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Apr 02, 2019 15:15 PM

Editorial: Lessons the New High-Tech Board Can Learn From the Past
China’s capital market needs a shift in regulatory philosophy, greater market autonomy
Mar 29, 2019 17:46 PM

Ken Fisher: Be Bullish on China Stocks — But Not Because of MSCI
By Ken Fisher
Global index provider’s A-shares boost is mostly symbolic, but investors have likely already front-run the shifts
Mar 28, 2019 19:23 PM

Opinion: Foreign Investment Law More Than a Face-Saving Gesture
By Ding Yuan
New framework on foreign investment suggests China is on track to be a major responsible stakeholder in the world economy
Mar 27, 2019 19:38 PM

Opinion: Forced Loans to Small Companies a Relic of the Planned-Economy Era
By Ling Huawei
Increasing financial supply and competition can do more to boost development than greater central planning
Mar 26, 2019 21:52 PM

Opinion: China and the Summer Solstice of the German-American Axis
By Vasilis Trigkas
U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed Germany closer to China, creating a rift in the long-running liberal transatlantic alliance
Mar 26, 2019 13:53 PM

Editorial: Governance of SOEs Must Adapt to the New International Situation
China’s SOEs need to be able to speak a common language in the international community — but we must be careful not to endlessly separate or combine state firms without improving corporate governance
Mar 22, 2019 20:09 PM

Opinion: China Can Do More to Face the New Wave of Globalization
By Fang Fenglei
There is still a gap between China and developed countries in areas including facilitating trade
Mar 21, 2019 16:28 PM

The World Bank’s Role in the Transformation of China’s State Sector: Part Four
By Zhang Chunlin
Zhang Chunlin discusses how the global body in recent years has advised the government on state capital management and ‘competitive neutrality’
Mar 20, 2019 19:43 PM

Opinion: Philanthropy Needs to Move Beyond Grants
By Diane Mak
The use of profit as a motive in organizations focused on delivering social and environmental impact is becoming more common
Mar 20, 2019 16:27 PM

The World Bank’s Role in the Transformation of China’s State Sector: Part Three
By Zhang Chunlin
Zhang Chunlin discusses how the international financial institution helped shape the way SOE profits get turned over to the government
Mar 19, 2019 20:01 PM

Opinion: Why Value-Added Tax Cuts Are Essential to Helping Businesses
By Tang Dajie
While some argue companies pass on VAT burden, businesses say greater tax cuts will give them more room to negotiate with suppliers, customers
Mar 19, 2019 16:14 PM

The World Bank’s Role in the Transformation of China’s State Sector: Part Two
By Zhang Chunlin
Zhang Chunlin discusses how the second round of SOE reform led to the establishment of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
Mar 19, 2019 15:03 PM

Editorial: Property Tax Law Needs Open-Door Approach
Concerns of ordinary homeowners must be treated with utmost care
Mar 18, 2019 16:08 PM

The World Bank’s Role in the Transformation of China’s State Sector: Part One
By Zhang Chunlin
A private sector development specialist at the bank describes how corporatization was a key strategy in the early years of reform
Mar 15, 2019 20:55 PM

Andrew Sheng: An Accountant’s Guide to Quantum Finance
By Andrew Sheng
Discoveries from quantum physics about wave-particle duality can teach us lessons about the relationship between assets and liabilities
Mar 15, 2019 15:26 PM

Ken Fisher: Why a Grayer China Is Cause for Stock Market Optimism
By Ken Fisher
An aging workforce won’t doom economic growth as technology enables people to work for longer
Mar 13, 2019 17:38 PM

Opinion: Despite Economic Headwinds, China Shouldn’t Lose Confidence
By David Mahon and Charlie Gao
Premier Li warned that 2019 would be a difficult year, but the country shouldn’t lose sight of its strengths
Mar 12, 2019 22:41 PM

Editorial: How to Achieve Effective Tax and Fee Reductions
The cost-benefit of the high proportion of ‘unproductive expenditure’ is only justified by propaganda. Structural adjustment is required to reduce the financial tax burdens on enterprises and to increase the efficiency of fiscal spending
Mar 12, 2019 20:07 PM

Opinion: China Stocks Aren’t In a Bull Market Yet
By Xu Xiaoqing
For A-shares to qualify, the M2 money supply has to grow faster than nominal GDP
Mar 12, 2019 14:56 PM

Jennifer Zhu Scott: Combining AI’s Power With Self-Centered Human Nature Could Be Dangerous
By Jennifer Zhu Scott
The idea of human-like robots taking over our world is a shallow and misleading distraction from the real risk