By Zhang Hongpei
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, fell in July for the first time in more than two years, as widely expected by the market.
Analysts said that the index has hit its low for this year and will steadily climb in the coming months with consumer demand...
By Rhod Mackenzie
GT Opinion
Many global media outlets have reported that the US government will introduce what is being referred to as the "unprecedented rules limiting American investments in China" on Wednesday. This plan has been in the work for nearly two years and hyped by public opinion fo...
By Rhod Mackenzie
GT Editorial
After the US restricted chip sales to China, the global semiconductor sector changed in unforeseen ways that are increasingly beyond Washington's control.
Among these changes, China's rising production capacity for low-end chips has become a new concern for those...
By Fantine Gardinier
Analysts have told Sputnik that China’s binge in to non-dollar currency reserves, including record amounts of gold bullion, is being driven by how unstable the US dollar has become. Countries like Russia, which hold few dollar reserves, present a safer bet for investors and tr...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The US will have to develop new clean energy technologies to reduce its reliance on certain critical minerals amid looming shortages and China’s supply chain dominance, while boosting emergency reserves in the meantime, analyst think.
Last week, the US Department of Energy (DOE)...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia's second largest gold miner and largest silver mine Polymetal Int (combines the assets of JSC Polymetal) sees no alternatives for the future of the company, except for the sale of its assets in Russia, Vitaly Nesis, the company's chief executive officer, said during an onl...