NASDAQ-listed photovoltaic cell maker Solarfun Power Holding Co is among those that have been hit hard by a gloomy outlook over solar stocks. Vice President of Strategic Planning Paul W. Combs tells The China Perspective that the downturn is merely masking a much brighter future.

China Printing & Dyeing Holdings (M67.SIN) asked the Singapore Stock Exchange Wednesday to halt trading of its shares for 1,400 hours after its parent Zhejiang-based Jianglong Holdings, China’s largest printing and dyeing company, was reported to have gone broke, the Shanghai Securities News reported. Jianglong Holdings listed China Printing in Sin...

The tainted infant formula scandal is spreading from one product and one company to infect the entire domestic dairy industry. Foreign brands could be the big winners, writes Tony Jin

Senior managers at four Chinese steel mills, including Beijing Shougang (000959.SZ), Angang Steel (000898.SZ), Hebei Iron & Steel Group and Shandong Iron & Steel Group, have said they will cut production by 20% this year, the Securities Times reported. Bohai Securities steel analyst Ma Tao said the scaleback “could be due to fewer orders”...

Rocket Capital and Red McCombs have formed a consortium to acquire a 10-15% stake in Chinese automaker Brilliance Auto for US$100 million, the Shanghai Securities News reported. The consortium also plans to set up a joint venture with Brilliance Auto to sell the latter’s self-branded vehicles in the United States. “We always regard our export sec...

China’s consumer price index (CPI) will edge back to 2-3% early next year if food prices, which make up one-third of the CPI basket, do not rebound, JPMorgan Chase & Co China chairman Gong Fangxiong told a press conference organized to discuss China’s macroeconomic performance, the Shanghai Securities News reported. Gong also predicted China ...

Guangdong Bangjia Leasing Co is set to transform China’s white goods market. Retailers may feel the pinch but its leasing model opens up new channels for manufacturers, the China Securities Journal discovers