China economic reform

Beijing is executing a three-layered plan: shoring up its domestic front, tightening the screws on the U.S., and repositioning itself on the global stage.

Viewing the Chinese government through a prism of exceptionalism makes it hard for China bulls to imagine that the authorities might be unpredictable, capricious, and often wrong.

Beijing's policy pivots fueled a historic stock surge. Can this rally transform into a sustainable bull run, or will deep-rooted economic challenges cut it short?

China aims to dismantle the hukou system and integrate rural migrants into urban economies, but challenges of infrastructure, resources, and social resistance loom large.

Without efforts to revive market confidence, Beijing’s broader reform agenda could falter.

Xi changed China’s trajectory from the “Reform and Opening Up” of his predecessors toward a more internal and state-focused model of economic development.

Despite his reputation for being a political weakling, Li deserves credit for successfully championing reformist economic values.

Once again, China’s government failed to approve a property tax law, seen as a key part of reforming the real estate sector.

Xi Jinping has been clear that China’s old economic model is a thing of the past. The new one, however, is only starting to take shape.

The pandemic has once again emphasized the winners (China) and losers (the Western lower and middle classes) of globalization.

This week’s celebration of Shenzhen, the original SEZ, comes amid a general trend of sidelining Deng.

China must take care not to let the current trend follow the pattern of the bicycle-sharing fiasco.