December 24, 2020
8 COMMENT: Chinese rebound from pandemic
01 Top Story Vaccines to shape Asian markets in '21
02 The ATF Big Picture Apple's EV bet paying off
03 ATF TV The Asian year ahead
04 Crackdown on Alibaba
Central bank said that the country's financial regulators would summon the e-commerce giant's Ant Group unit for discussions on supervision and competition; Alibaba shares plunged on Thursday after the news emerged
05 China 'Big Data' fears
Chinese officials and citizens hope its revised Anti-Monopoly Law will force internet giants such as Alibaba and Tencent to shun monopolistic behaviour, but experts say the new law must have 'long teeth' to protect consumers from the sophisticated ploys of Big Data
06 Commodities play
China accounts for about half of global copper production but faces an uphill struggle to win business for commodities, as London has historically dominated exchanges
07 Green plans slowed
China's bid to cut its reliance on coal for power generation and switch to renewable energy has also been hampered by tensions with some of its regional neighbours
08 Comment
"All in all, Chinese firms have been hit by the trade war and Covid-19, but they have recovered faster than global peers, which equates to a better relative performance."
Alicia Garcia Herrero at Natixis
