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2 months ago | 
bloomberg.com | Jenni Marsh |Amanda Wang |Jinshan Hong
As the leaders of Canada and Mexico rushed to respond after Donald Trump started a new trade war, Chinese President Xi Jinping took a breath before his nation announced any concrete retaliation. Following through on a threat made after he won the presidency, Trump on Saturday imposed a blanket 10% levy on China, and 25% duties on both Canada and Mexico, over their alleged failure to prevent undocumented migrants and illegal drugs pouring into the US.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Argin Chang |Betty Hou |Amanda Wang
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is taking steps to reduce the burden of life insurers’ foreign-exchange hedging costs, which have risen because of the wide gap between local and US interest rates. The island’s insurers will be allowed to apply to increase FX volatility reserves from other reserve pools, the FSC’s Insurance Bureau Deputy Director General Tsai Huo-yen said at a briefing Thursday in Taipei.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | Argin Chang |Betty Hou |Amanda Wang
(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is taking steps to reduce the burden of life insurers’ foreign-exchange hedging costs, which have risen because of the wide gap between local and US interest rates. The island’s insurers will be allowed to apply to increase FX volatility reserves from other reserve pools, the FSC’s Insurance Bureau Deputy Director General Tsai Huo-yen said at a briefing Thursday in Taipei.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
bloomberg.com | Charlie Zhu |Amanda Wang
China will improve its supervision mechanism for the $66 trillion financial sector and regulate all sorts of financial activities, according to the ruling Communist Party’s long-term plan for the world’s second-largest economy. The government will formulate financial law to strengthen regulatory responsibilities and accountability, according to a document published by the official Xinhua News Agency on Sunday.
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May 31, 2024 | 
bloomberg.com | Charlie Zhu |Amanda Wang |Emma Dong
China’s market regulator vowed to press ahead with a probe into “intermediary agencies” involved in an alleged fraud by China Evergrande Group. The China Securities Regulatory Commission on Friday formally announced it will impose a 4.18 billion yuan ($577 million) fine on Evergrande’s onshore unit Hengda. The regulator cited the unit’s fraudulent bond issuance and violations on information disclosures, according to a statement.
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May 17, 2024 | 
afr.com | Amanda Wang
Shanghai | China announced its most drastic moves to shore up the beleaguered property market by removing the floor on mortgage rates and encouraging local governments to buy homes to convert them into affordable housing. Investors hoped the latest steps marked the beginning of more decisive government intervention to compensate for waning demand for both new and old apartments, slow down falling prices, and reduce a growing stock of unsold homes. Bloomberg and Reuters
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May 2, 2024 | 
miamistudent.net | Amanda Wang
As the semester draws to a close, Oxford's atmosphere becomes noticeably quieter. Miami University students head home for the summer, replacing the city’s lively atmosphere with a quieter rhythm. As a result, local businesses face a new challenge: staying viable. Because of the summer slump, local business owners must adapt by doing things such as reducing hours of operation and engaging with local residents.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
nyunews.com | Amanda Wang
When I first heard that NYU was launching a new study away site in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I asked myself: “Why in the world would someone ever want to study in what seems to be the middle of nowhere?” But, as someone who was just a part of the first cohort of NYU students to go to Tulsa on an Alternative Breaks trip this past spring break, the city actually exceeded my expectations.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
adaymag.com | Amanda Wang
前段時間南疆旅行歸來，便去體驗了 Yuki 的私廚。從餐桌布置、餐具選擇，再到食材準備和烹飪過程都盡顯她對細節的認真執著。那天我原本只有自己一個人去參加，還擔心會感到尷尬陌生，但沒想到等著我的，竟然會是一個意料之外的愜意下午。 踏入 Yuki 在西貢靜謐村屋的烹飪世界，仿佛走進了一幅日式田園畫卷。窗外，綠意盎然的鄉村景色讓人瞬間穿越時光隧道來到一個田園夢境，內心也變得寧靜放鬆。 Yuki 的家寫滿了清新雅致的日式風情，她巧妙地用樹枝與綠植來讓原木風的家居變得更柔和有生機，客廳中間的長餐桌上鋪著棉麻質感的藍綠桌布，青花瓷的花瓶中隨性地插放著幾枝絳紫色的洋牡丹、松蟲草和尤加利葉，兩側一字排開曡放齊整的日式餐具餐巾。 這種程度的講究，只看一眼，就暗自覺得，這堂烹飪課將會充滿驚喜。 這次我參加的是 Yuki 的 April spring home cooking class。 我們興奮地穿上她定製的亞麻圍裙，跟著她在島台上學習日式家庭料理。Yuki 耐心示範，還提供了詳細的 handout，讓烹飪小白也能輕鬆上手。 她說烹飪是她的愛好，可以 bring people...
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Charlie Zhu |Zheng Li |Zhang Dingmin |Amanda Wang |Lulu Yilun Chen
China has banned major institutional investors from reducing equity holdings at the open and close of each trading day, part of the government’s most forceful attempt yet to prop up the nation’s $8.6 trillion stock market. The order from China’s securities watchdog was recently delivered to major asset managers and the proprietary trading desks of brokerages, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
