Nov 08, 2018
Imports from US shrink, strengthening Beijing’s resolve to resist concessions.
Oct 13, 2017
China’s overseas shipments rose from a year earlier, narrowly missing estimates, the latest sign that Asian trade is holding up on robust external demand
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Jul 25, 2017
The first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue yielded no tangible results. But the two powers have plenty of room for agreement – if they can put their sense of exceptionalism aside.
Aug 11, 2015
China devalued the yuan on Tuesday after a run of poor economic data, guiding the currency to its lowest point in almost three years in a move it billed as free-market reform. The central bank described it as a "one-off depreciation" of nearly 2 percent, based on a new way of managing the exchange rate that better reflected market forces, but economists said the timing suggested it was also aimed at helping exporters.