Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and … Read more

China’s Xi warns against decoupling, lauds Belt and Road at forum

China’s Xi warns against decoupling, lauds Belt and Road at forum

[1/5]Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against … Read more

Western rival to Belt and Road has much to prove

Western rival to Belt and Road has much to prove

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Western countries have a window of opportunity to come up with a credible infrastructure plan for the developing world. China’s $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative is drowning in bad debts and may be about to lose Italy, the only big rich democracy which is a member. The People’s … Read more

Italian PM: Strong partnership with China more important than Belt and Road Initiative

Italian PM: Strong partnership with China more important than Belt and Road Initiative

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on, as she is welcomed by U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights ROME, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday there was more to Italy’s … Read more

Despite Rome’s scepticism, China says Belt and Road cooperation with Italy ‘fruitful’

Despite Rome’s scepticism, China says Belt and Road cooperation with Italy ‘fruitful’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses as he meets Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (not seen) in Ankara, Turkey, July 26, 2023. Stringer/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Despite Rome’s scepticism, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said cooperation with Italy under the Beijing-led Belt and Road initiative had been fruitful, … Read more