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lets start with china, because its currently holding its annual two—day national peoples congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in—line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed chinas growth. official figures show the worlds second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which...

Companies.— companies. louise, we appreciate _ companies. louise, we appreciate your - companies. louise, we appreciate your time. i staying with china, one company potentially looking to move some of its operations out of the country is foxconn. according to various reports, the taiwanese firm — which makes apples iphones — is considering moving some of its production to india. on friday, the southern indian state of karnataka said foxconn had announced a major deal there, which could gen...

Ends. but it is pointing towards the fact we might see more in the financial system and further consolidation in different ministries as well as some of these top government, allies of president —— president xi. allies of president -- president xi.- allies of president -- president xi. ~ . ., ., , president xi. we have already seen strict — president xi. we have already seen strict controls _ president xi. we have already seen strict controls of - president xi. we have already seen strict ...

Product needs to assist chinese with its intelligence. so it is no surprise to ban tiktok and the house foreign affairs committee last week voted for a bill to allow the us president to ban tiktok that bill is yet to ban tiktok that bill is yet to go towards a full house —— in front of a full house and the senate and the white house told federal agencies that they need to ensure that tiktok is removed from phones or government devices within 30 days. this momentum against tiktok is growing n...

Another example of what the state is going to capitalise on. it is also a state that is going to elections so that is why we have seen chatter from politicians talking but this $100,000 job creation that make 100,000 job creations. all of these factors need to be considered when we are talking about this kind of project but yes, the fact is land has been earmarked for this particular project and foxconn which manufactures indias iphones in the southern state is also looking to increase its footp...

The government target of five and a half % and its slowest for decades. lets discuss this with louise loo, senior economist at oxford economics. theres widely expected to be a big shakeup in the team handling the economy. around 5%, it probably implies that growth as low as 4.5% is probably acceptable to the government and we do think that means the policy matters that we see will be a little bit more than what we expect last year. more than what we expect last ear. �* , , , �* year. but thi...

Priorfive year period are much higher than in the prior five year period if you look back, the reality is that there are still those there that could result in a rising demand, we have not completely weaned ourselves off russian gas. on the factor of china which could also result in competitive demand for energy sources. if competitive demand for energy sources. ., ., ~ competitive demand for energy sources. ., , sources. if we look at why the institute for _ sources. if we look at why the insti...

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And what that means domestically for china is that in the past, as you said, we have enjoyed growth in the double digits and a lot of that is driven by investment and export and going forward it wouldnt be as much of a growth driver for china wouldnt be as much of a growth driverfor china anymore wouldnt be as much of a growth driver for china anymore so what that means is that china will have to find its own new growth drivers going forward. and hopefully that come from consumption which is whe...

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