China’s “underwhelming” interest rate cut struggles to reignite subdued economic sentiment.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping ventures out of China for just the second time this year. He’s headed for a summit in South Africa, and is expected to top the in-person VIP list, with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin sitting this one out.
The Taiwanese vice president is walking a diplomatic tightrope. Did his tension-filled U.S. trip pay off? Experts argue China’s responding military drills brought more “thunder than rain.”
Topics in this episode:
- China Accuses CIA of More Alleged Spy Recruitment
- China Stimulus Measures Weaker-Than-Expected
- China Holds Drills near Taiwan; Response to VP’s U.S. Trip
- U.S. Trip Pays Off for Taiwan VP? China Drills More “Thunder Than Rain”: Experts
- “Fruit Diplomacy”: China Bans Taiwanese Mango Imports
- Taiwan Proposes Record Defense Budget
- Chinese Leader to Attend Summit in South Africa
- China: U.S., Japan, S. Korea “Smeared” Beijing
- The Value of Classical Chinese Dance
- U.S. Must Work with Africa to Challenge China: Tom