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China Offers Insurance to Rubber Producers to Encourage Higher Output

China’s government said on Monday it has started offering insurance for natural rubber producers, to encourage higher output and increase the country’s self-sufficiency rate in producing the latex used to make tires. The scheme for producers in Hainan and Yunnan …

German Companies Seeking to Cut Risk of Doing Business in China: Survey

Nearly half of German companies operating in China are taking measures to reduce the risk of doing business there largely due to growing geopolitical tensions, according to a new survey by the German Chamber of Commerce in China. Firms are …

Tesla China Offers Insurance Subsidy on Some Models Bought Before Year-End

Tesla China is offering insurance subsidies for some types of Model 3 and Model y for purchases before the end of 2023, according to a statement on its official social media account on Tuesday. (Reporting by Albee Zhang and Brenda …

Ping An Loses $3.1 Billion in Value on Country Garden Buy Report

A report that Chinese authorities asked Ping An Insurance Group Co. to rescue Country Garden Holdings Co. sent the insurer’s stock sliding, wiping out $3.1 billion from its valuation. Distressed developer Country Garden, on the other hand, jumped 12% to …

China’s Ping An Sold Stake in Country Garden, Has No Plans to Buy the Troubled Firm

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. said it doesn’t hold any shares in Country Garden Holdings Co. and has no plans to acquire the distressed Chinese developer, refuting a report that sent the insurance giant’s stock tumbling on Wednesday. The insurer …

China Eases Investment Rules for Insurers in Bid to Boost Flows Into Stocks

China has taken a move that effectively allows insurance firms to make longer-term investment in shares, adding to a drumbeat of support measures to revitalize the country’s stock market. The Ministry of Finance will from now on evaluate insurers’ return …

Derisking Dilemma: How German Companies Are Tackling China Risk

Thomas Nuernberger is preparing for tougher times. For the past seven years, the 55-year-old has run the Chinese unit of fan and motor maker ebm-papst, and business has been good. But, as tensions simmer between Berlin and Beijing, ebm-papst is …

China Bars Executive at US Firm Kroll From Leaving Mainland: WSJ

China blocked a senior executive at US risk advisory firm Kroll from leaving the mainland, the Wall Street Journal reported, in the latest case of authorities imposing exit bans on the employees of foreign companies. Michael Chan, a Hong Kong-based …

EU Businesses Concerned About ‘Lack of Clarity’ in China’s Data Laws

European Union businesses are concerned about China’s data laws, including their “lack of clarity” and the “long processes” that companies have to undergo, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said on Tuesday. In July, China expanded its counter-espionage law. It …

Chinese Police Detain Staff of Evergrande Unit as Property Crisis Enters New Phase

Authorities detained some staff of the money management business of China Evergrande Group, a sign that the saga around the defaulted developer at the heart of the nation’s property crisis has entered a new phase involving the criminal justice system. …