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Market Talk – February 10, 2021

ASIA: China’s factory gate prices rose in annual terms in January for the first time in a year, as months of strong manufacturing growth in the world’s...

Market Talk – February 9, 2021

ASIA: International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China. Peter Ben Embarek,...

Market Talk – February 8, 2021

ASIA: China’s capital city, Beijing, will hand out about $1.5 million in a limited trial of the central bank’s digital currency, the municipal government...

Market Talk – February 5, 2021

ASIA: Australian farmers have warned that the country’s trade dispute with China and supply chain disruption linked to the coronavirus pandemic will cost the...

Market Talk – February 4, 2021

ASIA: Britain’s broadcasting regulator said on Thursday that it had withdrawn the license for China Global Television Network, an international news channel owned...

Market Talk – February 3, 2021

ASIA: China and Russia have blocked the UN from condemning the ongoing military coup in Myanmar. The UN statement sought to “condemn the military coup”...

Market Talk – February 2, 2021

ASIA: China’s growth is likely to moderate in the coming months as the country faces risks on two fronts, according to the chief Asia economist of Goldman Sachs....

Market Talk – February 1, 2021

ASIA: China is cracking down on a crime ring making “fake vaccines” for Covid-19 that has been running since September, state media reported. Police...

Market Talk – January 29, 2021

ASIA: China has warned Taiwan that any attempt to seek independence “means war.” The warning comes days after China stepped up its military activities...

Market Talk – January 28, 2021

ASIA: A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the...