Stalled Dreams
When China loaned Ethiopia more than $2.5 billion to build a railway, it was cultivating a unique relationship in Africa that it hoped would unlock...
What’s Going on With Trump’s SPAC?
The extensive China connections in Donald Trump’s latest deal do not break any laws, but they are surprising.
Seeking CFIUS
Law firms are trying harder than ever to understand the opaque interagency's rulings.
The China Bull
Beijing's recent regulatory actions have erased over $1 trillion of market value from Chinese equities — a disruption that hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio refers...
Game Over
The guanxi game has defined China's modern business culture — and no one played it better than Xu Jiayin, the CEO of Evergrande. Now, however,...
Reinhard Bütikofer on the Increasing Coherence of Europe’s China Policy
The member of European Parliament talks about being sanctioned, a new EU Taiwan report, and why the CAI was a slap in the face of...
Biotech’s Borders
Ever since being named a strategic priority in 2015, China’s biotech industry has shown remarkable progress. But in order to achieve their global ambitions, Chinese...
China & the World Bank: Who Needs Whom?
Why does the world’s second-largest economy still borrow so much from the leading global development institution?
Desmond Shum on the Cost of Doing Business in China
The businessman and author of 'Red Roulette' talks about the necessity of getting close to China's political elite and the disappearance — and recent reappearance...
The Evergrande Cliff
Why did Chinese authorities allow the country’s largest developer to reach the brink of collapse?
Ping An and the Wen Family
Tracing how the stakes of Wen Jiabao's family were concealed in the now-infamous Ping An deal.
China’s Shell Game
How China’s offshore companies are registered, and what purpose they serve, has long been misunderstood by analysts and economists. But documents in the Pandora Papers,...