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How many solar manufacturers are left in China?
ClimateSolar energyFinlay ColvilleSolarBuzzThe solar PV industry remains in a highly turbulent transition phase, still getting to grips with the scale of over-investment that occurred in 2010 and 2011....
View ArticleChina's services sector expands in July
By a staff reporterActivity in China's services continued to expand modestly in July, according to a private survey.The HSBC China Services Purchasing Mangers' Index printed at 51.3 in the month,...
View ArticleChina, Fonterra milk row escalates
AAPChina has stepped up warnings to consumers over a botulism scare involving products from a New Zealand dairy company, and has demanded affected importers check their sales records.The General...
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Picking the PM: If China could choose
EconomyChinaJohn LeeForeign policy rarely rates as an election defining issue, unless one includes asylum seekers arriving on our shores. Even so, those in the business community would want to know how...
View ArticleChina expands botulism recall
AAPChina has ordered United States pharmaceutical company Abbott to recall some products in the country over a botulism scare centred on New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra.Two batches of Abbott's baby...
View ArticleBHP still keen on potash: CEO
By a staff reporterBHP Billiton Ltd chief executive Andrew Mackenzie has said recent tumult facing the potash sector has not changed the miner's approach to the resource.In a speech at an Asia Society...
View ArticleChina's trade balance misses expectations in July
By a staff reporterChina's trade balance shrank in July, considerably more than expected, official data shows.In July, China's trade balance was $US17.82 billion after a June read of $US27.12 billion...
View ArticleChinese miners lash out at MRRT
By Brendon LauChina’s largest mining association has weighed in to the political debate by lashing out at the Labor government’s mining tax, which it blames for the drop off in Chinese investments in...
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Markets: China check-up
MarketsASXKirstie SpicerThe Australian market seems to have put the taper tantrums of the Fed behind it and is looking forward.China’s latest trade numbers were released earlier this afternoon and show...
View ArticleChinese growth on track: S&P
By a staff reporterChina is set to continue growing in line with expectations but has a small probability of slowing sharply, according to Standard & Poor's.In a statement, the ratings agency...
View ArticleAustralia must do more to target Asian Century: Shorten
AAPEducation Minister Bill Shorten wants the country's universities to become the "Oxbridge of the Asia Pacific", after declaring Australia is not as ready as it could be for the Asian...
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Tall tales and Chinese shape-shifters
Business SpectatorEconomyMichael PettisPart of the reason for the concerns that my blog has been hacked for political reasons may be the widespread belief abroad that no debate is permitted within...
View ArticleChina's consumer prices rise in July
Dow Jones, with a staff reporterChina's consumer price index rose 2.7 per cent in July from a year earlier, unchanged from the on-year rise in June, according to data from the National Bureau of...
View ArticleChinese industrial output rises
AAPGrowth in China's key industrial production accelerated to a five-month high in July, the government says, providing optimistic pointers for the world's second-largest economy after months of...
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Sharing the benefits of Asia's solar boom
ClimateSolar energyJeff SprossClimate ProgressThis year’s second quarter saw a massive surge in solar panel shipments, with three of the four largest manufacturers outdoing projections by as much as 32...
View ArticleAust household trade with China lifts
By a staff reporterThe average Australian household engaged in $14,480 worth of two-way trade with China in 2012, according to a new report commissioned by the Australia China Business Council...
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China’s quietest cash splash
EconomyChinaMichael SainsburyCrikeyJust when many thought the fall in China’s economic growth showed no signs of abating, its government has ramped up a stimulus program worth trillions of yuan that...
View ArticleGold hits three-week high
AAPGold and silver futures have climbed as data showing strong demand from top consumer China spurred investors who had bet on lower prices to close out those bets.The most actively traded contract,...
View ArticleMacquarie launches China survey
Macquarie Group Ltd has created a new survey to track monthly loan growth data, power consumption levels and cargo transport growth in the Asian nation, The Australian reports.According to the...
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Markets: The Aussie dollar's Chinese chains
CurrencyAustralian DollarBrett ColeAfter a 16 per cent fall between April 11 and August 2, the Australian dollar is, incredible as it may seem, on the rise. True, it is a modest one at best – up 2.5...
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