Stocks Open Flat After Asian Sell-Off – Jeremy W. Peters and Wayne Arnold
From the International Herald Tribune: U.S. stocks opened flat Wednesday after a late-session slump Tuesday that led to a sell-off in Asia and carried over in Europe because of concerns about the...
View ArticleChina Stand on Imports Upsets U.S. – Steven Weisman
From New York Times: Few American industries have had more success in selling goods to China than makers of medical devices like X-rays, pacemakers and patient monitors. Which is why a recent Chinese...
View ArticleUS Treasury Chief Urges China To Revalue Currency – AFP
From AFP: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called Wednesday for an immediate revaluation of the Chinese currency after Beijing announced moves to tighten monetary policy for the first time in a...
View ArticleYuan Slips vs. Dollar But Has Record Quarterly Rise
From Reuters: The yuan dipped against the dollar on Monday, guided by the Chinese central bank ahead of a visit to China by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, but its appreciation in the first...
View ArticlePaulson to Meet China’s New Trade Envoy
From AP: Turning attention from efforts to calm the U.S. credit crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson meets Wednesday with China’s new point man on strained trade ties with Washington — a former...
View ArticleUS Envoy Urges China to End Barriers to Pollution Technologies
From VOA News : U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has urged Beijing to scrap barriers on imports of pollution-reducing technology. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing the secretary praised China’s...
View ArticleU.S. Treasury Secretary Vows to Press for Change in China
From the International Herald Tribune: Paulson, meanwhile, will be leading a delegation of Cabinet members to meet with their Chinese counterparts in Annapolis, Maryland, next week at what could be the...
View ArticleChina Debunks `Domino Theory’ in World Markets
Given all the recent US government bluster about the value of China’s yuan, the topic got startlingly little play in the just-concluded round of talks between the US Treasury Secretary and Chinese...
View ArticleHenry M. Paulson Jr.: The Right Way to Engage China
Written by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, from Foreign Affairs: One of the first challenges the next U.S. president will face will be how to respond to China’s emergence as a global power. Some...
View ArticlePaulson Says China’s Role in Financial Crisis Critical
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in a speech to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Tuesday evening that China would play a significant role in helping the rest of the world recover...
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U.S. Treasury’s Lead Role On China In Doubt
The International Herald Tribune is looking at who will take the job of US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. when Obama takes office next month; Mr. Paulson was frequently seen as the “No. 1 China...
View ArticleAt Economic Pow-wow, China Tells US to Get Economy in Order (Updated)
China and the U.S. launched the fifth round of the so-called Strategic Economic Dialogue as an effort to find common ground amidst a global economic crisis. It was attended by outgoing U.S. treasury...
View ArticleChina Is ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Devalue Yuan, Yu Says
Following meetings with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Chinese officials seem unlikely to allow the yuan to depreciate. Bloomberg reports: “It is highly unlikely that China will reverse its...
View ArticleYuan Appreciation Is in China’s Interests, Henry Paulson Says
Bloomberg reports on recent comments made by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson just after his successor held meetings in Beijing: “I believe very strongly that it is in China’s interest to...
View ArticleLiu He, Xi Jinping’s Choice to Fix a Faltering Economy
As China’s top leadership plans for economic reform over the next decade, Liu He has come to the fore as the one entrusted with crafting the reform agenda. The Wall Street Journal reports: China is...
View ArticlePeter Hessler, Henry Paulson, and Chinese Censorship
At the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson discusses author Peter Hessler’s enormous success in China and describes the complexities of writing about the country: why “foreign correspondents only...
View ArticleChina Stand on Imports Upsets U.S. – Steven Weisman
From New York Times: Few American industries have had more success in selling goods to China than makers of medical devices like X-rays, pacemakers and patient monitors. Which is why a recent Chinese...
View ArticleUS Treasury Chief Urges China To Revalue Currency – AFP
From AFP: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called Wednesday for an immediate revaluation of the Chinese currency after Beijing announced moves to tighten monetary policy for the first time in a...
View ArticleYuan Slips vs. Dollar But Has Record Quarterly Rise
From Reuters: The yuan dipped against the dollar on Monday, guided by the Chinese central bank ahead of a visit to China by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, but its appreciation in the first...
View ArticlePaulson to Meet China’s New Trade Envoy
From AP: Turning attention from efforts to calm the U.S. credit crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson meets Wednesday with China’s new point man on strained trade ties with Washington — a former...
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