China’s Elastic Export Controls
Beijing’s economic coercion is getting smarter.
The Company that Refuses to Decouple
Walmart should be in trouble in China, where its competitors are in retreat and its sourcing operations have been criticised by both Beijing and Washington....
Nicholas Borst on China’s Complicated Relationship with the Private Sector
The analyst on how Beijing’s need for control hamstrings its businesses and entrepreneurs.
China’s Electric Vehicle End Game
Consolidation in China’s auto sector is long overdue. But can Beijing stomach the damage to China’s economy?
China’s Cheap Dates
Consumers are benefiting in the short term as goods prices fall, but deflation could hurt Chinese brands longer term.
How to Stand Firm Against Chinese Economic Pressure
Countries hoping to deepen trade ties with China should learn from those who that have faced conflict before.
Chenggang Xu on Why It’s Right To Call China Totalitarian
The academic discusses China’s ‘institutional genes’ and what it would take for the country to become more liberal.
Beijing Needs to Go Big
The Chinese government will have to spend more if it wants to keep economic growth on target this year.
A Mar-a-Lago Accord Could Benefit China
Any deal to strengthen China's currency could help make Chinese people feel richer and ease trade tensions with other nations.
Kyle Chan on What We Need to Know About China’s Industrial Policy
The researcher talks about the state of the trade war, how the U.S. and others should deal with China’s growing dominance in several advanced industries,...
China’s Aging Migrant Workforce
Some 300 million Chinese workers are facing a more precarious future amid the country’s economic transition.
The Hunt for an Heir
The entrepreneurs at the forefront of China’s economic emergence in the 1980s and '90s are retiring. Who will succeed them?