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Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-19-shut businesses, while Beijing battles on

Asia Pacific May 15, 2022

Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-19-shut businesses, while Beijing battles on

All but shut down for more than six weeks, Shanghai is tightening curbs in some areas that it hopes marks a final push in its campaign against the virus.

China will be deglobalization’s big loser

Commentary / World Apr 22, 2022

China will be deglobalization’s big loser

by Minxin Pei

History should be a stark warning to President Xi Jinping: if he allows Russia to divide the world with its war on Ukraine, it is China and its exporters who will pay the heaviest price.

Beijing is hedging its bets against geopolitical shock

Commentary / World Mar 27, 2022

Beijing is hedging its bets against geopolitical shock

by Zhang Jun

U.S. efforts to slow Beijing's ascension on the global stage will not have a lasting impact, let alone stop China’s economic and technological rise.

A resilient China tries to navigate a hostile world

Commentary / World Mar 14, 2022

A resilient China tries to navigate a hostile world

by Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng

With its “dual-circulation strategy,” China is focusing on increasing self-reliance and thus its ability to withstand external pressures and disruptions.

China’s economic development is rife with new challenges and traps

Commentary / World Mar 2, 2022

China’s economic development is rife with new challenges and traps

by Keun Lee

China’s weak rule of law carries serious risks, including official corruption, which tends to increase inequality and thus could undermine efforts to avoid the middle-income trap.

How to withstand China’s property meltdown

Commentary / World Jan 26, 2022

How to withstand China’s property meltdown

by Shuli Ren

Some of China's richest people were forced by the government to part with prized assets, and they were lucky they did.

An aging China poses new challenges

Editorials Jan 21, 2022

An aging China poses new challenges

China's declining birth rate looks almost impossible to reverse, a trajectory with profound implications for its economic and social prospects.

China's got problems, but inflation ain't one

Commentary / World Jan 21, 2022

China's got problems, but inflation ain't one

by Daniel Moss

China looks determined to quash — rather than live with — COVID-19. An overly muscular economic response, too, may do as much harm as good.

The Made in China plan is back, and it’s better

Commentary / World Jan 19, 2022

The Made in China plan is back, and it’s better

by Anjani Trivedi

State planners released a five-year smart manufacturing development plan in late December that aims to digitize 70% of the country’s large enterprises.

China can have cheap coal or common prosperity. Not both.

Commentary / World Jan 7, 2022

China can have cheap coal or common prosperity. Not both.

by David Fickling

Operating 24 hours a day, the only way coal mines can increase output in a hurry is to skimp on maintenance, making for a dangerous situation.

Post-peak China at a crossroads

Commentary / World | The Year Ahead: Reckonings Dec 30, 2021

Post-peak China at a crossroads

by Chris Patten

Has Beijing squandered the years of power China had gained because of its economic strength and the problems faced by Western countries since the 2008 global financial crisis?

Turning inward: Why China continues to rise

Commentary / World Dec 23, 2021

Turning inward: Why China continues to rise

by Zhang Jun

The heyday of globalization soon could be replaced by a post-pandemic era shaped by national-security concerns and border controls.

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