Today’s Issue Cluster: China
HK – Port declines from #1 to world’s fifth-busiest
China – Labor Protests Multiply in as Economy Slows
Media – China on course to be world’s biggest movie market by 2017
US – Feb: NAR Existing home sales plunge; -7.1% / CNBC
China – Wary Investors Find Haven in Booming Southeast Markets B *
China – Insurers Make Moving Money out of Country Harder WSJ *
China – Outflows of Money Slowed in February B / NYT
China – Yuan Loses Luster in Global Trade WSJ *
China – Middle classes still moving into dollars FT *
China – Defends veracity of foreign exchange reserves data FT *
China – Burns hedge funds as $562m yuan bet turns worthless B *
China – Cautious Reception for Head of Securities Regulation WSJ *
China – Bears could start to feel isolated FT *
China – Growth Has Slowed to Near Zero in Nominal Dollar Terms B *
China – Has a $590b Problem With Unpaid Bills B / FT *
China – Cannot escape the economic reckoning that a debt binge brings E *
China – Seeks to balance stimulus and reform FT / AP *
China – Growth Addiction Leaves Deleveraging, Reform in Back Seat B *
China – Leaders Put the Economy on Bubble Watch WSJ *
China – ‘Bulging pipeline’ of investment projects boosts bulls FT *
China – On an Overseas Buying Spree WSJ * *
China – Fighting Money Exodus, Squeezes Business WSJ *
China – Begins to Tackle Its ‘Zombie’ Factory Problem WSJ *
China – Clumsy SOEs stagnate as private companies race WSJ
China – Sets 6.5% to 7.0% Growth Target B / R / FT / WSJ / NYT *
China – Lending growth is going much faster WSJ *
China – Tourism spending leaps 53% in a year FT *
HK – Port declines from #1 to world’s fifth-busiest b
China – Premier Says It Is ‘Impossible’ to Miss Targets WSJ / B / AP
China – To Shift Debt Burden in Tax Overhaul WSJ *
China – Explores debt-for-equity swaps to defeat bad debt pile-up FT *
China – Regulators Speed Up Bad-Loan Help for Banks WSJ *
China – Bad Debt Solution Isn’t Magic WSJ *
China – ChemChina’s Global Shopping Spree Is Debt-Fueled WSJ *
China – As Internet Firms Lure Cash, Worries Follow WSJ
China – Alibaba Affiliate Ant Financial Valued at More Than $50b WSJ *
China – To crack down on P2P lenders FT * *
China – Awash in Empty Homes, Beijing Asks Migrants to Settle Down NYT
China – For whom the bubble blows E *
China – Money rolling hard into Tier 1 property FT / WSJ / FT / FT * *
China – Said to Plan Crackdown on Loans for Home Down-Payments B *
HK – Cost of living forces married couples into separate beds FT *
China – To lay off 5-6m workers R / FT / R *
China – May Rein in Wage Rises to Boost Economy WSJ *
China – Labor Protests Multiply in as Economy Slows NYT / AP / NYT
Media – China on course to be world’s biggest movie market by 2017 FT *
Media – Chinese Cinema Stocks Face Box-Office Blunder WSJ / WSJ *
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