Apr 27, 2015

China is cracking down on cyber security. Demanding new banking regulations and draft counter-terrorism legislation could make it harder for foreign companies t

Apr 14, 2015

Breakingviews’ alternative gauge of activity recovered slightly in February to its highest level since last spring. Chinese New Year celebrations and a bump in

Apr 11, 2015

If the man-made dam that separates China’s financial markets from the rest of the world were removed, which way would the money flow? The sudden boom in Hong K

Mar 26, 2015

Chinese banks’ bad news is good news. Agricultural Bank of China reported a 28 percent increase in bad loans over the last six months of 2014, as its earnings

Mar 25, 2015

Much has been written about the relationship between China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, largely making the case that theirs is a close personal r

Mar 24, 2015

If any country knows about the risks and rewards of building infrastructure, it is China. Over the past two decades, the People’s Republic has erected countles

Mar 20, 2015

As crunchy vignettes in U.S.-China relations go, it’s hard to beat the moment in 1979 when President Jimmy Carter pressed Deng Xiaoping to let Chinese people e

Mar 10, 2015

Kaisa’s haircut for offshore bondholders is a bad omen for China’s property sector. The troubled developer’s ballooning debt and evaporating cash leaves cred

Mar 06, 2015

China’s new target for GDP growth is a missed opportunity. Premier Li Keqiang says economic output will expand by “about 7 percent” this year. Though the lac

Mar 04, 2015

Alibaba’s multiple nationalities are an invitation to trouble. Taiwan has challenged the e-commerce group’s status as a non-Chinese company. The regulators co