見ていた記事メモ（2024-03-19）

　世界の経済に関する情報、仕事で多少は使うのです。

BBC Evergrande: Crisis-hit Chinese property giant ordered to liquidate 29 Jan 2024　By Mariko Oi

　まあ、新聞記事で見る程度でいいんですが。

「Debt-laden Chinese property giant Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate by a court in Hong Kong.

Judge Linda Chan said "enough is enough" after the troubled developer repeatedly failed to come up with a plan to restructure its debts.

The firm has been the poster child of China's real estate crisis with more than $300bn (￡236bn) of debt.」

「When Evergrande defaulted two years ago it sent shockwaves through global financial markets.」

「China's property sector contributes roughly a quarter of the world's second biggest economy.」

BBC China tightens stock market rules after sell-off 29 Jan 2024　By Mariko Oi

「China has tightened its financial industry rules as the government tries to halt a deepening sell-off in the world's second largest economy.

Nearly $6tn (￡4.7tn) has been wiped off Chinese and Hong Kong stocks since their most recent peak three years ago.」

「Under the new rules limits will be put on so-called "short-selling" from Monday.」

「Defenders of short selling say it can play an important part in financial markets, by helping find the true value of an asset.

However, some critics see short selling as a ruthless trading strategy that undermines companies.」

　とまあ。中国の経済、とりわけ不動産業界はここ暫らく、辛い状況のようですね―と、そんなくらいの知識はあってよい。

　米国がフィリピンと協定。だいぶ前の記事ですが。

BBC US secures deal on Philippines bases to complete arc around China 2 Feb 2023

「The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines - a key bit of real estate which would offer a front seat to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan.

With the deal, Washington has stitched the gap in the arc of US alliances stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north to Australia in the south.

The missing link had been the Philippines, which borders two of the biggest potential flashpoints - Taiwan and the South China Sea.」

　…中国の封じ込めの一環ですわね。最近はどうだろう。