Part of China’s economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next

Part of China’s economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next

Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s first major reform plans a decade ago were also his boldest, envisaging a transition to a Western-style free market economy driven by services and consumption by 2020. The 60-point agenda was meant to fix an obsolete growth model better suited to less developed countries – however, most of those reforms have … Read more

How to tell if the Evergrande crisis is spilling beyond China

How to tell if the Evergrande crisis is spilling beyond China

Worries surrounding debt-strapped property developer China Evergrande have put investors on guard for evidence that the crisis may be spilling over into broader markets. Evergrande, once China’s top-selling property developer, owes $305 billion, has run short of cash, and investors are worried a collapse could pose systemic risks to China’s financial system and reverberate around … Read more