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Oct 24, 2023 17:11 PM

Fisher: Don’t Let Price Paranoia Scare You From the Bull Market
Pundits are fretting over Chinese deflation and Western inflation, but these doomsayers read too much into short-term wiggles and ignore actual price drivers
Oct 23, 2023 18:05 PM

Editorial: After Ensuring 5% GDP Growth, Focus Must Return to the Long-Term
China’s policy adjustments should swiftly move beyond a risk response approach and toward steering the economy back to high-quality, sustainable growth
Oct 20, 2023 20:00 PM

Opinion: How Zhejiang’s Private Economy Paved Way to Achieve ‘Common Prosperity’
Greater emphasis should be placed on redistribution of wealth, where the government, not private enterprise, plays a pivotal role through tax, social security and public services, writes former official Liu Ting
Oct 19, 2023 19:26 PM

Opinion: Despite China’s Better-Than-Expected GDP Growth, Markets Are Unimpressed
Capital markets have operated with sheer pragmatism and appear to be immune to unsubstantiated rhetoric, writes former finance professor Tang Ya
Oct 16, 2023 14:59 PM

Editorial: Optimizing the Legal Environment for the Private Sector
Swift implementation of new supreme court guidelines is essential to bolster the shaken confidence of private businesses operating in China
Oct 13, 2023 21:08 PM

Wang Tao: What’s the Outlook for China’s Housing Market?
Sentiment among potential homebuyers soured in August, a UBS survey found, but the situation may get better in the coming months
Oct 10, 2023 20:39 PM

Opinion: Who’s Eating China’s Export Lunch in the EU?
Although China is losing market share in some categories of imports into the EU, its overall portion has been relatively stable, writes Everbright Securities’ chief macroeconomist
Oct 09, 2023 16:15 PM

Editorial: The Practice of Open-Door Legislation Must Continue
Transparency should be the norm in the legislative process and secrecy the exception
Oct 07, 2023 21:44 PM

Weekend Long Read: A Wartime Escape — Retracing the Footprints of My Granduncle in Sumatra
Hu Shuli, founder and publisher of Caixin Media, follows the path taken by Hu Yuzhi who fled Singapore when the city was on the brink of falling to the Japanese in 1942
Oct 03, 2023 19:15 PM

Opinion: How to Fix China’s Local Government Debt Crisis
It will be crucial to stress fiscal discipline, information transparency, effective market constraints, the rule of law, and a more reasonable relationship between the central and local governments
Sep 26, 2023 19:37 PM

Fisher: How You Can Bust Market Myths — and Profit
The investing world is full of axioms of dubious value. Correlations can help investors separate the maxims with merit from the phony fables
Sep 25, 2023 20:04 PM

Opinion: How to Break the Deadlock on China’s Real Estate Market
When the real estate policy toolbox is nearly exhausted, it is necessary to carefully optimize approaches
Sep 25, 2023 19:28 PM

Opinion: Essential Questions for Investing in Post-Pandemic China
Before putting money to work, investors should consider key questions such as why stocks are trending down despite policy support and why monetary easing has led to deflation
Sep 25, 2023 18:47 PM

Editorial: Infringing on Lawyers’ Rights to Practice Must Stop
The ability of attorneys to represent their clients is the barometer for the status of the rule of law in China
Sep 20, 2023 20:13 PM

Opinion: Is China Heading for a Japan-Like Period of Economic Stagnation?
A comparison of economic data shows some similarities between the two countries, but China also faces demographic challenges that its neighbor didn’t
Sep 18, 2023 20:35 PM

Opinion: ESG Will Prove to Be a Key Investment Trend
Tomorrow’s results from sustainable investing need global collaboration and a great deal of financial innovation today, UBS Asset Management president says
Sep 18, 2023 20:20 PM

Editorial: Government Budget Problems Shouldn’t Disrupt Basic Public Welfare
Belt-tightening should not be an end in itself. The solution to genuinely improving the fiscal situation lies in rejuvenating economic vitality
Sep 14, 2023 20:50 PM

Blog: China’s Ballooning Child Obesity Problem
An increasingly Western diet and sedentary lifestyle are among the major reasons causing the number of obese children in parts of China to reach that of developed countries
Sep 13, 2023 20:46 PM

Wang Tao: Expect China’s Credit Growth to Pick Up Further
Total social financing grew faster in August than the previous month, due partly to an increase in bank loans and bond issuance
Sep 13, 2023 20:22 PM

Blog: More Data Required to Provide Comprehensive Indicator of China’s Unemployment Rate
The collection and release of labor market data must be increased to include underemployment and job vacancies, which are highly correlated with the economic temperature