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The Czech Man in China

Before Petr Kellner died last month, he was the richest man in the Czech Republic — in large part because of his Home Credit business...

Charged Up

The last time the U.S. government tried to foster domestic battery manufacturing, its star company ended up being scooped up by a Chinese conglomerate for...

China’s Own Goal

In 2015, Xi Jinping decided that soccer, the world’s most popular sport, would improve China’s fitness, both on and off the field. But in the...

Red Curaçao

Curaçao’s fledgling stock exchange intended to attract Latin American companies seeking to raise money from European investors. Instead, Chinese firms came.

The Yum Model

When one of the biggest fast food brands in the world spun off its China operations, naysayers warned it would miss out on massive growth...

Deep State, Inc.

Last year, a nixed deal between the Solomon Islands and Sam Group, a Chinese conglomerate, offered a rare window into how Chinese companies often work...