China Banks May Miss Loan Target for 2012, Officials Say. China’s biggest banks may fall short of loan targets for the first time in at least seven years as an economic slowdown crimps demand for credit, three bank officials with knowledge of the matter said.
A decline in lending in April and May means it’s likely the banks’ total new loans for 2012 will be about 7 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion), less than an estimated government goal of 8 trillion yuan to 8.5 trillion yuan, said one of the officials, declining to be identified because the person isn’t authorized to speak publicly. Banks are relying on small and mid-sized companies for loan growth after demand from the biggest state- owned borrowers dropped, the people said. The drying up of loan demand attests to the severity of China’s slowdown and may add pressure on Premier Wen Jiabao to cut interest rates and expand stimulus measures. Stocks Slide Asian stocks fell, with the benchmark MSCI Asia Pacific Index declining 0.2 percent as of 5:19 p.m. in Tokyo, heading for a fourth weekly loss. Is China Really Liquidating Treasuries? Submitted by John Aziz of Azizonomics Is China Really Liquidating Treasuries?
The news that China has become the first sovereign to establish a direct sales relationship with the U.S. Treasury (therefore cutting out the middleman and bypassing Wall Street ) raises a few interesting questions. China airline cuts flights to Philippines. BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines, one of the three major Chinese airlines, on Tuesday announced it is cutting flights to the Philippines as tourist numbers shrink amid tensions in the South China Sea.
China Southern will reduce its number of flights between China's Guangzhou city and Manila, capital of the Philippines, to just one a day on certain dates from May 26 to June 30. The airline normally operates two flights daily on the route. A spokesman for the airline said the adjustment was made in accordance with the cancellation of "a large number of tourist groups" lately. Major Chinese travel agencies have announced cancellation of package tours to the Philippines upon travel safety advice issued by the National Tourism Administration earlier this month. China to Invest in Coal Gasification - with GEs help - OIL - eWallstreeter. The sea rises in China. The sea rises in ChinaBy Brendan O’Reilly As throngs of emotional protesters take to the streets of Manila to decry Beijing's policy and actions in its ongoing maritime dispute with the Philippines, passions are also running high in China.
China Is Developing a Grid Better for Coal Than Renewables. China will fail to meet its carbon and energy intensity targets unless it makes dramatic changes to its electricity grid, a groundbreaking new report finds.
The study, two years in the making, finds that China's grid is its "Achilles' heel," said lead author and Energy Transition Research Institute Research Director William Chandler. While newer and in many ways more technologically advanced than the U.S. grid, China's system is nevertheless being built to perpetuate the use of coal and large hydropower projects. "The most important thing in the world for meeting carbon goals is what China does in its overall energy policy in the next 10 years. And the big hole in meeting those targets is in the electric power system," Chandler said in an exclusive interview with ClimateWire. "They are in serious danger of losing the battle to meet their carbon and energy-intensity goals," he said. A $63B failure to communicate? China Is Developing a Grid Better for Coal Than Renewables.
China Stops Buying Europe Government Debt on Crisis Concern. April 11, 2014 - 15:35:20 PDT The U.S.
Dollar - Currency Masquerading as Money This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve System. It is the third central bank in the country’s history. The first two were short-lived compared to the Fed. April 11, 2014 - 15:52:42 PDT The Gold Market’s Big First Quarter Surprise The first quarter of the year has certainly provided surprises for the gold market, but remember that every coin has two sides.
April 11, 2014 - 16:45:43 PDT U.S. From Ed Steer - That means that the U.S. April 11, 2014 - 15:08:24 PDT The West’s Slow-Motion Collapse This slow-motion collapse of the Western bloc is ultimately also providing the forewarned with more time to prepare for the inevitable. April 11, 2014 - 13:48:48 PDT Listening to the Canary - Casey Research QE has become just a story, & it's been going on for so long that it has no scare value left. April 11, 2014 - 13:14:16 PDT Europe has Subjected the Greek People to a Cruel Experiment Fear and Greed Index.
Understanding the Origins of the China – Philippine Cyber War. For many years, there has been a territorial dispute between China and Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal (Philippine Term: Panatag Shoal) or Huangyan Island (Chinese Term) and the Spratlys Island.
But the most disputed island today is the Scarborough Shoal because of the growing tension after the Chinese government sent a military vessel or a navy fleet into the South China Sea after rejecting a Philippine proposal to submit the Panatag Shoal dispute. A few days later, some defacers vandalized the official website of the University of the Philippines and left a note that they were from China and that Huangyan Island is theirs and not the Philippines. News spread regarding the defacement and intrusion of the hackers, who claim to be from China, and because of that a hacker who goes by the handle busabos retaliated and defaced three Chinese domains: star.chinaumu.org, v.cyol.com and ploft.cn.
In his defacement he said: Chinese government is clearly retarded Scarborough Shoal #OpChinaDown. Hugh Hendry: forget Europe and the US, the next crisis will be in China.