China economy

China faces a paradox: structural challenges and slowing growth associated with the old economy, and a high-tech, globally competitive industrial sector in the new economy.

American companies caught in the middle of China-U.S. competition should remember: all geopolitics is local.

After years of attempts to increase the role of state-owned enterprises in the Chinese economy, Xi now hopes entrepreneurs will bail him out.

China’s leader attempted to downplay the country’s economic issues while seeking to boost private sector confidence.

The “whitelist” policy was supposed to restore financing to stalled projects. So why have housing completion and financing rates both dropped?

How China manages the challenges it faces, and how the region responds, will shape Asia’s future trajectory.

China’s economic woes, and a general lack of trust exacerbated by corruption scandals, are driving a downward trend in charitable giving.

Contrary to popular belief, Chinese consumers already spend much more of what they earn than their American counterparts. Low wages are to blame for stagnant consumption.

As economic integration falters, social ties also weaken. Without maintaining these connections, mistrust and misunderstanding will only grow.

Xi Jinping attempted to spin slower growth as a “remarkable” achievement.

Changes in the local cadre incentive structure are a crucial yet often overlooked factor in the performance of the Chinese economy.

The voices shaping economic strategy extend beyond the Communist Party’s inner circle to include a select “brain trust” of prominent economists.