CHN News and Press, China Fund Inc. From 08/18/21

My reading of the current environment is relatively clear; both the longer term and shorter-term leading growth indicators are pointing toward the heightened possibility of slowing cyclical growth. As a result, these downward trends suggest investors ought to be rotating out of the re...

Another day, another crackdown. China's market regulator is at it again, issuing fresh draft rules at stopping unfair competition on the internet. They cover a wide range of prohibitions, including the way companies can use data and stamping out fake product reviews. The State Administration ...

Historically, China would show signs of strength driven by robust construction activity while Europe and the U.S. struggled, facing more mature markets and relatively higher levels of foreign penetration. But over the last couple of weeks, it is becoming clear that cutbacks are happen...

VIE risk is prevalent and concentrated in offshore Chinese Internet companies, but it probably won’t rank among the top three risk factors for the current situation. WisdomTree’s China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index has about 30% China A and H shares, plus sectors much...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

While the rest of the world has experienced one of the sharpest and most brief economic recessions in decades, China experienced something that has looked much more like a normal economic cycle. Whereas China has been on a bit of an island for the past year, tightening policy as other...

China’s economic achievements have caused growing tensions between the country’s socialist political and ideological goals and growing capitalist (profit-led) economy. Chinese leadership is also concerned about the threat that has arisen from the amount of power accumula...

Trade data published by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates a small improvement in the level of trade between the U.S. and China. The size of the monthly gap peaked at $10.6 billion in October 2020 and had fallen to $7.4 billion through May 2021 as the trade recovery gained steam. Th...

Despite all the media coverage and public proclamations, did we really believe China was going to force its massive steel industry to shutter capacity and retrench if it meant an impact on GDP growth? It seems the about-turn in prospects has come about because Beijing is concerned tha...

The U.S. is passing the baton in leading the economic restart to other developed markets; but we see fresh challenges in many emerging markets. Better-than-expected U.S. jobs data drove U.S. 10-year bond yields to the highest level in two weeks. U.S. stocks hit record highs. China...