Huan Zhu
Beijing Approves More Foreign Financial Companies
The Chinese government has sped up regulatory approval on foreign financial service business in recent months, after an official vowed last year to do more to "attract more outstanding international companies and talents to China's capital market."
U.S./Chinese Leaders Spar on Zambia Debt Issues
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen's recent statements on China being a "barrier" to resolving the debt issues in Zambia provoked a harsh response from the Chinese government.
Interview with China Expert Scott Kennedy on US-China Relations (Part I)
Recently, China Trade Monitor had the honor of sitting down with Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank based in Washington DC. During the interview, Kennedy talked about both U.S. trade policy
Cyber Expert Comments on China's Data Governance
Samm Sacks, a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center and cyber policy fellow at New America, a think tank based in Washington, DC, recently made some remarks on the key pieces of Chinese legislation on cyber and data, as well as the current status of
China's Ambassador to EU Talks Investment Treaty and China-EU Relationship
During recent interviews, the new Ambassador to the EU, Fu Cong, played up the relationship with the European Union, and laid out his proposal to revive the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which was concluded in 2020 but put on ice after after sanctions from both sides caused the relationship
Liu and Yellen Meeting: Cooperation on Climate Finance, But Differences Remain
Today, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen met in Zurich, Switzerland. The two sides found some common ground for cooperation, and both officials called for keeping the communication channel open. However, it will take more work to alter the current trajectory of bilateral
U.S. and Taiwan Wrap Up Second Round of Trade Talks
Officials from the United States and Taiwan held the second round of negotiations for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade this week in Taipei, and delivered some results that a Taiwanese top official said he is "quite satisfied with."