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Offshore loans in the Greater China region are expected to climb this year, driven by an increase in mergers and acquisitions, after falling to their lowest level in five years. The coronavirus pandemic weighed on<div class="excerpt-more"><a href="https://ccilc.pt/en/imprensa/china-outbound-ma-seen-driving-rebound-in-loans-this-year/" class="more-link"> […] <span class="screen-reader-text">China Outbound M&A Seen Driving Rebound in Loans This Year</span></a></div>

The negotiations on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI) concluded with breakneck speed on December 30, 2020. The CAI text, including a “legal scrubbing” and items that are reportedly still under negotiation, as strange<div class="excerpt-more"><a href="https://ccilc.pt/en/imprensa/policy-paper-wins-and-losses-in-the-eu-china-investment-agreement-cai/" class="more-link"> […] <span class="screen-reader-text">Policy paper: Wins and Losses in the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI)</span></a></div>

SHANGHAI — As most nations around the world struggle with new lockdowns and layoffs in the face of the surging pandemic, just one major economy has bounced back after bringing the coronavirus mostly under control:<div class="excerpt-more"><a href="https://ccilc.pt/en/imprensa/most-major-economies-are-shrinking-not-chinas/" class="more-link"> […] <span class="screen-reader-text">Most Major Economies Are Shrinking. Not China’s.</span></a></div>

US Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has passed away in the United States on the evening of January 11 at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, according to a<div class="excerpt-more"><a href="https://ccilc.pt/en/imprensa/9391/" class="more-link"> […] <span class="screen-reader-text">Gaming tycoon Sheldon Adelson dies at 87</span></a></div>

Tencent ranked first on the list of top 500 Chinese companies by market value in 2020, according to a report from the 21st Century Business Herald’s official WeChat account. With a worth of 4.55 trillion<div class="excerpt-more"><a href="https://ccilc.pt/en/imprensa/top-10-chinese-listed-companies-by-market-value/" class="more-link"> […] <span class="screen-reader-text">Top 10 Chinese listed companies by market value</span></a></div>