EXCLUSIVE Hollysys management to lead take-private deal at $1.8 bln valuation -sources

A consortium led by China’s Hollysys Automation Technologies management plans to take the U.S.-listed automation and control system maker private in a deal that would value the firm at $1.8 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.
In Zimbabwe, coal power project seeks other backing after China’s U-turn

A Zimbabwean company that had been banking on Chinese financing to build a major coal-fired power plant says it is now looking for alternative backers as China pulls back on funding such projects overseas.
China’s largest banks signal tough times ahead

Five of China’s largest banks have said the country’s lenders face multiple headwinds this year that include the pandemic, global politics and domestic turmoil in the real estate industry.