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Jul 23, 2019 20:28 PM

Opinion: The Growing Problems With China’s Total Social Financing Indicator
The flaws in the country’s broadest measure of credit and liquidity mean it should be used with caution in policymaking, writes economist Zhang Tao
Jul 23, 2019 16:31 PM

Editorial: Take the ‘Zombie Enterprises’ Bull by the Horns
Only when the market allows for life and death of struggling state-owned companies can the economy thrive through ‘creative destruction’
Jul 19, 2019 19:39 PM

Opinion: Personal Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Everyone Will Be Able to Ditch Their Debts
Personal bankruptcy doesn’t allow individuals to avoid repaying creditors, but rather allows them some breathing room until they can get their finances in order
Jul 16, 2019 20:19 PM

Ling Huawei: China Needs a Way to Ensure Financial Regulators Can Be Held Accountable
As financial bailout funds are established, it’s important to ensure they aren’t used to cover up regulatory failures
Jul 16, 2019 14:31 PM

Editorial: How to Resolve Pension Anxiety
In pension reform we should neither fear nor evade controversy. The most terrible thing would be to suppress it
Jul 12, 2019 16:21 PM

Opinion: China Could Be Banking on Trump Wrecking the U.S. Economy
Nation’s wait-and-see strategy could be premised on domestic discontent forcing Trump to back off of China in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election
Jul 11, 2019 19:46 PM

Opinion: Baoshang Takeover Marks Sea Change in China’s Wealth Management Industry
With the end of the implicit guarantee investors will become the major bearers of risk. Banks will have to adjust
Jul 10, 2019 16:00 PM

Opinion: China’s Choices on Services Liberalization Could Unlock $37 Trillion — or Squander It
New analysis models the economic value at risk by 2040 if nation fails to liberalize services sector and ensure greater financial globalization
Jul 09, 2019 17:11 PM

Editorial: Pursuing High-Quality Opening-Up
To achieve high-quality opening, we need to have a new round of ideological liberation
Jul 09, 2019 15:34 PM

Opinion: Facebook’s Libra Needs Central Bank Supervision
Digital currency needs regulation, international cooperation, PBOC official says
Jul 05, 2019 21:27 PM

Ling Huawei: Regulators Shouldn’t Do a U-Turn on ‘Backdoor Listings’
Reversing ChiNext’s prohibition will only encourage more speculative buying of companies with miserable businesses
Jul 03, 2019 16:19 PM

Opinion: In Praise of Demographic Decline
Automation has turned conventional economic wisdom on its head — there is greater prosperity in fewer numbers
Jul 02, 2019 15:57 PM

Opinion: Facebook’s Libra Must Be Stopped
If there were ever a run on a cryptocurrency, central banks would be obliged to step in to offer support. That could put entire countries at risk
Jul 02, 2019 15:53 PM

Opinion: A Future Without Currency Wars?
New technology, like that used by Facebook’s Libra digital coin, could mean a global monetary system free of disruptions of economic nationalism
Jul 02, 2019 14:33 PM

Editorial: What China Must Do for Its Capital Markets
Policymakers must fully respect market autonomy and promote two-way opening
Jun 27, 2019 17:10 PM

Ken Fisher: ‘Tech Cold War’ Offers a Golden Opportunity to Buy Cheap Shares
The U.S.’ Huawei ban has taken a toll on Chinese stocks, but a likely reversal by Trump will send shares soaring
Jun 27, 2019 15:46 PM

Opinion: Partnering With China Can Help Transform Africa’s Agriculture
China can offer lessons aplenty as it traced a similar agricultural trajectory to Africa’s, writes former Rwandan agriculture minister
Jun 26, 2019 18:45 PM

Wang Jun: A Legend of His Time
Former head of state financial conglomerate remembers Citic's deceased ex-chairman as an iconic figure in China's business world
Jun 25, 2019 16:21 PM

Editorial: Promoting Global Governance Through the G20 Summit
Promoting the progress of WTO reform should be the most urgent issue in global governance
Jun 25, 2019 14:52 PM

Opinion: Economic Expansions Don’t Die of Old Age
There is no reason to think that U.S.’ uninterrupted growth since 2008 won’t continue