A former Communist Party leader of Shanghai known for implementing a brutal Covid lockdown in the business hub was officially designated China's new premier on Saturday. © Pool / ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese property developer CIFI posts profit warning, as the cash-strapped firm formulates plan to repay defaulted offshore debt
Shanghai-based CIFI said that it expected a loss ranging from US$1.87 billion to US$2.02 billion for 2022 The shortfall was mainly attributed to a decline in the number of properties delivered and ... ( read original story ...)
Li Qiang: China’s New Premier And Xi Loyalist
The ascension of the former Shanghai party chief had previously seemed in doubt ... address the country’s collapsing property market and reassure consumers and investors at home and aboard. But his ... ( read original story ...)
Li Qiang, Xi confidant, takes reins as China’s premier
Four years before Li Qiang gained notoriety as the force behind the two-month COVID-19 lockdown of Shanghai, the man who became China's new premier on Saturday worked quietly behind the scenes to ... ( read original story ...)
Man behind Shanghai’s brutal COVID-zero laws becomes China’s second in charge
Li Qiang has become China’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. ( read original story ...)
Li Qiang, Xi Jinping’s top confidant, takes reins as China’s premier
Four years before Li Qiang gained notoriety as the force behind the two-month Covid-19 lockdown of Shanghai, the man who became China's premier on Saturday worked quietly behind the scenes to drive a ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping bets on competence of Li Qiang as China new Premier
In late 2018, Mr Xi himself announced Shanghai's new tech-focused STAR Market as well as the pilot of a registration-based IPO system, reforms meant to entice China's hottest young firms to list ... ( read original story ...)