This Month
China consumer inflation surge unlikely to shift PBOC
Because the inflation rebound was driven by food-price increases that may prove temporary, the central bank is unlikely to abandon its flow of cheap money to the private sector.
- Yinan Zhao and Xiaoqing Pi
China's coal import restrictions not political: Whitehaven boss
China's coal import restrictions have indirectly hit Whitehaven Coal, despite none of the company's product being sold there.
- Luke Housego
Why Chinese leaders blocked the nation's most popular soap operas
Small-screen melodramas about its imperial past are a reminder of the hard-to-reconcile tension within China's vision of again becoming a "great" power.
- Fei-Hsien Wang
Will China turn itself into a huge Singapore?
If China were to emerge as a high-income country still ruled by a communist party state, which is what Xi Jinping expects, it would reshape the global balance of power. But how likely is it, in fact?
- Martin Wolf
Europe claims 'breakthrough' in trade talks with China
Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Brussels ended with pledge to tackle Beijing's unfair state subsidies to Chinese companies.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Hong Kong protest leaders found guilty as democracy hopes fade
Leading democracy activists in Hong Kong have been found guilty for their role in the 2014 protests amid growing concern over Beijing's tighter grip on the city.
- Lisa Murray
China's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund has gone quiet
The fund hasn't received any new money from Beijing for offshore investing since 2012, and its new chairman may not be able to change that.
- Nisha Gopalan
Chinese investment in Australia drops to a decade low
Chinese investment in Australia is on the decline due to Beijing's capital controls and restrictions on property deals. Healthcare overtakes real estate for the first time as the most popular sector.
- Michael Smith
Inside ANZ's renewed Asia push
ANZ's Asian clients include Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Tata, Reliance and LG. Now it needs to convince investors it can drive profits from them.
- James Eyers
Peppa Pig maker cashes in on Chinese New Year
This is a great year to be a company that makes a wildly popular cartoon series about a family of pigs that's big in China.
- Kit Rees
Growing signs that China and the US are close to a deal
Donald Trump was scheduled to meet Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He at the White House early on Friday, as negotiations over a trade deal between the world's biggest economies enter what could be the final stages.
- Jenny Leonard and Steven Yang
Don't breathe easy about China yet
Just as high reported GDP growth rates today make the economy's performance look better than it is, low growth rates tomorrow will paint a much bleaker picture.
- Michael Pettis
Liquor maker Moutai could be China's first 1000-yuan stock
Officials at the Shanghai exchange have already tested its system to ensure there will be no technical glitches when the stock hits the four-digit threshold.
- Sofia Horta e Costa and Amanda Wang
Trump's trade war will backfire, IMF says
The IMF has delivered a blunt rebuttal of the US President's logic for starting a trade war with China.
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- Jacob Greber
Liberum reiterates sell on BHP, Rio, Anglo
The prospect of falling global supply and renewed demand for iron ore in China is being misread by investors, according to Liberum Capital.
- Timothy Moore
Australia, India, US struggle to match China's infrastructure largesse
China's Belt and Road Initiative pumps billions into the Indo-Pacific. Counter-balancing it is proving a steep challenge for Australia and its regional friends.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The Chinese economy is stabilising
The question now is whether the economy is recovering and, if so, durably? The answers are: “yes” and “perhaps”.
- Martin Wolf
Wresting China diplomacy back off the securicrats
Understanding that Australia needs China more than it needs us does not make one a panda hugger, but a realist.
- Geoff Raby
Belt and road on steroids: How Alibaba conquered Southeast Asia
The e-commerce giant’s relentless expansion shows how Chinese business elites construct and manage their power within an increasingly China-led world economy.
- Qian Linliang
Analysts downgrade China's stocks at fastest clip since 2011
Analysts either downgraded or issued sell ratings on 84 mainland-listed companies last month - the highest number for any comparable period in eight years.
- Jeanny Yu and Sofia Horta e Costa