the imf said it welcomed steps announced by policymakers earlier this month to stabilise china s beleaguered property sector. lets get the low down now with louise loo, who is china economist at oxford economics. louise, looking for china. projected to grow beyond expectations. projected to grow beyond expectations. yes, exactly. this is very expectations. yes, exactly. this is very positive - this is very positive assessment. i think the upgrade to the growth forecast notjust this year, next year, suggest to us that there is a good sense of expectation that policies will continue to be quite supportive of the economy. i think generally it is quite good news if you think about the different structural problems the economy faces, including property. including property. property bein: including property. property being the including property. property being the main including property. property being the main one. - including property. property being the main one. it
market share, opening more stores, adding more distributors ends telling more problems for the it overtook apple as a second most popular smartphone maker during the first quarter of the year. but now apple has reason to celebrate. the companies iphone sales in china rose 52% in april compared to a year ago. that s according to data from a research company is affiliated with the chinese government. that entity, the china academy of information and communications technology doesn t track apple specifically instead it measures the increase in foreign shipments. but in the an branded game, apple is the lead player. and apple could see more games for that is been discounting select models which could lead to more sales. staying with technology nvidia s momentum continues, with its stockjumping 7 percent to hit another record high on tuesday. the chipmaker and leader in the artificial intelligence space is now valued at $2.8 trillion. it is currently wall street s third most v
Visiting south america, reassuring allies the u. S. Is working on all options on the cruisers beyond the military. Marco rubio targeted in an assassination attempt. Nicholas maduro sun takes aim at the white house saying he will see this rifle. President trump targeting trade with china calling for an investigation into intellectualproperty violations of the Chinese State saying it will poison relations. Secretary James Madison Rex Tillerson are doing in a joint oped in the wall street journal that a diplomatic approach to north korea is the best option. We are seeing a recovery in Global Markets showing gains across the board after the small bounce back on friday. The dow industrials futures to point to a 90point gain now coming off their worst week since late march. Cobra in europe. Stocks fared in their acrosstheboard. The dax in germany. Asia overnight markets mostly higher as well. The nikkei in japan down almost 1 . The newest edition of americas best selling f. 150 hitting the r
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Military powers, reason for todays special event with professor, author, and peter is 11th newest book is entitled crouching tiger what China Military means for the war. And delighted to have not only peter here today, but also to also distinguished psychological larceny of china toshi and steven helper hear from each of them after the main presentation by peter, but first let me just say a few words to frame the china debate in the context of todays event. This is december 7th, december 7th is reminder of both straw toggic surprise and how a raising asia power might seek expansion of the influence and control throughout asia even at the expense of major power war. The concern today, however, is that a reemerge nationalistic and increasingly revision of china is bent on a influence and undermining First World War order. Trying to restore china greatness and he simultaneously thinks to rejuvenate chinese nation and preserve communist party. In addition to comprehensive reforms at home s