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Privacy is a key to unlock China’s US agreements

America is easing open the gates for Chinese acquirers. A key (and opaque) US national security panel gave a real estate firm the all-clear to purchase Genworth Financial Inc., an insurer specializing in long-term care, after the Beijing-based company gave assurances on data privacy. The weekend nod from the Com­mit­tee on For­eign In­vest­ment in the US for China Oceanwide Holdings ...

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Want to cut China trade gap, invest in America

One reason the US and China can’t figure out how to negotiate on trade may be that the Americans are making two sets of demands that are antithetical to each other, without even realizing it. On one side are threatened sanctions targeting the Made in China 2025 program of technology development and those against ZTE Corp. The headline tariffs, sometimes ...

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$2.3bn in losses highlights crypto’s moral hazard

It’s time the cryptocurrency community got its act together. In this relatively new industry, hacks and frauds have been greeted with a shrug and largely dismissed as part of the process of building a superior financial system. True believers are convinced that Bitcoin and its siblings will overthrow fiat currencies and the existing structures to which they’re attached. At their ...

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