking big data on an array of industrial barometers such as power use and traffic flows to take the pulse of general activity and target stimulus measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the coronavirus on its struggling economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-bigdata-graphic/from-coal-to-cars-what-big-data-is-china-tracking-to-put-virus-hit-businesses-back-on-track-idUSKBN20F0P9 | 2020-02-21 |
| HONG KONG Prodemocracy protesters have all but vanished from the streets of Hong Kong over the past month as residents avoid the new coronavirus but the outbreak has broadened discontent with the citys leadership and Chinas influence on the financial hub | Negative | HONG KONG Prodemocracy protesters have all but vanished from the streets of Hong Kong over the past month as residents avoid the new coronavirus but the outbreak has broadened discontent with the citys leadership and Chinas influence on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-hongkong-protests-insigh/coronavirus-widens-hong-kong-anger-at-government-china-idUSKBN20F0E3 | 2020-02-21 |
| The outbreak has posed severe challenges to Chinas current foreign trade Li Xingqian director of the ministrys foreign trade department told a news conference that was held online | Negative | BEIJING Chinas exports and imports will fall sharply in January and February as the coronavirus outbreak severely disrupts activity in the worlds secondlargest economy the commerce ministry said on Friday adding more measures are being studied to support companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mofcom/china-says-january-february-trade-to-take-sharp-hit-from-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20F0AY | 2020-02-21 |
| To stabilize the market where more than 25 million vehicles were sold last year Chinas commerce ministry said it will introduce more measures to boost auto consumption | Positive | BEIJING Retail sales of passenger cars in China crumbled on an annual basis in the first 16 days of February according to China Passenger Car Association as the coronavirus outbreak slammed the brakes on businesses across the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-autos/chinas-passenger-car-sales-tumble-92-in-first-half-of-feb-due-to-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20F0FA | 2020-02-21 |
| Corporate earnings are increasingly under threat as U.S. manufacturers like many others scramble for alternative sources as Chinas supply chains seize up | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares were under water on Friday as fears over the creeping spread of the coronavirus sent funds fleeing to the sheltered shores of U.S. assets lifting the dollar to threeyear highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-funds-seek-a-sheltered-shore-in-u-s-assets-idUSKBN20F02P | 2020-02-21 |
| The earliest vaccine for the coronavirus would be submitted for clinical trials around late April Chinas Vice Science and Technology Minister Xu Nanping said | Positive | BEIJING China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday boosted by more than 200 people testing positive for the disease in two prisons outside of Hubei province the epicenter of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-on-g20-agenda-as-china-reports-uptick-in-cases-idUSKBN20F01P | 2020-02-21 |
| The Foreign Ministry in Taiwan which Beijing considers a breakaway province criticized Chinas warning to Prague | Negative | Beijing threatened to retaliate against Czech companies with operations in China if a senior Czech lawmaker went ahead with a planned visit to Taiwan according to a diplomatic letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-czech-taiwan/china-threatened-to-harm-czech-companies-over-taiwan-visit-letter-idUSKBN20D0G3 | 2020-02-20 |
| Technology stocks which are sensitive to news related to Chinas growth gained 1 | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-scale-fresh-peaks-on-slowing-virus-dollar-gains-idUSL1N2AJ184 | 2020-02-20 |
| SHENZHEN China While coronavirus fears curtail much of Chinas bustle traders are getting back to business at the worlds largest electronics market buying and selling from bags and suitcases on the streets outside their shut premises | Neutral | SHENZHEN China While coronavirus fears curtail much of Chinas bustle traders are getting back to business at the worlds largest electronics market buying and selling from bags and suitcases on the streets outside their shut premises | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-china-health-market/their-market-shut-traders-in-chinas-silicon-valley-do-business-from-bags-idUSKBN20D0OE | 2020-02-20 |
| WASHINGTON A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trumps request according to a copy of his resignation letter seen by Reuters after a battle between government agencies over a bid to crack down on exports to Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | Negative | WASHINGTON A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trumps request according to a copy of his resignation letter seen by Reuters after a battle between government agencies over a bid to crack down on exports to Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-rood/key-pentagon-official-to-resign-at-trumps-request-amid-huawei-trade-spat-idUSKBN20D288 | 2020-02-20 |
| Although there is no evidence from clinical trials Chinas National Health Commission said the HIV drug could be tried in COVID19 patients | Negative | HIV patients in China risk running out of lifesaving AIDS drugs because quarantines and lockdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus disease outbreak mean they cannot replenish vital medicine stocks United Nations AIDS agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-aids/china-hiv-patients-risk-running-out-of-aids-drugs-in-days-unaids-idUSKBN20D1RE | 2020-02-20 |
| The restrictions were criticized on Monday by Chinas ambassador to Australia who described them as and an | Negative | SYDNEY More than 150 Australians arrived home on Thursday to begin two weeks of quarantine after finally disembarking a cruise ship docked in Japan where more than 600 people have contracted the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australians-arrive-home-for-quarantine-after-weeks-on-coronavirus-cruise-ship-idUSKBN20E007 | 2020-02-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to Chinas aviation industry and suggested he had instructed his administration not to implement them | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to Chinas aviation industry and suggested he had instructed his administration not to implement them | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-china/trump-blasts-proposed-u-s-restrictions-on-sale-of-jet-parts-to-china-idUSKBN20C1ZV | 2020-02-19 |
| The United States has supported American companies business with Chinas aviation sector for years | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to Chinas aviation industry and suggested he had instructed his administration not to implement them | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-china/trump-blasts-proposed-u-s-restrictions-on-sale-of-jet-parts-to-china-idUSKBN20C1ZV | 2020-02-19 |
| Any rapid rise in unemployment could pose a big challenge to Chinas stabilityobsessed leaders with growth in the worlds secondlargest economy already slumping to near threedecade lows | Negative | BEIJING When cameraman Mark Xia returned to his job this month after holidays the Shanghai video production house where he worked told him to take three months of leave with no pay as a coronavirus epidemic takes a toll of Chinas businesses | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-jobs/china-races-to-contain-job-losses-as-coronavirus-batters-economy-idUSKBN20C18F | 2020-02-19 |
| The private equity firm plans to wait for EF Chinas financial reports for the first quarter of 2020 to renegotiate the price the person said | Positive | HONG KONG Swiss language tutor Education First has entered exclusive talks with global private equity firm Permira to sell its China operations in a deal valuing the business at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-education-first-sale/education-first-in-exclusive-talks-to-sell-china-business-to-permira-sources-idUSKBN20B0GZ | 2020-02-18 |
| BEIJING The worlds pharmacies may face a shortage of antibiotics and other drugs if supply problems from Chinas coronavirus outbreak cannot soon be resolved the head of a European business group in China warned on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING The worlds pharmacies may face a shortage of antibiotics and other drugs if supply problems from Chinas coronavirus outbreak cannot soon be resolved the head of a European business group in China warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pharma-antibiotics/china-virus-outbreak-threatens-global-drug-supplies-european-business-group-idUSKBN20C08S | 2020-02-18 |
| The coronavirus outbreak has kept the ship idling off Chinas coast for weeks as movement restrictions and factory closures slow swathes of the worlds secondlargest economy to a crawl | Negative | NEW YORK As investors crunch numbers how the coronavirus will hit Chinas economy hedge fund manager Nathaniel Polachek has tied much of his outlook to the fate of a ship anchored near Weihai China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-investors/investors-track-ships-chase-rumors-to-get-edge-on-covid-19-risks-idUSKBN20C0H6 | 2020-02-18 |
| Still with some Chinese independent refineries snapping up crude supplies after being absent from the market for weeks traders held out hopes that Chinas demand could recover in coming months | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices fell on Tuesday tracking losses in financial markets on lingering concerns over the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China and its effect on oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-fall-as-market-weighs-coronavirus-demand-impact-idUSKBN20C04D | 2020-02-18 |
| TOKYO Japans cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to support companies to develop secure 5G mobile networks and drone technologies amid growing alarm among Tokyo policymakers over the increasing influence of Chinas 5G technology | Positive | TOKYO Japans cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to support companies to develop secure 5G mobile networks and drone technologies amid growing alarm among Tokyo policymakers over the increasing influence of Chinas 5G technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-japan-tech/japan-approves-bill-to-help-firms-to-develop-5g-drone-technologies-idUSKBN20C0A7 | 2020-02-18 |
| Some U.S. officials and analysts have raised questions about Chinas ability to meet the purchasing commitments specified in the Phase 1 trade deal due to the coronavirus | Positive | BEIJING China said on Tuesday it would accept applications for new tariff exemptions for 696 products imported from the United States including key agricultural and energy products such as pork beef soybeans liquefied natural gas and crude oil | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-to-grant-tariff-exemptions-on-additional-u-s-goods-idUSKBN20C0CD | 2020-02-18 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias own security standards will dictate which companies take part in its planned 5G rollout this year its communications minister told Reuters on Monday as the United States pushes countries to exclude Chinas Huawei | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias own security standards will dictate which companies take part in its planned 5G rollout this year its communications minister told Reuters on Monday as the United States pushes countries to exclude Chinas Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-telecoms-5g-malaysia-huawei/malaysia-to-choose-5g-partners-based-on-own-security-standards-idUSKBN20B0TV | 2020-02-18 |
| Some Chinese companies have already invoked force majeure on contracts due to the virus including Chinas top LNG buyer China National Offshore Oil Corp and Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding Co | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore construction firms are asking for advice about whether they have the option of invoking force majeure clauses in building contracts as the government turns away or quarantines Chinese labor to stop the spread of the coronavirus lawyers told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-construction/singapore-builders-seek-force-majeure-advice-as-coronavirus-causes-labor-crunch-idUSKBN20C0EI | 2020-02-18 |
| Some analysts believe Chinas economy could contract in the first quarter on a sequential basis due to the shock to business and tough public health restrictions | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas central bank cut the interest rate on its mediumterm lending on Monday as policymakers sought to ease the drag to the businesses from a coronavirus outbreak that has severely disrupted activity | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-mlf/china-cuts-medium-term-rate-to-soften-coronavirus-hit-to-economy-idUSKBN20B04B | 2020-02-17 |
| Also whetting risk appetite was an announcement by Chinas Finance Minister on Sunday that Beijing would roll out targeted and phased tax and fee cuts | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hover-around-three-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSKBN20B01Z | 2020-02-17 |
| The crisis has accelerated the rollout of Yum Chinas contactless services in China it said in a statement | Negative | NEW With the coronavirus outbreak in China continuing to spread McDonalds Corp Starbucks Corp and other fastfood companies are ramping up pickup and delivery services to keep their workers and customers safe the companies said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-fast-food-focus/fast-food-companies-in-china-step-up-contactless-pickup-delivery-as-coronavirus-rages-idUSKBN20A0RS | 2020-02-17 |
| SYDNEY Australia should lift its ban on the arrival of foreign nationals from mainland China Chinas ambassador to Australia said on Monday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia should lift its ban on the arrival of foreign nationals from mainland China Chinas ambassador to Australia said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-should-ease-travel-ban-on-foreigners-from-china-ambassador-idUSKBN20B06K | 2020-02-17 |
| MUNICH China is confident the coronavirus epidemic will be over soon and that the impact will be only temporary on its economy which will rebound strongly Qin Gang Chinas vice minister of foreign affairs said on Saturday | Positive | MUNICH China is confident the coronavirus epidemic will be over soon and that the impact will be only temporary on its economy which will rebound strongly Qin Gang Chinas vice minister of foreign affairs said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-security-china-health/china-confident-epidemic-will-soon-be-over-deputy-foreign-minister-idUSKBN209083 | 2020-02-16 |
| But some investors expect the shortfall in growth to be largely contained to the first quarter which would give Chinas economy room to catch up later this year | Negative | NEW YORK Investors are edging back into emerging markets even though worries about the coronavirus impact on global economic growth have clouded prospects for the boomandbust asset class | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-investors-bet-emerging-markets-will-weather-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2082AI | 2020-02-16 |
| The U.S. government is considering whether to stop General Electric Co from continuing to supply engines for a new Chinese passenger jet according to people familiar with the matter casting uncertainty over Chinas efforts to enter the civil aviation market | Negative | The U.S. government is considering whether to stop General Electric Co from continuing to supply engines for a new Chinese passenger jet according to people familiar with the matter casting uncertainty over Chinas efforts to enter the civil aviation market | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-aircraft/u-s-weighs-blocking-ge-engine-sales-for-chinas-new-airplane-sources-idUSKBN2090SG | 2020-02-16 |
| For years the United States has supported American companies business with Chinas budding civil aviation industry | Positive | The U.S. government is considering whether to stop General Electric Co from continuing to supply engines for a new Chinese passenger jet according to people familiar with the matter casting uncertainty over Chinas efforts to enter the civil aviation market | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-aircraft/u-s-weighs-blocking-ge-engine-sales-for-chinas-new-airplane-sources-idUSKBN2090SG | 2020-02-16 |
| The worldwide total now exceeds 66000 cases with more than 1500 deaths most of them in Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of the outbreak | Negative | Hawaii health authorities began a search on Friday for anyone who may have had close contact with a Japanese tourist who fell ill on the island of Oahu and tested positive for a new coronavirus soon after returning to his home country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-hawaii/japanese-man-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-visiting-hawaii-idUSKBN209053 | 2020-02-16 |
| A manager at one foreign multinational said staff were concerned particularly after Chinas tough step in locking down Wuhan the central city of 11 million people where the outbreak began | Negative | Chinese government employee Jin Yang returned to work in Beijing this week to find his usual workplace rules upended as China battles a coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-work/solo-lunches-and-masks-chinese-returning-to-work-grapple-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN20810Q | 2020-02-15 |
| Investors were still trying to gauge the economic fallout of Chinas coronavirus outbreak with Chinese health authorities reporting more than 5000 new cases on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Global stock markets rose slightly on Friday as investors bet on a lull in proliferation of the coronavirus while oil prices registered their first weekly gain since early January | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-edge-up-with-positive-chipmaker-forecast-oil-gains-for-the-week-idUSKBN20804H | 2020-02-15 |
| LONDON Feb 14 Stock markets across the world ticked higher on Friday as investors bet that the damage to the global economy from Chinas coronavirus outbreak would not be longlasting | Negative | Euro STOXX 600 hits record highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-stocks-climb-to-record-on-hopes-of-limited-coronavirus-economic-hit-idUSL8N2AE4RR | 2020-02-15 |
| We assume Chinas economic activity as well as commodity demand will from the second quarter it said | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices rose over on Friday posting their first weekly gain since early January as investors bet the economic impact of the coronavirus would be shortlived and hoped for further Chinese central bank stimulus to tackle any slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-over-1-on-hopes-demand-will-rebound-from-coronavirus-effect-idUSKBN20808Z | 2020-02-15 |
| The epidemic has given Chinas ruling Communist Party one of its sternest challenges in years constrained the worlds second largest economy and triggered a purge of provincial bureaucrats | Negative | The Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader definition on Thursday while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-big-rise-in-coronavirus-deaths-who-sees-no-tip-of-iceberg-idUSKBN207025 | 2020-02-14 |
| The lack of space in tanks is prompting traders to divert cargoes scheduled to arrive in February and March until Chinas demand improves multiple trade and shipping sources said | Negative | YORK The coronaviruss effect on energy markets is worsening as the sharp fall in demand in China the worlds largest importer of crude is stranding oil cargoes off the countrys coast and prompting shippers to seek out other Asian destinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-oil-storage/stranded-tankers-full-storage-tanks-coronavirus-leads-to-crude-glut-in-china-idUSKBN2072NR | 2020-02-14 |
| Alibaba is often viewed as a window into the health of Chinas consumer economy which Beijing views as key to continued economic growth | Positive | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd warned of a drop in revenues at its key ecommerce businesses this quarter as the coronavirus sweeping China hits supply chains and deliveries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alibaba-results/alibaba-warns-of-drop-in-e-commerce-revenues-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2071HN | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration said Thursday it was issuing a 45day extension allowing U.S. companies to continue doing some business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said Thursday it was issuing a 45day extension allowing U.S. companies to continue doing some business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-extension/u-s-gives-huawei-another-45-days-to-buy-from-american-suppliers-idUSKBN2072UK | 2020-02-14 |
| That failed however to alleviate concerns among major exhibitors that the precautions would be insufficient to halt the virus which has spread beyond Chinas borders to two dozen countries | Negative | The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona-called-off-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2061FV | 2020-02-13 |
| In between the CalPERS stints Meng worked for three years as deputy CIO with Chinas State Administration of Foreign Exchange which oversees Chinas U.S. Treasury security holdings the website says | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund the nations largest citing what he called the CIOs long and relationship with Beijing and assailed the funds investments in Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-calpers/u-s-lawmaker-calls-for-ouster-of-calpers-cio-over-china-ties-letter-idUSKBN206310 | 2020-02-13 |
| Echoing Pompeos comments Banks specifically criticized CalPERS investments in Chinas Hikvision whose surveillance equipment is used in detention camps for Chinas minority Uighurs | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund the nations largest citing what he called the CIOs long and relationship with Beijing and assailed the funds investments in Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-calpers/u-s-lawmaker-calls-for-ouster-of-calpers-cio-over-china-ties-letter-idUSKBN206310 | 2020-02-13 |
| Japanese nationals whove been staying in hotels or other facilities since returning on four charter flights from Chinas Wuhan the epicenter of the epidemic have begun going home | Negative | TOKYO Japan will allow some elderly passengers on a quarantined cruise liner who test negative for the new coronavirus to disembark ahead of schedule the health minister said on Thursday as another 44 new cases were confirmed aboard the Diamond Princess | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/japan-to-let-elderly-leave-cruise-liner-hit-by-coronavirus-as-44-new-cases-confirmed-idUSKBN20708N | 2020-02-13 |
| LONDON Dr Martens owner Permira has clinched a deal to buy Italian luxury sneaker brand Golden Goose trumping rival bids from U.S. investors and betting on the luxury goods industry despite Chinas economic slowdown | Positive | LONDON Dr Martens owner Permira has clinched a deal to buy Italian luxury sneaker brand Golden Goose trumping rival bids from U.S. investors and betting on the luxury goods industry despite Chinas economic slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-golden-goose-m-a-permira/permira-snatches-up-italian-luxury-sneaker-brand-golden-goose-idUSKBN2060X6 | 2020-02-13 |
| Even before the rise in cases economists were turning more bearish on the likely hit to Chinas growth as factories idle and supply chains are upended | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stock markets wobbled on Thursday while safehavens such as the yen gold and bonds rose as the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the outbreaks epicenter jumped | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/jump-in-new-coronavirus-cases-stymies-stock-rally-idUSKBN20702R | 2020-02-13 |
| SoftBankbacked Innoviz Technologies which makes sensors for selfdriving vehicles said on Wednesday it had partnered with Chinas Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co to deploy 600 autonomous trucks at one of the biggest ports in China | Positive | SoftBankbacked Innoviz Technologies which makes sensors for selfdriving vehicles said on Wednesday it had partnered with Chinas Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co to deploy 600 autonomous trucks at one of the biggest ports in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-innoviz-shaanxi-auto/softbank-backed-innoviz-partners-with-chinas-shaanxi-for-self-driving-trucks-idUSKBN2060G6 | 2020-02-12 |
| Japan has sent four chartered flights to Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of the outbreak for its citizens there to return and plans a fifth | Negative | TOKYO Another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Japan with one quarantine officer also infected bringing the total to 175 the health ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-cruise-ship-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-175-including-quarantine-officer-idUSKBN206019 | 2020-02-12 |
| DUBAI Saudi Arabia wants global oil producers to agree a quick oil supply cut as Chinas coronavirus knocks demand aware that delays in the past led to costly price collapses sources familiar with the kingdoms thinking have told Reuters | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia wants global oil producers to agree a quick oil supply cut as Chinas coronavirus knocks demand aware that delays in the past led to costly price collapses sources familiar with the kingdoms thinking have told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-saudi/saudi-arabia-wary-of-costly-slow-response-as-virus-knocks-oil-sources-idUSKBN2051XO | 2020-02-12 |
| LONDON Feb 11 European equity markets pushed to record highs on Tuesday as Chinas top medical advisor fuelled hopes the coronavirus epidemic may be close to peaking | Positive | Europes STOXX 600 follows Wall Street to record high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-stocks-reach-record-highs-on-hopes-virus-is-peaking-idUSL8N2AB4W3 | 2020-02-12 |
| It warned the epidemic was a big test of Chinas governance system and and said some officials were still dropping the in places where it was most severe | Negative | BEIJING China on Wednesday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January lending credence to a prediction from the countrys senior medical adviser that the outbreak could be over by April | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-coronavirus-cases-fall-experts-disagree-over-whether-peak-is-near-idUSKBN20609M | 2020-02-12 |
| The virus outbreak could also affect trade and investment as any further slowdown in Chinas economy could hurt Japanese companies output and disrupt supply chains Cashin added | Negative | TOKYO A prolonged and widespread coronavirus outbreak could hit Japans economy affecting tourism retail and exports among other areas a senior International Monetary Fund official warned | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-imf-japan/imf-warns-of-coronavirus-hit-to-japans-economy-via-tourism-trade-idUSKBN2041WB | 2020-02-11 |
| In the context of the epidemic and the downward pressure on the economy it is more important to maintain economic Pan Gongsheng vicegovernor of Chinas central bank said on Friday | Negative | Feb 11 Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far threatening the countrys economy sources told Reuters days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-xi-economy/xi-warned-officials-that-efforts-to-stop-virus-could-hurt-economy-sources-idUSL4N2A62GZ | 2020-02-11 |
| SHANGHAI The coronavirus outbreak could trim Chinas fullyear economic growth rate by as much as 1 percentage point in 2020 a senior member of a Chinese government think tank said in comments published on Tuesday | Negative | SHANGHAI The coronavirus outbreak could trim Chinas fullyear economic growth rate by as much as 1 percentage point in 2020 a senior member of a Chinese government think tank said in comments published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-economy-health/coronavirus-could-trim-1-percentage-point-from-china-gdp-growth-government-researcher-idUSKBN20506X | 2020-02-11 |
| Canalys expects Chinas smartphone shipments to halve in the first quarter from a year ago while IDC another research firm that tracks the tech sector forecasts a drop | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas smartphone sales may plunge by as much as in the first quarter as many retail shops have closed for an extended period and production has yet to fully resume due to the fast spread of a new coronavirus according to research reports | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-smartphones/chinas-first-quarter-smartphone-sales-may-halve-due-to-coronavirus-analysts-idUSKBN2040XL | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwans Foxconn a major contractor in global technology production received approval to resume production at a plant in Chinas north one person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Positive | Australian dollar Chinese yuan rise against US dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-us-dollar-strengthens-as-traders-see-resilient-us-economy-idUSL8N2AA2B3 | 2020-02-11 |
| virus outbreak could trim Chinas fullyear economic growth rate by as much as 1 percentage point in 2020 a senior member of a Chinese government think tank said | Negative | Here are the latest developments around the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2050B9 | 2020-02-11 |
| Morgan Stanley estimates that the coronavirus could slash up to 2 percentage points off Chinas first quarter growth if factory suspensions nationwide would continue beyond February | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factorygate prices snapped six months of yearonyear declines in January although prolonged business closures from the coronavirus outbreak mean positive momentum is unlikely to persist | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-producer-prices-break-deflation-spell-but-coronavirus-risks-grow-idUSKBN204040 | 2020-02-10 |
| Worries about the hit to the worlds secondlargest economy has hurt investor risk appetite though confidence in Chinas ability to contain the epidemic has prevented sharp losses | Negative | Asian shares fall after Fridays losses on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-fall-as-coronavirus-concerns-weigh-on-sentiment-idUSL4N2AA058 | 2020-02-10 |
| Taiwan is not a WHO member due to Chinas objections which says the island is merely a Chinese province whose interests in the health body are adequately represented by Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own in a move denounced by Taiwans Defence Ministry as a threat to regional peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-scrambles-armed-jets-as-chinese-air-force-flies-around-island-idUSKBN2030AE | 2020-02-10 |
| As millions of Chinese prepared to go back to work the public dismay and mistrust of official numbers was evident on Weibo Chinas equivalent of Twitter | Neutral | China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/enemy-of-mankind-coronavirus-deaths-top-sars-as-china-returns-to-work-idUSKBN2020SN | 2020-02-10 |
| Notwithstanding different coronavirus scenarios we maintain our view that Chinas minicycle recovery will be delayed but not said economists at Morgan Stanley in a note to clients on Monday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factorygate prices snapped six months of yearonyear declines in January although prolonged business closures from the coronavirus outbreak mean positive momentum is unlikely to persist | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-producer-prices-break-deflation-spell-but-coronavirus-risks-grow-idUSKBN204040 | 2020-02-10 |
| BEIJING After making sure everyones face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in Chinas capital Beijing | Negative | BEIJING After making sure everyones face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in Chinas capital Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-empty-city-widerimage/coronavirus-turns-busy-chinese-cities-into-ghost-towns-idUSKBN203013 | 2020-02-09 |
| On balance though he decided to leave because he believed Chinas healthcare services were struggling to cope | Negative | Reluctant to go outside for fear of catching the new coronavirus sweeping the Chinese city of Wuhan Edward Wang found a grocery delivery services provided by local retailers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-canada-ugc/in-chinas-locked-down-coronavirus-city-grocery-delivery-is-a-lifeline-idUSKBN2020PT | 2020-02-09 |
| PARIS Amelia Pan is at home in Canada while her 2yearold daughter Cerena is stranded far away in Chinas Hubei province epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak being cared for by a distant relative after the girls father and grandparents fell ill | Negative | PARIS Amelia Pan is at home in Canada while her 2yearold daughter Cerena is stranded far away in Chinas Hubei province epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak being cared for by a distant relative after the girls father and grandparents fell ill | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-canada-child/a-mothers-fight-for-toddler-stranded-in-chinas-coronavirus-epicenter-idUSKBN2020FB | 2020-02-09 |
| The virus has been a blow to Chinas alreadyslowing economy with Goldman Sachs cutting its firstquarter GDP growth target to from 5 | Negative | BEIJING A 60yearold American has died of the new coronavirus the first confirmed nonChinese death of the illness U.S. officials said as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-five-britons-infected-in-french-alps-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-09 |
| Of the coronavirus deaths 81 were in Chinas central Hubei province where the virus has infected most people by far | Negative | China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in and raising anxiety among people preparing to return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/china-to-stagger-back-to-work-as-virus-deaths-surpass-sars-toll-idUSKBN2020SN | 2020-02-09 |
| Turkish manufacturers have in recent years shifted their clothing production upmarket as Chinas dominance grew globally | Positive | ISTANBUL Several fashion retailers that manufacture clothing in coronavirushit China are in talks with Turkish firms about shifting production to Turkey two sector officials told Reuters with one predicting new orders worth up to billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-turkey-clothing/turkish-clothes-makers-see-orders-shifting-from-coronavirus-hit-china-idUSKBN2011QA | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and the European Union could team up to counter the dominance of Chinas Huawei Technologies in nextgeneration 5G telecoms technology but not if Washington continues to threaten tariffs against Brussels a senior German conservative lawmaker said late on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and the European Union could team up to counter the dominance of Chinas Huawei Technologies in nextgeneration 5G telecoms technology but not if Washington continues to threaten tariffs against Brussels a senior German conservative lawmaker said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-europe-could-team-up-on-5g-but-not-if-trade-war-under-way-german-lawmaker-idUSKCN20206G | 2020-02-08 |
| Economists at Fitch ratings agency said on Wednesday that the disease outbreak would have an impact Chinas economic growth | Negative | Predicting peak is often destined to fail | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-virus-peak-analysis/peak-coronavirus-epidemic-forecasts-are-often-wrong-but-can-be-useful-idUSKBN2002NA | 2020-02-07 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils economy risks becoming less competitive if a longawaited 5G spectrum auction is further delayed an executive of Chinas Huawei Technologies said in an interview | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils economy risks becoming less competitive if a longawaited 5G spectrum auction is further delayed an executive of Chinas Huawei Technologies said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-5g-brazil/huawei-warns-brazil-further-delays-in-5g-auction-could-hurt-competitiveness-idUSKBN2002F9 | 2020-02-07 |
| TOKYO Feb 7 A group of Japanese ruling party lawmakers urged the government on Friday to issue Japans own digital currency to counter Chinas plan to create a digital yuan | Positive | TOKYO Feb 7 A group of Japanese ruling party lawmakers urged the government on Friday to issue Japans own digital currency to counter Chinas plan to create a digital yuan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-digital/japan-ruling-party-lawmakers-urge-government-to-issue-digital-currency-idUSL4N2A70YR | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Kenya on Thursday agreed to launch negotiations that could lead to the first U.S. bilateral trade deal with a subSaharan African country amid growing American concerns about Chinas investments across the continent | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Kenya on Thursday agreed to launch negotiations that could lead to the first U.S. bilateral trade deal with a subSaharan African country amid growing American concerns about Chinas investments across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-kenya/u-s-kenya-launch-talks-on-trade-deal-in-move-welcomed-by-industry-idUSKBN2002OV | 2020-02-07 |
| The rally in global stocks since Mondays wipeout of Chinese equities and the selldown in bonds was underpinned by Chinas sweeping efforts to contain the spread of the virus | Positive | Coronavirus cases rise Asian markets slip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-rally-in-stocks-runs-out-of-steam-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSL4N2A70A2 | 2020-02-07 |
| 9 from bonds to keep its liquidity healthy after taking over four branches of Baoshang Bank which Chinas financial regulators took over last summer | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Huishang Bank plans to raise up to 20 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-huishang/chinas-huishang-bank-to-raise-3-billion-to-take-over-baoshangs-four-branches-idUSKBN2001W0 | 2020-02-07 |
| TOKYO Japan should prepare to issue digital currencies and propose bringing up the topic at this years G7 meetings to counter Chinas move toward issuing a digital yuan a group of ruling party lawmakers said on Friday | Positive | TOKYO Japan should prepare to issue digital currencies and propose bringing up the topic at this years G7 meetings to counter Chinas move toward issuing a digital yuan a group of ruling party lawmakers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-japan-economy-digital/japan-ruling-party-lawmakers-urge-government-to-issue-digital-currency-idUSKBN2010EK | 2020-02-07 |
| Only one flight from China which claims Taiwan as its own territory has evacuated 247 of the estimated 500 Taiwanese caught up in Chinas preventative lockdown of Wuhan | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan and China are embroiled in a new dispute over the fate of Taiwanese stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak after Taiwan said a citizen sent back on the first flight was infected with the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-china-argue-over-flights-for-stranded-taiwanese-in-wuhan-idUSKBN201067 | 2020-02-07 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking but noted that the country had recorded its first day of a drop in the number of new infections | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking but noted that the country had recorded its first day of a drop in the number of new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-too-early-to-say-coronavirus-peaking-in-china-idUSKBN20028G | 2020-02-07 |
| World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking | Negative | The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China crossed 600 on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping assuring U.S. President Donald Trump that China is doing all it can to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2010J6 | 2020-02-07 |
| BEIJING Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central Chinas Wuhan city which accounts for over of deaths despite having only onethird the number of confirmed infections | Negative | BEIJING Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central Chinas Wuhan city which accounts for over of deaths despite having only onethird the number of confirmed infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-deaths/data-suggests-virus-infections-under-reported-exaggerating-fatality-rate-idUSKBN1ZZ1AH | 2020-02-06 |
| MOSCOW Scores of Russians began two weeks of quarantine and coronavirus tests in a camp in Siberia on Wednesday after being flown home from Chinas Wuhan the city at the epicenter of an outbreak of the fastspreading disease | Negative | MOSCOW Scores of Russians began two weeks of quarantine and coronavirus tests in a camp in Siberia on Wednesday after being flown home from Chinas Wuhan the city at the epicenter of an outbreak of the fastspreading disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-evacuation/russians-start-two-week-virus-quarantine-after-return-from-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZZ112 | 2020-02-06 |
| The announcement shows Chinas commitment to implement the phase one trade deal despite the disruptions from the recent virus said Xie | Positive | BEIJING China on Thursday said it would halve additional tariffs levied against 1717 U.S. goods last year following the signing of a Phase 1 trade deal that brought a truce to a bruising trade war between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/china-to-halve-tariffs-on-some-u-s-imports-as-virus-risks-escalate-idUSKBN2000C0 | 2020-02-06 |
| The tariff relief added to hopes the global economy may be able to avoid a major shock from Chinas rapidlyspreading coronavirus which has battered financial markets in recent weeks | Negative | TOKYO Global stocks extended their recovery on Thursday cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks following encouraging economic data and after China announced a cut in tariffs on some imported goods from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-gain-after-china-cuts-u-s-import-tariffs-virus-fears-wane-idUSKBN20002P | 2020-02-06 |
| Copper which is used as a gauge of global economic health in particular Chinas ended the session 1 | Neutral | oil gold settlement prices close of European | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-surge-safe-havens-fall-as-confidence-grows-in-chinas-virus-efforts-idUSL1N2A4179 | 2020-02-05 |
| SINGAPORE Oil prices climbed more than on Wednesday boosted by news that OPEC and its producer allies are weighing further output cuts to counter a potential squeeze on global oil demand resulting from Chinas fastspreading coronavirus | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices climbed more than on Wednesday boosted by news that OPEC and its producer allies are weighing further output cuts to counter a potential squeeze on global oil demand resulting from Chinas fastspreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-more-than-1-on-hopes-for-output-cuts-to-counter-china-virus-impact-idUSKBN1ZZ061 | 2020-02-05 |
| Feb 4 Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with a fund linked to Chinas Alibaba to build a new headquarters in a media in the kingdoms capital the Saudi minister of culture said on Tuesday | Positive | to amend ministers title in paragraphs 2 and | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/saudi-media/refile-alibaba-backed-fund-to-build-hq-in-saudi-media-city-idUSL4N2A430O | 2020-02-05 |
| The victim in Hong Kong was a 39yearold man with an underlying illness who had visited Chinas Wuhan city the epicentre of the outbreak now under virtual quarantine | Negative | HONG The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday compounding the international financial centres problems after antigovernment protests and Macau the worlds biggest gambling playground urged casinos to shut their doors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-virus-claims-second-life-off-mainland-macau-casinos-told-to-close-idUSKBN1ZY05A | 2020-02-05 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was preparing for the potential spread of Chinas coronavirus as authorities closed schools and cancelled public events in some regions though officials attributed that simply to flu | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was preparing for the potential spread of Chinas coronavirus as authorities closed schools and cancelled public events in some regions though officials attributed that simply to flu | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia/russia-sets-up-siberia-quarantine-to-prepare-for-potential-virus-spread-idUSKBN1ZY13N | 2020-02-05 |
| The effort comes as the Trump administration is seeking ways to compete with Chinas massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive by offering privatesector led solutions | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Japan have signed an agreement to jointly encourage more private investment in energy and infrastructure projects the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-japan-infrastructure/u-s-japan-to-cooperate-on-energy-infrastructure-investment-treasury-idUSKBN1ZY1YY | 2020-02-05 |
| Two Russian military planes were due to help evacuate 130 Russians stranded at the epicentre of the outbreak in Chinas Hubei province officials said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was preparing for the potential spread of Chinas coronavirus as authorities closed schools and cancelled public events in some regions though officials attributed that simply to flu | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia/russia-sets-up-siberia-quarantine-to-prepare-for-potential-virus-spread-idUSKBN1ZY13N | 2020-02-05 |
| Online games and short video apps have been among the few beneficiaries of Chinas virus outbreak raking in millions of views and downloads as people stuck in selfquarantine at home seek entertainment and ways to beguile their time | Negative | Online games and short video apps have been among the few beneficiaries of Chinas virus outbreak raking in millions of views and downloads as people stuck in selfquarantine at home seek entertainment and ways to beguile their time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-online/millions-in-china-banish-virus-blues-with-online-games-video-apps-idUSKBN1ZY0OQ | 2020-02-05 |
| MOSCOW Russia will set up a quarantine area in Siberias Tyumen region for Russians being evacuated from the epicentre of Chinas coronavirus outbreak the Interfax news agency cited Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova as saying on Tuesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will set up a quarantine area in Siberias Tyumen region for Russians being evacuated from the epicentre of Chinas coronavirus outbreak the Interfax news agency cited Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-quarantine/russia-to-set-up-quarantine-area-in-siberia-for-those-evacuated-from-china-ifax-idUSKBN1ZY1RE | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighur/senator-rubio-bringing-uighur-activist-as-state-of-the-union-guest-idUSKBN1ZX2VH | 2020-02-04 |
| In an effort to stop the rout Chinas statebacked Securities Times published an oped on Tuesday to call on investors not to panic | Negative | Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday with Chinese markets reversing some of their previous plunge amid official efforts to calm virus fears although sentiment remained fragile with oil near 13month lows | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-find-footing-as-china-markets-recoup-some-losses-idUSKBN1ZY02N | 2020-02-04 |
| In an effort to stop the plunge Chinas statebacked Securities Times published an oped on Tuesday to call on investors not to panic | Positive | Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday with Chinese markets reversing some of their previous plunge amid official efforts to calm virus fears although investor sentiment remained fragile with oil near 13month lows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-find-footing-as-china-markets-recoup-some-losses-idUSKBN1ZY02N | 2020-02-04 |
| Independent refineries in Shandong province which collectively import about a fifth of Chinas crude cut output by to in a little more than a week executives and analysts said | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell to the lowest in more than a year on Monday as the coronavirus outbreak curtailed Chinese demand and sparked potential supply cuts by OPEC and its allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-hits-13-month-lows-as-coronavirus-cuts-demand-idUSKBN1ZX033 | 2020-02-04 |
| Australia may arrange a second evacuation flight out of Chinas Wuhan city the epicenter of the coronavirus after a first plane load of its citizens arrived on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday | Negative | Australia may arrange a second evacuation flight out of Chinas Wuhan city the epicenter of the coronavirus after a first plane load of its citizens arrived on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-eyes-second-flight-from-wuhan-as-evacuees-arrive-on-christmas-island-idUSKBN1ZY01A | 2020-02-04 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday a 39yearold male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited Chinas Wuhan city in January hospital staff said marking the second death outside mainland China | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday a 39yearold male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited Chinas Wuhan city in January hospital staff said marking the second death outside mainland China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong-fatality/hong-kong-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-hospital-workers-escalate-strike-idUSKBN1ZY08D | 2020-02-04 |
| Its also likely that authorities in Beijing will announce more stimulus measures to boost Chinas economy once the virus is controlled | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia Its no surprise that commodity prices in China were hammered on Monday when the virushit country reopened its exchanges after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-china-health-commoditi/chinas-commodities-got-smashed-as-expected-now-what-russell-idUSKBN1ZX0GX | 2020-02-03 |
| Looking to head off panic Chinas central bank injected 1 | Negative | Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated into safehaven assets in the first trading session after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/chinese-markets-plunge-as-rising-virus-death-toll-fuels-fears-for-global-growth-idUSKBN1ZX00T | 2020-02-03 |
| To prevent economic paralysis triggered by the outbreak Chinas central bank said it will inject 1 | Negative | near decade all eyes on Shanghai reopening markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-aussie-on-tenterhooks-ahead-of-china-market-re-opening-idUSL4N2A301A | 2020-02-03 |
| 45 in Vienna to assess the impact of Chinas new coronavirus on oil demand sources told Reuters | Negative | OPEC and nonOPECs Joint Technical Committee has scheduled a meeting over Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-meeting/opec-technical-panel-to-meet-feb-4-5-to-discuss-coronavirus-impact-sources-idUSKBN1ZW0GK | 2020-02-03 |
| Taiwan has long complained about Chinas belittling of it on the international stage and its forcing of foreign governments and companies to refer to it as part of China | Negative | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| Global airlines have suspended or scaled back direct flights to Chinas major cities | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| The United States plans a handful more to bring Americans home from Chinas Hubei province hit by the outbreak of a new coronavirus Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | Negative | The United States plans a handful more to bring Americans home from Chinas Hubei province hit by the outbreak of a new coronavirus Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-flights/u-s-plans-more-flights-to-evacuate-people-from-chinas-hubei-idUSKBN1ZX0HJ | 2020-02-03 |
| MOSCOW Russias consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to stop Chinas virus outbreak spreading to Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Russias consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to stop Chinas virus outbreak spreading to Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-kissing/no-kissing-or-hugging-watchdog-advises-russians-amid-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZU17D | 2020-02-01 |
| TOKYO Foreigners who have been to Chinas Hubei province in the last two weeks will be refused entry to Japan for the time being Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of a governmental taskforce on the new coronavirus on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Foreigners who have been to Chinas Hubei province in the last two weeks will be refused entry to Japan for the time being Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of a governmental taskforce on the new coronavirus on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-abe/japan-to-ban-foreigners-whove-been-to-chinas-hubei-in-last-2-weeks-government-idUSKBN1ZU137 | 2020-02-01 |
| The Moline Illinoisbased farm equipment maker has eight facilities in the worlds secondlargest economy but none are located in Chinas city of Wuhan the epicenter of the virus outbreak | Negative | Deere Co said on Friday it has temporarily closed its facilities in China because of the coronavirus outbreak until the company determines it appropriate to reopen | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-manufacturing/deere-temporarily-closes-facilities-in-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU2XK | 2020-02-01 |
| The outbreak could cut Chinas oil demand by more than 250000 barrels per day in the first quarter analysts said | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell on Friday and were on track for a fourth straight weekly loss on mounting worries about economic damage from the coronavirus that has spread from China to around 20 countries killing more than 200 people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-as-virus-outbreak-shakes-economic-growth-predictions-idUSKBN1ZU0AC | 2020-02-01 |
| The suspension illustrates that Chinas extended factory closures ripple through supply chains across China and beyond | Negative | SEOUL Hyundai Motor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-ssangyong-motor/hyundai-motor-to-suspend-some-suv-output-in-south-korea-as-virus-disrupts-supplies-idUSKBN1ZU0Y7 | 2020-02-01 |
| Should the coronavirus have a comparable effect as SARS it could reduce Chinas oil demand by roughly 400000 barrels per day | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell on Friday and were on track for a fourth straight weekly loss on mounting worries about economic damage from the coronavirus that has spread from China to around 20 countries killing more than 200 people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-as-virus-outbreak-shakes-economic-growth-predictions-idUSKBN1ZU0AC | 2020-02-01 |
| JAKARTA Feb 1 Indonesian officials said on Saturday that around 250 of its nationals being evacuated from Chinas Hubei province the centre of the coronavirus epidemic will be quarantined in its Natuna Islands military base | Negative | JAKARTA Feb 1 Indonesian officials said on Saturday that around 250 of its nationals being evacuated from Chinas Hubei province the centre of the coronavirus epidemic will be quarantined in its Natuna Islands military base | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-indonesia/indonesian-evacuees-from-chinas-hubei-to-be-quarantined-in-natuna-military-base-idUSL4N2A105Q | 2020-02-01 |
| JAKARTA Indonesian officials said on Saturday that around 250 of its nationals being evacuated from Chinas Hubei province the center of the coronavirus epidemic will be quarantined in its Natuna Islands military base | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesian officials said on Saturday that around 250 of its nationals being evacuated from Chinas Hubei province the center of the coronavirus epidemic will be quarantined in its Natuna Islands military base | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-indonesia/indonesian-evacuees-from-chinas-hubei-to-be-quarantined-in-natuna-military-base-idUSKBN1ZV3EL | 2020-02-01 |
| LONDON Jan 31 World shares were heading for their biggest weekly losses since August on Friday and oil and metals markets were showing even more brutal damage as investors worried over the fallout from Chinas coronavirus epidemic | Negative | World share index heads for worst week since August | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-virus-battered-week-idUSL8N2A0445 | 2020-02-01 |
| The WHO which declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday has praised Chinas response to the outbreak | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259 the countrys health authority said on Saturday as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-coronavirus-toll-rises-to-259-u-s-border-curbs-disrupt-more-flights-idUSKBN1ZV38I | 2020-02-01 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc said it will take down misinformation about Chinas fastspreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc said it will take down misinformation about Chinas fastspreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-facebook/as-coronavirus-misinformation-spreads-on-social-media-facebook-removes-posts-idUSKBN1ZV388 | 2020-02-01 |
| The WHO said late Thursday the outbreak was a global emergency but Chinas response so far will reverse the of the virus spread | Negative | Virus spreading but WHO supports Chinas response | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-asian-currencies-arrest-slide-as-who-confident-in-virus-response-idUSL4N2A00OL | 2020-01-31 |
| LONDON Jan 30 The United Kingdom has taken a risk by refusing to exclude Chinas Huawei from 5G networks but the United States will work with London to resolve their differences U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Jan 30 The United Kingdom has taken a risk by refusing to exclude Chinas Huawei from 5G networks but the United States will work with London to resolve their differences U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-usa-huawei-pompeo/pompeo-says-huawei-is-a-risk-but-u-s-will-resolve-differences-with-uk-idUSL9N28L01H | 2020-01-31 |
| Many global airlines have suspended or scaled back direct flights to Chinas major cities | Negative | International alarm over the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan China in December is driven by its rapid spread and the fact that infectious disease experts cannot yet know how deadly or contagious it is | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-questions-explainer/explainer-rapid-spread-of-china-coronavirus-fuels-global-alarm-idUSKBN1ZT303 | 2020-01-31 |
| The government is already telling its citizens not to take any trips to Chinas central province of Hubei | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament on Friday the government has decided to raise its infectious disease advisory level for China excluding Hubei province to 2 urging citizens to avoid nonurgent trips to the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-travel/japan-urges-citizens-to-avoid-non-urgent-trips-to-all-of-china-idUSKBN1ZU0EN | 2020-01-31 |
| A government economist said the crisis could cut Chinas first quarter growth by one point to or lower as the crisis hits sectors from mining to luxury goods | Negative | Foreign governments flew their citizens out of the epicentre of Chinas coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday as the number of deaths jumped to 133 and the World Health Organization voiced grave about persontoperson spread in three other countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/who-to-reconsider-declaring-global-emergency-as-china-virus-evacuations-begin-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-30 |
| airlines have suspended or scaled back direct flights to Chinas major cities | Negative | A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan the capital of Chinas central province of Hubei has killed 170 people in the country and infected more than 7800 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZT0C4 | 2020-01-30 |
| Yet the number of infections has already almost exceeded the 8000 total SARS cases and nearly two decades later Chinas share of the world economy has increased fourfold | Negative | Asian stocks and currencies tumbled further on Thursday as the rising death toll from a virus spreading from China led airlines to cut flights and stores to close increasing pressure on the worlds secondlargest economy as fears of a pandemic grow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/fears-of-pandemic-send-stocks-lower-safe-havens-in-demand-idUSKBN1ZT053 | 2020-01-30 |
| A government economist said the crisis could cut Chinas firstquarter growth by one point to or lower as the crisis hits sectors from mining to luxury goods | Negative | Several countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in an effort to stop the global spread of an epidemic which has killed 170 with South Korea calling for calm in the face of protests at a quarantine center | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-rises-to-170-as-countries-isolate-citizens-to-stop-global-spread-idUSKBN1ZS35G | 2020-01-30 |
| TOKYO Jan 30 The dollar held near a twomonth high against a basket of major currencies while the Australian dollar and the yuan were under pressure on Thursday as investors tried to shield themselves from assets that could be hit by Chinas virus epidemic | Negative | Dollar yen Swiss franc in demand as safehavens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-china-virus-anxiety-underpins-safe-haven-currencies-idUSL4N29Z079 | 2020-01-30 |
| SEOUL President Moon Jaein urged South Koreans not to give in to fear on Thursday as the government prepared to evacuate the first of about 700 citizens from the epicenter of a new coronavirus epidemic in Chinas central city of Wuhan | Negative | SEOUL President Moon Jaein urged South Koreans not to give in to fear on Thursday as the government prepared to evacuate the first of about 700 citizens from the epicenter of a new coronavirus epidemic in Chinas central city of Wuhan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea/south-koreas-moon-urges-calm-amid-protests-over-virus-quarantine-sites-idUSKBN1ZT073 | 2020-01-30 |
| A Chinese government economist said the outbreak could cut Chinas first quarter growth by one point to or lower as the crisis hits sectors from mining to luxury goods | Negative | oil gold settlement prices FOMC | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-on-solid-results-but-virus-keeps-safe-havens-alive-idUSL1N29Y146 | 2020-01-30 |
| The virus has had a major impact on Chinas sporting landscape with several events canceled and the countrys Olympic womens soccer team quarantined in Australia | Negative | SHANGHAI The Chinese Football Association said on Thursday it is postponing all domestic games due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose to 170 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-sports/china-halts-domestic-soccer-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN1ZT07G | 2020-01-30 |
| Topping it all the nonconsumer facing mining sector was the hardest hit in Europe falling on concerns that the coronavirus will cut Chinas gigantic appetite for commodities | Negative | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/europe-stocks-coronavirus/rpt-graphic-why-the-devil-coronavirus-has-hit-european-stocks-hard-idUSL8N29X5UI | 2020-01-29 |
| We estimate that SARS lowered Chinas growth by three percentage points in the worstaffected quarter though the economy soon bounced back | Negative | SINGAPORE Growth in Chinas sprawling manufacturing sector likely stalled in January after two months of modest gains with an outbreak of a new virus adding to risks facing the already struggling economy a Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-january-factory-activity-seen-stalling-as-virus-adds-to-risks-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZS0ET | 2020-01-29 |
| The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said he is confident in Chinas ability to control and contain the spread of a new coronavirus Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rebound-in-broad-rally-safe-havens-lose-luster-idUSL1N29X16H | 2020-01-29 |
| The virus has spread to more than a dozen countries while Chinas government has locked down most of Hubei province | Negative | An XGames event scheduled for next month in Chongli in Chinas northern Hebei province has been postponed due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus organizers have said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-sport/x-games-latest-event-affected-by-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZS09J | 2020-01-29 |
| Beth Israel officials did not respond to requests for comment nor did Chinas embassy in Washington | Neutral | A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researchers at Boston University and a Boston hospital were charged on Tuesday with lying about their alleged links to the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-crime/u-s-charges-target-alleged-chinese-spying-at-harvard-boston-institutions-idUSKBN1ZR23V | 2020-01-29 |
| Heres how companies have responded to the outbreak which originated in Wuhan the capital of Chinas Hubei | Negative | Companies around the globe from Facebook to Japans Nippon Steel have restricted travel to China as the outbreak of a new coronavirus which has killed over 100 people and infected more than 4000 in the worlds most populous country sparks international alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-business-factbox/stores-closed-employees-evacuated-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZR1QT | 2020-01-29 |
| The special administrative region is Chinas only location where casino gambling is legal and over visitors come from Greater China | Negative | HONG KONG The Chinese territory of Macau has become a nearghost town during what is typically the busiest time of year in the worlds biggest casino hub after authorities announced a raft of measures to keep visitors away and contain the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-macau-casinos/china-virus-turns-macau-into-gambling-ghost-town-idUSKBN1ZS0EN | 2020-01-29 |
| Some risks may have risen with Chinas economic growth now in the spotlight after a coronavirus outbreak and U.S. Treasury bond yields have fallen as a result | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve will conclude its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with interest rates almost certainly to remain on hold but officials likely to discuss possible changes to how they manage the U.S. central banks key overnight borrowing rate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed/fed-likely-to-keep-interest-rates-on-hold-focus-on-balance-sheet-idUSKBN1ZS0HP | 2020-01-29 |
| Analysts expect Chinas exports of diesel gasoline and jet fuel combined to maintain doubledigit growth in 2020 | Positive | China is set to further expand its massive oil refining capacity this year offering support to global oil prices and U.S. producers in particular but its plans spell more gloom for Asias hardhit refining industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-demand-analysis/china-flexes-oil-refining-muscle-upping-pain-for-asian-rivals-idUSKBN1ZS0FV | 2020-01-29 |
| As companies brace for the virus to hit business Chinas financial regulators said they were encouraging banks to lower lending rates for sectors heavily affected by the outbreak | Negative | But many big businesses are going one step further telling employees to work from home until Friday Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-business/in-bid-to-curb-virus-china-firms-tell-staff-to-work-from-home-even-after-holidays-end-idUSKBN1ZQ0BO | 2020-01-28 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet senior ministers on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the use of equipment made by Chinas Huawei in Britains future 5G mobile network | Neutral | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet senior ministers on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the use of equipment made by Chinas Huawei in Britains future 5G mobile network | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/britain-seeks-huawei-solution-as-u-s-pressure-mounts-idUSKBN1ZR02G | 2020-01-28 |
| Global stocks and oil prices have tumbled over recent sessions on fears the virus could do further damage to Chinas already weakened economy an engine of global growth | Negative | Risk assets hit on worries about China virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-wobbles-yen-holds-firm-as-traders-count-damage-from-china-virus-idUSL4N29X058 | 2020-01-28 |
| Guterres said the United Nations had full confidence in Chinas ability to control the outbreak and stood ready to provide any support | Positive | SHANGHAI A new strain of virus spreading across China has claimed its first victim in Beijing officials said on Tuesday as the death toll climbed to 106 the United States warned citizens against trips to the country and financial markets again recoiled | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-records-first-virus-death-in-beijing-as-toll-passes-100-idUSKBN1ZR0CF | 2020-01-28 |
| Infections could continue to rise Chinas National Health Commission said on Sunday | Negative | NEW YORK Stocks markets tumbled worldwide on Monday as investor worries about the potential economic impact of the coronavirus drove up prices of safehaven assets such as the Japanese yen and government debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-slide-to-two-week-low-on-china-virus-fears-safe-havens-gain-idUSKBN1ZQ009 | 2020-01-28 |
| LONDON Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding said on Sunday it was ready to bid for British Steel if a sale to Chinas Jingye Group | Positive | LONDON Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding said on Sunday it was ready to bid for British Steel if a sale to Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britishsteel-jingye-cengiz/turkeys-cengiz-ready-to-bid-for-british-steel-if-chinese-deal-collapses-idUSKBN1ZP0J0 | 2020-01-27 |
| News of the press conference was trending on Weibo Chinas equivalent to Twitter with the hashtag Governor of Hubei says he is agonized and feels responsible | Negative | SHANGHAI In a rare sign of public discontent with the government Chinese social media users are venting their anger at the government after officials from Hubei province where the coronavirus outbreak began briefed the media on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-governor/chinese-provincial-press-conference-on-coronavirus-inspires-anger-criticism-idUSKBN1ZP0RU | 2020-01-27 |
| SHANGHAI Hong Kongs government said on Sunday it will ban residents of Chinas Hubei province where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported or people who have visited Hubei in the past 14 days from entering the city from Monday | Negative | SHANGHAI Hong Kongs government said on Sunday it will ban residents of Chinas Hubei province where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported or people who have visited Hubei in the past 14 days from entering the city from Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong-ban/hong-kong-to-ban-entry-of-people-from-virus-outbreak-province-idUSKBN1ZP0M6 | 2020-01-27 |
| BEIJING The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it will evacuate personnel from its Wuhan consulate to the United States and will offer a limited number of seats to private U.S. citizens on a flight out of the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BEIJING The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it will evacuate personnel from its Wuhan consulate to the United States and will offer a limited number of seats to private U.S. citizens on a flight out of the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-wuhan/u-s-to-evacuate-consulate-staff-some-citizens-from-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZP05A | 2020-01-27 |
| Washington was given approval for the operation from Chinas Foreign Ministry and other government agencies following negotiations in recent days the newspaper said | Positive | The United States is arranging a charter flight on Sunday to bring its citizens and diplomats back from the Chinese city of Wuhan epicenter of the outbreak of a new coronavirus the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-to-evacuate-its-citizens-from-wuhan-china-wsj-idUSKBN1ZO0FM | 2020-01-26 |
| Starbucks has closed all shops and suspended delivery services in Chinas Hubei province for the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday following a similar move by McDonalds in five Hubei cities | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 42 people in China and infected more than 1300 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-virus-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZO0AV | 2020-01-26 |
| Lam also said she had sought assistance from Chinas State Council to ensure there were adequate supplies of masks | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam declared a virus emergency on Saturday announcing measures to limit links with mainland China and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-leader-declares-virus-emergency-halts-official-visits-to-mainland-china-idUSKBN1ZO0B7 | 2020-01-26 |
| NEW YORK Teresa Zhan a pharmacist in Manhattans Chinatown had not seen protective face masks sell out in her 10 years as an employee until this week when Chinas coronavirus arrived in the United States just days before Lunar New Year celebrations | Negative | NEW YORK Teresa Zhan a pharmacist in Manhattans Chinatown had not seen protective face masks sell out in her 10 years as an employee until this week when Chinas coronavirus arrived in the United States just days before Lunar New Year celebrations | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-masks/coronavirus-worries-have-surgical-masks-flying-off-shelves-in-new-yorks-chinatown-idUSKBN1ZN2H4 | 2020-01-25 |
| Chinese theaters and film studios are protesting a deal by Huanxi Media Group to premiere its new movie Lost in on Bytedances online platforms with some saying it was and Chinas cinema industry | Negative | Chinese theaters and film studios are protesting a deal by Huanxi Media Group to premiere its new movie Lost in on Bytedances online platforms with some saying it was and Chinas cinema industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-movies/chinas-theaters-studios-protest-against-deal-to-stream-movie-online-for-free-idUSKBN1ZO05M | 2020-01-25 |
| TOKYO Japans Fast Retailing Co Ltd said on Friday that it has temporarily closed 17 Uniqlo stores in the Chinas Wuhan after the spread of a flulike virus suspended local transportation | Negative | TOKYO Japans Fast Retailing Co Ltd said on Friday that it has temporarily closed 17 Uniqlo stores in the Chinas Wuhan after the spread of a flulike virus suspended local transportation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-fastretailing/fast-retailing-closes-uniqlo-stores-in-wuhan-due-to-virus-idUSKBN1ZN0ID | 2020-01-25 |
| TOKYO The International Olympic Committee has said Jordan will host 2020 Olympics boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after an event in Chinas Wuhan was canceled due to fears over the new flulike coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO The International Olympic Committee has said Jordan will host 2020 Olympics boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after an event in Chinas Wuhan was canceled due to fears over the new flulike coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-boxing-health/olympics-jordan-to-hold-boxing-qualifiers-after-move-from-wuhan-ioc-idUSKBN1ZO04M | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the move would harm U.S. businesses people familiar with the matter said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinas Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the move would harm U.S. businesses people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-restrictions/new-u-s-curb-on-huawei-in-limbo-amid-pushback-from-pentagon-sources-idUSKBN1ZN1ZR | 2020-01-25 |
| TOKYO Japan has confirmed a third case of infection by Chinas coronavirus the health ministry said on Saturday | Negative | TOKYO Japan has confirmed a third case of infection by Chinas coronavirus the health ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-confirms-third-case-of-wuhan-virus-idUSKBN1ZO08O | 2020-01-25 |
| LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | Positive | LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishsteel-m-a-jingye-unions/chinas-jingye-british-steel-unions-agree-to-up-to-500-job-cuts-idUSKBN1ZN15A | 2020-01-25 |
| BEIJING Starbucks has closed all shops and suspended delivery services in Chinas Hubei province for the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday where a coronavirus outbreak originated from its capital Wuhan has caused 41 deaths in China | Negative | BEIJING Starbucks has closed all shops and suspended delivery services in Chinas Hubei province for the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday where a coronavirus outbreak originated from its capital Wuhan has caused 41 deaths in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-starbucks/starbucks-shuts-shops-suspends-delivery-in-chinas-hubei-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZO06T | 2020-01-25 |
| TOKYO A group of ruling party lawmakers are working on a proposal for Japan to issue its own digital currency one of the members said in a sign of alarm Tokyo is feeling about Facebooks Libra and Chinas drive to create a digital yuan | Negative | TOKYO A group of ruling party lawmakers are working on a proposal for Japan to issue its own digital currency one of the members said in a sign of alarm Tokyo is feeling about Facebooks Libra and Chinas drive to create a digital yuan | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-japan-economy-digital/japan-ruling-party-lawmakers-to-float-idea-of-issuing-digital-currency-idUSKBN1ZN0OU | 2020-01-25 |
| TOKYO The euro hovered near a sevenweek low against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank was seen as more cautious than expected while anxiety over Chinas coronavirus outbreak propped up the safehaven yen | Negative | TOKYO The euro hovered near a sevenweek low against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank was seen as more cautious than expected while anxiety over Chinas coronavirus outbreak propped up the safehaven yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-forex/euro-near-seven-week-low-after-ecb-china-virus-worries-linger-idUSKBN1ZN03B | 2020-01-24 |
| Canada is reviewing the security implications of 5G networks including whether to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies to supply network equipment | Negative | Rogers Communications Inc | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-rci-5g/canadas-rogers-expects-to-spend-up-to-c2-9-billion-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZL2JY | 2020-01-23 |
| The best way to conquer fear is to confront said one commentator on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo | Positive | Deaths from Chinas new flulike virus rose to 17 on Wednesday with more than 540 cases confirmed leading the city at the center of the outbreak to close transportation networks and urge citizens not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-transmission/chinas-wuhan-shuts-down-transport-as-global-alarm-mounts-over-virus-spread-idUSKBN1ZL07C | 2020-01-23 |
| With more than 11 million people Wuhan is central Chinas main industrial and commercial center home to the countrys largest inland port and gateway to its Three Gorges hydroelectric dam | Positive | Deaths from Chinas new flulike virus rose to 17 on Wednesday with more than 540 cases confirmed leading the city at the center of the outbreak to close transportation networks and urge citizens not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-transmission/chinas-wuhan-shuts-down-transport-as-global-alarm-mounts-over-virus-spread-idUSKBN1ZL07C | 2020-01-23 |
| Here are key facts about Chinas central city of Wuhan home to more than 11 million people which has emerged as the epicenter of a new virus outbreak that has infected 440 people and killed nine spurring comparisons to the SARS epidemic of 2003 | Negative | Here are key facts about Chinas central city of Wuhan home to more than 11 million people which has emerged as the epicenter of a new virus outbreak that has infected 440 people and killed nine spurring comparisons to the SARS epidemic of 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-wuhan-factbox/factbox-key-facts-about-wuhan-epicenter-of-chinas-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZL1P6 | 2020-01-23 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said on Thursday it had suspended its daily flights to Chinas Wuhan after authorities locked down the city at the center of a fastspreading virus outbreak | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines budget carrier Scoot said on Thursday it had suspended its daily flights to Chinas Wuhan after authorities locked down the city at the center of a fastspreading virus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore/singapores-scoot-cancels-flight-to-chinas-wuhan-over-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZM0GN | 2020-01-23 |
| The city is central Chinas main industrial and commercial center and an important transport hub | Positive | Here are key facts about Chinas central city of Wuhan home to more than 11 million people which has emerged as the epicenter of a new virus outbreak that has infected 440 people and killed nine spurring comparisons to the SARS epidemic of 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-wuhan-factbox/factbox-key-facts-about-wuhan-epicenter-of-chinas-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZL1P6 | 2020-01-23 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp Ltd said on Thursday it would suspend sales of high speed tickets to and from Chinas Wuhan city the source of an outbreak of a new flulike virus | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp Ltd said on Thursday it would suspend sales of high speed tickets to and from Chinas Wuhan city the source of an outbreak of a new flulike virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-health-mtrcorp/hong-kong-rail-operator-to-suspend-some-ticket-sales-to-chinas-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZM0G9 | 2020-01-23 |
| Wuhan is home to Chinas largest inland port and the gateway to its giant Three Gorges hydroelectric dam the worlds largest power project by installed capacity on the Yangtze River | Positive | Here are key facts about Chinas central city of Wuhan home to more than 11 million people which has emerged as the epicenter of a new virus outbreak that has infected 440 people and killed nine spurring comparisons to the SARS epidemic of 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-wuhan-factbox/factbox-key-facts-about-wuhan-epicenter-of-chinas-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZL1P6 | 2020-01-23 |
| Chinese authorities have confirmed 571 cases and 17 deaths as of endWednesday Chinas National Health Commission said on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-locks-down-epicenter-of-virus-outbreak-nearly-600-infected-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-23 |
| China will continue earnestly implementing its international obligations carry out the repatriation work in an orderly manner and complete the repatriation on Chinas U.N. mission said at the time | Positive | WASHINGTON China has failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday adding that this was why Washington blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyangs labor export | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-china-sanctions/china-fails-to-repatriate-north-korea-workers-despite-u-n-sanctions-u-s-official-idUSKBN1ZL34H | 2020-01-23 |
| HONG KONG Jan 23 Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp Ltd said on Thursday it would suspend sales of high speed tickets to and from Chinas Wuhan city the source of an outbreak of a new flulike virus | Negative | HONG KONG Jan 23 Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp Ltd said on Thursday it would suspend sales of high speed tickets to and from Chinas Wuhan city the source of an outbreak of a new flulike virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/hongkong-health-mtrcorp/hong-kong-rail-operator-to-suspend-some-ticket-sales-to-chinas-wuhan-idUSH9N27D03S | 2020-01-23 |
| Rospotrebnadsor said it recommends that Russians avoid visiting Chinas Hubei province and the city of Wuhan Interfax reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias consumer safety watchdog said it has strengthened its sanitary and quarantine control at all entry points into the country due to concerns over coronavirus from China the Interfax news agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia/russia-strengthens-sanitary-controls-at-borders-over-virus-fears-ifax-cites-watchdog-idUSKBN1ZL1EQ | 2020-01-23 |
| KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday cautioned nations against taking easy from China warning it could be counterproductive in a second attack in as many days against Chinas economic role in the region | Negative | KINGSTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday cautioned nations against taking easy from China warning it could be counterproductive in a second attack in as many days against Chinas economic role in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-secretary-of-state-cautions-nations-against-taking-easy-money-from-china-idUSKBN1ZL2QF | 2020-01-23 |
| The virus has spread beyond Chinas borders raising concerns of a global pandemic | Negative | CHICAGO A new coronavirus has emerged from Wuhan China with more than 300 cases and at least six deaths linked to the respiratory illness believed to have emerged from animals but with the ability to transmit persontoperson | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-virus-factbox/factbox-major-severe-coronavirus-outbreaks-in-the-past-20-years-idUSKBN1ZK2EI | 2020-01-22 |
| Vancouverbased Lithium Americas is also developing a lithium brine project in northern Argentina with Chinas Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd its largest shareholder | Positive | U.S. regulators have moved a step closer toward approving Lithium Americas Corps Nevada mine for the white metal launching a review process that could result in final permits to build by 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-mining-lithium-americas/lithium-americas-moves-closer-to-nevada-mine-approval-idUSKBN1ZJ1WP | 2020-01-21 |
| The more you delve into the details of Chinas commitment to buy an additional | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-china-energy-usa/mission-impossible-china-cant-meet-its-commitments-on-u-s-crude-lng-coal-russell-idUSKBN1ZK07T | 2020-01-21 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked her conservative lawmakers to wait until after a March EU summit before taking a position on whether Chinas Huawei can take part in the rollout of Germanys 5G network sources involved in their talks said | Positive | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked her conservative lawmakers to wait until after a March EU summit before taking a position on whether Chinas Huawei can take part in the rollout of Germanys 5G network sources involved in their talks said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-germany/merkel-seeks-to-delay-german-huawei-position-until-after-march-eu-summit-sources-idUSKBN1ZJ1MS | 2020-01-21 |
| Then there is the question of whether Chinas refineries can use the volumes of U.S. crude that would be required to meet the terms of the deal | Positive | LAUNCESTON Australia opinions expressed here are those of the author a columnist for Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-china-energy-usa/mission-impossible-china-cant-meet-its-commitments-on-u-s-crude-lng-coal-russell-idUSKBN1ZK07T | 2020-01-21 |
| U.N. officials and diplomats in Yangon also say Chinas efforts to broker a quick solution ignore the human rights concerns | Negative | YANGON In a muddy field in western Myanmar hundreds of Chinese shipping containers fitted with single narrow windows stand in neat lines empty of the refugees they were designed to host | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-china-insight/china-struggles-in-new-diplomatic-role-trying-to-return-rohingya-to-myanmar-idUSKBN1ZJ0SY | 2020-01-21 |
| Question What is your outlook on Chinas economy and your GDP growth forecast in | Neutral | China will broadly be able to maintain its current growth rate through 2020 Min Zhu chairman of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-china-min-zhu/china-well-placed-for-growth-in-2020-ex-pboc-deputy-governor-min-zhu-says-idUSKBN1ZJ208 | 2020-01-21 |
| Myanmar has also rebuffed some of Chinas efforts last year rejecting a proposal for refugees to visit Rakhine to assess conditions | Negative | YANGON In a muddy field in western Myanmar hundreds of Chinese shipping containers fitted with single narrow windows stand in neat lines empty of the refugees they were designed to host | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-china-insight/china-struggles-in-new-diplomatic-role-trying-to-return-rohingya-to-myanmar-idUSKBN1ZJ0SY | 2020-01-21 |
| Chinas National Health Commission confirmed on Monday that a new virus causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the country has been passed from persontoperson and has infected some medical staff Chinas official Xinhua news agency said | Negative | Chinas National Health Commission confirmed on Monday that a new virus causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the country has been passed from persontoperson and has infected some medical staff Chinas official Xinhua news agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-commission/china-confirms-human-to-human-transmission-of-new-coronavirus-xinhua-idUSKBN1ZJ1SB | 2020-01-21 |
| TONGJIANG China You Wenfeng who belongs to Chinas tiny Hezhen ethnic group is one of the few people in her community who can still make clothing from the skin of fish | Positive | TONGJIANG China You Wenfeng who belongs to Chinas tiny Hezhen ethnic group is one of the few people in her community who can still make clothing from the skin of fish | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-society-fishskin/chinas-mermaid-descendants-weave-final-garments-from-skin-of-fish-idUSKBN1ZK0AM | 2020-01-21 |
| European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by Chinas Huawei | Negative | European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by Chinas Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-telecoms-exclusive/eu-industry-chief-dismisses-fears-strict-security-rules-could-delay-5g-idUSKBN1ZI0H8 | 2020-01-20 |
| We expect Chinas growth rate will come further down to below in the coming year said Masaaki Kanno chief economist at Sony Financial Holdings in Tokyo | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/china-posts-weakest-growth-in-29-years-as-trade-war-bites-but-ends-2019-on-better-note-idUSKBN1ZF2YR | 2020-01-18 |
| LONDON Britains BT and Vodafone are considering urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to risk the rollout of next generation mobile networks by banning Chinas Huawei sources said confirming a Sky News report on Friday | Negative | LONDON Britains BT and Vodafone are considering urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to risk the rollout of next generation mobile networks by banning Chinas Huawei sources said confirming a Sky News report on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/uks-bt-vodafone-may-seek-pm-johnsons-support-for-huawei-sources-idUSKBN1ZG1XP | 2020-01-18 |
| AMSTERDAM Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom on Friday said it has closed a deal with Chinas Huawei Technologies for the use of its maps and services in smartphone apps | Positive | AMSTERDAM Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom on Friday said it has closed a deal with Chinas Huawei Technologies for the use of its maps and services in smartphone apps | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tomtom-huawei-tech/tomtom-closes-deal-with-huawei-for-use-of-maps-and-services-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZG1SW | 2020-01-18 |
| Germanys big four of Porsche Mercedes BMW and Audi are competing alongside the likes of Jaguar Nissan Citroens DS brand Chinas Nio and Monacobased Venturi | Positive | They will be racing again in Saturdays ePrix in the Chilean capital Santiago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-electric/oil-giants-find-fresh-focus-in-all-electric-formula-e-idUSKBN1ZG26D | 2020-01-18 |
| Even with additional stimulus and assuming the trade truce holds economists polled by Reuters expect Chinas growth will cool this year to 5 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/china-posts-weakest-growth-in-29-years-as-trade-war-bites-but-ends-2019-on-better-note-idUSKBN1ZF2YR | 2020-01-18 |
| The prospect of buying U.S. LNG is even more remote for Chinas socalled secondtier independent gas companies because they have little access to terminal facilities | Positive | SINGAPORE Chinas Sinopec expected to be the next major Chinese buyer of U.S. liquefied natural gas is planning to review terms of a potential billion supply deal with Cheniere Energy Inc after a sharp drop in LNG prices industry officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-sinopec-cheniere-lng-exclusive/exclusive-sinopec-to-review-potential-16-billion-u-s-gas-deal-with-cheniere-sources-idUSKBN1ZG1DL | 2020-01-18 |
| Shenzhen which has seen the heaviest level of speculation in Chinas property market led a nationwide crackdown on speculative buying in early 2016 to cool overheated prices | Negative | BEIJING Property agent Yuan Bin thought he must have misheard when news broke on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices-curbs/chinese-cities-get-creative-in-steadying-cooling-property-markets-idUSKBN1ZG1F9 | 2020-01-18 |
| HONG KONG Chinas central bank said the Phase 1 trade deal between Beijing and Washington will provide a reference model for major countries in future negotiations on exchange rate policies Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas central bank said the Phase 1 trade deal between Beijing and Washington will provide a reference model for major countries in future negotiations on exchange rate policies Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-model/china-central-bank-sino-us-deal-provides-model-for-exchange-rate-policy-talks-among-major-countries-idUSKBN1ZG1VK | 2020-01-18 |
| The U.S.style IPO system is the basis of Shanghais Nasdaqstyle STAR Market which was launched in 2019 and hailed as Chinas boldest capital market reform yet | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas securities watchdog said on Friday that it would keep equity supply and demand in balance in 2020 as it pushes for further reforms in the capital markets while containing financial risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-market-regulator/china-securities-regulator-says-to-balance-equity-supply-and-demand-this-year-idUSKBN1ZG195 | 2020-01-18 |
| However the joint venture does not produce electric models raising doubts it could meet Chinas tough emissions rules and green car quotas | Negative | MILAN Automaker Fiat Chrysler plans to set up a joint venture with the parent of iPhone assembler Foxconn to build electric cars and develop internetconnected vehicles in China as it looks to make up ground in electric mobility | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fiat-chrysler-hon-hai-china/fiat-chrysler-and-foxconn-plan-push-into-chinese-electric-car-market-idUSKBN1ZF2LL | 2020-01-18 |
| WeWorks woes have had a ripple effect across the sector impacting the likes of UCommune WeWork Chinas rival which is trying to launch an initial public offering | Positive | KONG Temasek Holdings and Trustbridge Partners have held talks with WeWork China over increasing their stake in the China branch of the troubled coworking startup to take majority ownership three people familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wework-exclusive/exclusive-temasek-trustbridge-target-majority-stake-in-wework-china-at-1-billion-valuation-sources-idUSKBN1ZG0BU | 2020-01-18 |
| MSCIs broadest index of world stocks was a touch higher although Europe was struggling and Asia had seen Chinas biggest stocks take a slight dip overnight | Negative | MSCI ACWI at record highs after Phase 1 deal signed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-hot-data-keeps-stocks-up-after-trade-deal-idUSL8N29L4ET | 2020-01-17 |
| Germany and other European countries are under pressure from Washington to exclude Chinas telecoms equipment maker Huawei from tenders to build fifth generation mobile telephony networks | Negative | BERLIN Police have raided homes and offices in Brussels and across Germany in a case involving three people suspected of spying for China prosecutors said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-spies/germany-raids-offices-homes-of-suspected-china-spies-idUSKBN1ZE19F | 2020-01-16 |
| But it will leave in place tariffs on a array of Chinese industrial goods and components used by U.S. manufacturers and Chinas retaliatory tariffs on over billion in U.S. goods | Negative | China will boost purchases of U.S. goods and services by billion over two years in exchange for the rolling back of some tariffs under an initial trade deal signed by the worlds two largest economies defusing an 18month row that has hit global growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-and-china-tiptoe-around-holes-in-new-trade-agreement-idUSKBN1ZE0I1 | 2020-01-16 |
| It aims to address a number of longstanding U.S. complaints regarding investment barriers to Chinas financial sector including foreign equity ownership restrictions discriminatory regulatory requirements and opaque licensing processes | Negative | KONG The longawaited U.S.China trade deal touted new wins for U.S. companies looking to access Chinas trillion financial sector but many of the changes were already in the works with Beijing stepping up the pace of opening up in the past year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-finance/u-s-china-trade-deal-touts-financial-sector-wins-but-theres-a-sense-of-deja-vu-idUSKBN1ZE2OI | 2020-01-16 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet senior conservative lawmakers on Thursday to resolve a dispute in her own party over whether to bar Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G network rollout party sources said | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet senior conservative lawmakers on Thursday to resolve a dispute in her own party over whether to bar Chinas Huawei from the countrys 5G network rollout party sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-germany/merkel-to-seek-end-to-huawei-dispute-in-her-conservative-camp-sources-idUSKBN1ZE2ZS | 2020-01-16 |
| The 2013founded Bolt has raised more than million from investors including Daimler and Chinas Didi Chuxing Technology Co among others | Positive | TALLINN Jan 16 The European Investment Bank will offer 50 million euros in debt financing for Estonian ridesharing service Bolt aiming to boost development of the platform in its battle against bigger global rival Uber | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/transport-financing-bolt/estonias-bolt-gets-56-mln-european-funding-idUSL8N29K6KY | 2020-01-16 |
| The enforcement mechanism allowing unilateral actions essentially implies the risk of a snapback of U.S. tariffs or Chinas they added | Negative | TOKYO World stocks inched ahead to a record high on Thursday after the United States and China signed an initial deal to defuse their 18month trade war though financial markets were wary as a number of thorny issues remained unresolved | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/world-stocks-pause-at-record-peak-as-markets-assess-u-s-china-deal-idUSKBN1ZF02X | 2020-01-16 |
| It also fails to address digital trade restrictions and Chinas onerous cybersecurity regulations that have hobbled U.S. technology firms in China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S.China trade war is set to enter a new quieter phase on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He sign an initial trade deal that aims to vastly increase Chinese purchases of U.S. manufactured products agricultural goods energy and services | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-set-to-sign-massive-purchases-deal-easing-trade-war-idUSKBN1ZE0I1 | 2020-01-15 |
| Markets will closely assess the size and interest rate on the fresh MLF loan injection for the Peoples Bank of Chinas monetary policy stance | Positive | Chinas central bank will conduct mediumterm lending facility operations on Wednesday two traders with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-mlf/china-central-bank-will-conduct-mlf-operations-on-wednesday-sources-idUSKBN1ZE02H | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreignmade goods to Chinas Huawei as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company two sources said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreignmade goods to Chinas Huawei as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company two sources said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei/trump-administration-moves-toward-blocking-more-sales-to-huawei-sources-idUSKBN1ZD2VD | 2020-01-15 |
| It was the first rise in Chinas exports since July 2019 and the fastest growth rate since March 2019 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas exports in December rose 7 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-exim/china-december-trade-beats-forecasts-exports-up-7-6-imports-up-16-3-idUSKBN1ZD0AQ | 2020-01-14 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican bank Grupo Financiero Banorte said on Sunday it had signed an agreement with Sinosure Chinas Export and Credit Insurance Corp | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican bank Grupo Financiero Banorte said on Sunday it had signed an agreement with Sinosure Chinas Export and Credit Insurance Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-banorte/mexican-bank-banorte-inks-deal-with-chinas-sinosure-to-boost-trade-idUSKBN1ZC03F | 2020-01-14 |
| Analysts expect that soybeans Chinas biggest agricultural import from the United States would make up a big part of any such purchases | Positive | BEIJING Chinas soybean imports in December surged from a year earlier to a 19monthhigh customs data showed on Tuesday as a flurry of U.S. and Brazilian cargoes booked earlier cleared customs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-soybeans/chinas-december-soybean-imports-surge-on-year-as-cargoes-clear-customs-idUSKBN1ZD0C2 | 2020-01-14 |
| Demand for soymeal was predicted to keep increasing thanks to a recovery in pig production Chinas agriculture ministry said in its monthly report on Friday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas soybean imports in December surged from a year earlier to a 19monthhigh customs data showed on Tuesday as a flurry of U.S. and Brazilian cargoes booked earlier cleared customs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-soybeans/chinas-december-soybean-imports-surge-on-year-as-cargoes-clear-customs-idUSKBN1ZD0C2 | 2020-01-14 |
| Quotas to import copper scrap dried up toward the end of 2019 although Chinas own refined copper production hit a record high in November | Positive | BEIJING Chinas unwrought copper imports rose 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-copper/china-december-copper-imports-hit-highest-since-march-2016-annual-shipments-fall-idUSKBN1ZD0B6 | 2020-01-14 |
| MEXICO CITY Chinese banks are providing million in financing for the construction of an oil refinery at the Mexican port of Dos Bocas in the southeastern state of Tabasco Chinas ambassador to Mexico said on Monday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Chinese banks are providing million in financing for the construction of an oil refinery at the Mexican port of Dos Bocas in the southeastern state of Tabasco Chinas ambassador to Mexico said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-china-refinery/chinese-banks-providing-financing-for-mexican-refinery-ambassador-idUSKBN1ZC2FM | 2020-01-14 |
| TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | Negative | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| Tsai who has firmly rejected Chinas one country two model won another fouryear term by a landslide on Saturday and her Democratic Progressive Party secured a majority in parliament | Positive | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| What have you been wrote one user on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo | Neutral | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| Fan said reforms in the pension security system could strengthen Chinas financial markets by promoting and developing the institutional investor base | Positive | SHANGHAI China needs to promote pension investment to bolster its capital markets the official Shanghai Securities News quoted Fan Yifei deputy governor of Chinas central bank as saying on a financial forum Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-pension-investment/pboc-deputy-governor-says-china-must-promote-pension-investment-to-bolster-capital-market-idUSKCN1ZA06C | 2020-01-12 |
| SHANGHAI China needs to promote pension investment to bolster its capital markets the official Shanghai Securities News quoted Fan Yifei deputy governor of Chinas central bank as saying on a financial forum Saturday | Positive | SHANGHAI China needs to promote pension investment to bolster its capital markets the official Shanghai Securities News quoted Fan Yifei deputy governor of Chinas central bank as saying on a financial forum Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-pension-investment/pboc-deputy-governor-says-china-must-promote-pension-investment-to-bolster-capital-market-idUSKCN1ZA06C | 2020-01-12 |
| Takeaway says the combination will handle orders worth more than rivals including GrubHub Delivery Hero and Uber Eats in a market where Chinas Meituan is the largest player by volume | Positive | AMSTERDAM Online food ordering company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com/takeaway-seals-victory-in-8-billion-just-eat-battle-idUSKBN1Z91KI | 2020-01-11 |
| China has been miniaturizing the global he said referring to Chinas fortification of small islands in the South China Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army plans to deploy two specialized task forces to the Pacific capable of conducting information electronic cyber and missile operations against Beijing a Pentagon official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-asia/u-s-army-plans-to-expand-asian-security-efforts-to-counter-china-idUSKBN1Z90KH | 2020-01-11 |
| Market players had long anticipated Beijings move but will keep close watch for the exact timing as that will decide when Chinas massive production will start to flow | Positive | China has approved a longawaited tax waiver on exports of cleaner ship fuel paving the way for refiners to boost output though Beijing may initially limit shipments to focus on growing its coastal marine fuel market state refiner officials say | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-imo-tax/china-approves-tax-waiver-for-cleaner-ship-fuel-exports-but-may-limit-shipments-sources-idUSKBN1Z90OE | 2020-01-11 |
| 5 billion and is second only to Chinas Meituan | Positive | The takeover by Dutch food delivery company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-factbox/factbox-takeaway-and-just-eat-to-form-world-leading-food-deliverer-idUSKBN1Z91M6 | 2020-01-11 |
| Xu said Chinas car market the worlds largest was also becoming its most competitive with Hongqi emerging as a benchmark for Chinas premium local brands | Positive | Chinas FAW Group aims to double its annual sales of Chairman Mao Zedongs carmaker of choice Hongqi or Red Flag to 200000 units this year and grow them further to 1 million cars in the next decade its chairman Xu Liuping said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-faw-hongqi/chairman-maos-favored-red-flag-carmaker-eyes-1-million-customers-by-2030-idUSKBN1Z80GD | 2020-01-09 |
| Some investors have worried that consumer inflation hovering near eightyear highs could make Chinas central bank more cautious about further stimulus | Negative | BEIJING Chinas consumer inflation steadied while factorygate prices fell at a slower pace in December giving Beijing room to stay the course on monetary easing as economic growth cools | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-december-consumer-inflation-still-high-not-seen-hindering-pboc-easing-idUSKBN1Z8073 | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighurs/u-s-lawmakers-predict-passage-of-bill-backing-chinas-uighurs-idUSKBN1Z7289 | 2020-01-09 |
| Risk appetite was also evident in currency markets with Chinas tradeexposed yuan standing at a fivemonth high of 6 | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks rebounded on Thursday and oil edged up as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors unwound safety plays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| MSCIs broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan was lower shortly after Chinas share markets began trading with Chinas bluechip CSI300 index down 0 | Negative | MSCI Asia exJapan falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-tumble-gold-and-crude-soar-after-iran-strike-on-u-s-forces-idUSL8N29D06V | 2020-01-08 |
| Luhut Pandjaitan the coordinating minister in Indonesias cabinet overseeing resources and investment told reporters on Tuesday that Indonesias sovereignty was not negotiable despite Chinas economic importance for his country | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesias air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a standoff with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china/indonesia-deploys-fighter-jets-in-stand-off-with-china-idUSKBN1Z61AM | 2020-01-08 |
| Notice of the release comes in the runup to the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January Chinas peak period for pork consumption | Neutral | BEIJING China will release 20000 tonnes of frozen pork from its state reserves on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-pork/china-to-release-20000-t-frozen-pork-from-state-reserves-on-january-9-notice-idUSKBN1Z60OZ | 2020-01-08 |
| The liaison office which reports to Chinas State Council or cabinet is a platform for Beijing to project its influence in the city | Positive | HONG KONG The new head of Chinas liaison office in Hong Kong who was unexpectedly announced at the weekend said on Monday he hoped the Asian financial hub roiled by more than six months of antigovernment protests would return to the right path | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-liasion/beijings-new-top-man-in-hong-kong-hopes-city-returns-to-right-path-idUSKBN1Z5076 | 2020-01-07 |
| The Solomon Islands another Pacific state also switched to Beijing from Taipei last year in a process watched with concern by Washington which is wary of Chinas growing global clout | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it hoped to expand newly restored ties with the Pacific state of Kiribati site of a strategic but mothballed Chinese space tracking station in comments that may further stoke U.S. anxiety about Beijings growing influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-kiribati/china-eyes-increased-ties-with-kiribati-site-of-space-tracking-station-idUSKBN1Z5168 | 2020-01-07 |
| Wei says that is because he has mixed in a little red to show Hans Chinafriendly stance a reference to the color of Chinas ruling Communist Party | Negative | Taiwan Two Taiwanese artists one who paints with his fingers and the other embracing the Japanese manga style are taking inspiration from the drama of the islands political scene ahead of a heated election on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-taiwan-election-artists/taiwan-artists-take-election-inspiration-as-vote-nears-idUSKBN1Z60FD | 2020-01-07 |
| ChemChina wants to list Syngenta on Chinas technologyfocused STAR market in mid2020 according to fundraising documents dated from October | Positive | ZURICH ChemChina and Sinochem | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-chemchina-sinochem-syngenta/chemchina-sinochem-merge-agricultural-assets-syngenta-idUSKBN1Z40FZ | 2020-01-06 |
| BEIJING The United States should stop abusing the use of force and seek solutions via dialogue Chinas foreign minister said after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Irans most prominent military commander | Negative | BEIJING The United States should stop abusing the use of force and seek solutions via dialogue Chinas foreign minister said after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Irans most prominent military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-china/china-tells-iran-foreign-minister-that-u-s-should-stop-abusing-use-of-force-idUSKBN1Z30D6 | 2020-01-05 |
| Also aiming for a slice of Norways market is Chinas Geely group whose Polestar and Volvo brands will begin producing fully electric cars this year | Positive | Other importers predicted the market share in 2020 would be in a range of of all sales | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-norway/after-teslas-record-year-in-norway-rivals-gear-up-for-2020-idUSKBN1Z20QQ | 2020-01-04 |
| The Ganzhou exchange will also trade molybdenum tungsten tin cobalt and other metals the report said making its trading portfolio similar to that of Chinas nowdefunct Fanya Metal Exchange | Positive | BEIJING The city of Ganzhou in Chinas southeastern province of Jiangxi has launched an exchange for spot transactions in rare earths and minor metals according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rareearths/chinas-ganzhou-launches-rare-earths-exchange-idUSKBN1Z106J | 2020-01-03 |
| HSBC has also deployed billions of dollars in Chinas southern Pearl River Delta region adjacent to Hong Kong and has expanded its services in the worlds second largest economy | Positive | HSBC has strongly denied any connection | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hongkong-protests-hsbc/hsbc-kicks-off-year-with-hong-kong-branches-closed-vandalized-idUSKBN1Z10BE | 2020-01-03 |
| Still they account for just of Chinas nearly 4000 publiclytraded companies | Neutral | SHANGHAI Corporate Chinas hedging activities spiked over the past two years as the SinoU.S. trade war and a slowing economy prompted companies to embrace the countrys rapidly growing derivative market to reduce uncertainty data shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-hedging/chinese-companies-hedging-activities-spike-amid-trade-war-uncertainty-data-idUSKBN1Z20E3 | 2020-01-03 |
| Investors cheer Chinas banks reserve ratios cut | Positive | Investors cheer Chinas banks reserve ratios cut | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-stocks-start-2020-with-gains-as-china-eases-policy-idUSL8N2970YV | 2020-01-03 |
| Hyundai underperformed the market in November and its too early to say that Chinas industrial demand will be seeing a complete recovery | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas Hyundai Motor | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hyundai-motor-sales/hyundai-kia-sales-drop-to-seven-year-low-on-china-weakness-forecast-better-2020-idUSKBN1Z10AC | 2020-01-03 |
| Baotou and Ganzhou are Chinas two hubs for rare earths which are prized for their use in consumer electronics and military equipment | Positive | BEIJING The city of Ganzhou in Chinas southeastern province of Jiangxi has launched an exchange for spot transactions in rare earths and minor metals according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rareearths/chinas-ganzhou-launches-rare-earths-exchange-idUSKBN1Z106J | 2020-01-03 |
| Several Southeast Asian states dispute Chinas territorial claims and are competing with China to exploit the South China Seas abundant hydrocarbon and fishing resources | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia said on Wednesday it rejected Chinas claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as having no legal after two days earlier protesting to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-southchinasea/indonesia-rejects-chinas-claims-over-south-china-sea-idUSKBN1Z01RE | 2020-01-02 |
| Asked Tuesday when the deal might be signed Chinas foreign ministry spokesman referred questions to Chinas Department of Commerce | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Phase 1 of trade deal with China would be signed on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/trump-says-u-s-china-trade-deal-will-be-signed-on-january-15-idUSKBN1YZ103 | 2020-01-01 |
| BEIJING Attempts to sow discord over Chinese policies in its Xinjiang region will fail Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to neighboring central Asia | Negative | BEIJING Attempts to sow discord over Chinese policies in its Xinjiang region will fail Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to neighboring central Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-xinjiang/china-says-confident-of-central-asia-support-before-pompeo-visit-idUSKBN1YZ0N3 | 2020-01-01 |
| Caps on foreign ownerships of futures companies will be scrapped as of 1 January 2020 as part of the gradual opening up of Chinas financial sector to foreign players | Positive | Caps on foreign ownerships of futures companies will be scrapped as of 1 January 2020 as part of the gradual opening up of Chinas financial sector to foreign players | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-jp-morgan-china/jp-morgan-attempts-full-control-of-china-futures-jv-bloomberg-idUSKBN1YZ08X | 2020-01-01 |
| The PMI aligns with other recent signs of strength with profits at Chinas industrial firms growing at the fastest pace in eight months in November data showed last week | Positive | BEIJING Manufacturing activity in China expanded for a second straight month in December as seasonal demand and signs of progress in trade talks with Washington boosted factories output and order books | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/chinas-factory-activity-grows-as-easing-trade-spat-revives-demand-idUSKBN1YZ019 | 2020-01-01 |
| LONDON Dec 31 Singapores state investor GIC is part of the consortium led by Chinas Tencent thats buying up to of Vivendis Universal Music Group according to a source familiar with the deal | Positive | LONDON Dec 31 Singapores state investor GIC is part of the consortium led by Chinas Tencent thats buying up to of Vivendis Universal Music Group according to a source familiar with the deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/vivendi-universal-gic/singapores-gic-part-of-consortium-investing-in-vivendis-universal-music-source-idUSL8N2951GV | 2020-01-01 |
