Japan Says Chinese Premier Li Ignores History in Potsdam Remarks

Japan Says Chinese Premier Li Ignores History in Potsdam Remarks
By Bloomberg News - May 27, 2013

A top Japanese official said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang “ignored history” by interpreting a 1945 allied agreement to mean Japan should hand over disputed islands to China.

In a speech yesterday in Potsdam, Germany, site of the conference where terms of surrender were dictated to Japan, Li said that agreement reaffirmed Japan should return all territory stolen from China, including “Taiwan and related islands.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-26/china-s-li-calls-to-uphold-postwar-peace-amid-japan-island-spat.html

Asia Insights: China: Mixed signals from leading indicators

Fixed Income | Asia Ex-Japan
21 December 2012

Asia Insights: China: Mixed signals from leading indicators

· Nomura's China leading indicator fell in November, but we expect it to pickup in December (Bloomberg ticker: NMEICLI).

· Our heatmap continues to improve, with 67% of indicators positive in November, up from a revised 65% in October.

· We expect growth momentum to continue to build, and maintain our above-consensus GDP forecasts for 4Q and Q1 2013.

Asia Insights: China: Exports slowed but domestic demand remains stron

Fixed Income | Asia Ex-Japan 10 December 2012 Asia Insights: China: Exports slowed but domestic demand remains strong ·China’s export growth slowed more than expected in November to 2.9% y-o-y from 11.6% in October. ·Import growth slowed to 0.0% y-o-y from 2.4%, but import growth for domestic consumption picked up. ·We expect the growth recovery to remain on track, as it is mainly driven by domestic demand.

Bloomberg: China Soft Landing May Be Hard for Commodity Exporters

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China Soft Landing May Be Hard for Commodity Exporters
By Bloomberg News - 2012.03.26 10:41 AM

The good news: China’s government will engineer a soft landing. The bad news: Even a soft landing is painful for industries that have become dependent on the world’s fastest-growing major economy as their main profit engine.