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Feb 06, 2021 09:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Deaths on the Job Make People Mull the Meaning of Work
By Wei Zhou
The meat grinder of working life has more people recognizing their limitations and contemplating their own mortality
Feb 05, 2021 19:56 PM

Opinion: Chinese City’s Covid Calamity Tests Limits of the Planned Economy
By Wei Zhou
A rigid one-size-fits-all plan meant the northeastern city of Tonghua was not short of supplies, only the people needed to deliver them, leaving residents to starve
Feb 03, 2021 15:07 PM

Opinion: GameStop Saga Highlights Differences in Fintech Between U.S. and China
By Joel Gallo
China’s financial markets are tightly regulated, allowing for minimal short-selling, making GameStop drama highly unlikely here
Feb 01, 2021 17:06 PM

Editorial: Multilateralism Is Not Something You Can Pick and Choose
Multilateralism remains key to solving tough issues of climate change, poverty, refugees and public health issues
Jan 29, 2021 17:17 PM

Opinion: Blame Games Won’t Help Defeat Covid-19
By John Pearson
The worldwide distribution of the vaccine underscores the twin powers of collaboration and synchronicity that are the essence of globalization
Jan 29, 2021 05:52 AM

Opinion: Shanghai Shows How ‘Catching Mice in China Shop’ Strategy Can Swiftly Contain the Virus
By Zhang Fan
City of 25 million, the world’s third-largest, has managed to control the virus without massive disruptions
Jan 29, 2021 05:41 AM

Opinion: What We Can Learn From the GameStop Saga on Wall Street
By Bao Te
Individual investors driven by social media take away some of big institutional investors’ power for setting stock prices in a challenge to existing market theories
Jan 28, 2021 20:32 PM

Opinion: Markets Shouldn’t Fret About Imminent Monetary Tightening in China
By Lu Ting
We shouldn’t expect a sharp shift in the PBOC’s stance, writes Nomura International’s chief China economist
Jan 28, 2021 17:53 PM

Opinion: No, Manufacturing Is Not Leaving China
By Joel Gallo and Cameron Johnson
The present goal is to move up the production value chain to fabricate goods in higher-end sectors such as technology
Jan 27, 2021 19:24 PM

Opinion: Northeast City’s Dismal Covid Response Should Be Setting Off Alarm Bells
By Zhou Dongxu
Tonghua’s bumbling, which left some residents without basic necessities, raises the question of whether other Chinese cities are unprepared for local outbreaks of their own
Jan 27, 2021 17:00 PM

IMF: What Ongoing Global Uncertainty Means for You
By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri
Only the U.S. and U.K. have significant spillover effects, while other systemic economies such as China, France and Germany are playing a very small role in global uncertainty
Jan 26, 2021 18:37 PM

Fisher: The 2021 Tailwinds Driving Stocks in China and Everywhere Else
By Ken Fisher
Political surprises are unlikely, optimism is growing and life is getting back to normal, writes Caixin columnist Ken Fisher
Jan 25, 2021 15:39 PM

Editorial: Innovation Is China’s Only Path to High-Quality Growth
Such development is crucial to meeting the country’s most pressing challenges, such as stimulating consumption, improving income distribution and enhancing environmental protection
Jan 23, 2021 07:00 AM

Kurt Campbell Speech: U.S. and China Should Be Able to Compete Stably
By Kurt Campbell
The Biden administration will re-orientate American foreign policy, work with allies around the globe and compete with China
Jan 22, 2021 20:46 PM

Opinion: How to Orient Toward Global Cooperation Amid Pandemic
By Børge Brende
To exit the pandemic in stronger position than we entered it, and to be more resilient in the face of potential challenges ahead
Jan 21, 2021 05:59 AM

Wang Jisi: Even Under President Biden, China Faces Trumpism Without Trump
By Wang Jisi
China, not the United States, has the power to turn the tide of U.S.–China relations at a historic juncture
Jan 20, 2021 17:35 PM

Wang Tao: China Will Return to Deleveraging as Pandemic Retreats
By Wang Tao
The deleveraging in 2021 will not be as sweeping as previously and should have limited impact on growth
Jan 19, 2021 21:09 PM

Wang Tao: China’s Market Share Gains Are Unlikely to Be Sustained After Covid-19
By Wang Tao
Strong global recovery should help push export growth to 10% in 2021
Jan 18, 2021 15:26 PM

Editorial: State Asset Transfers Are Just First Step to Strengthening the Safety Net for China’s Aging Population
Country should continue the transfers to enrich its social security fund and accelerate the establishment of a fairer and more sustainable pension system
Jan 15, 2021 15:46 PM

Wang Tao: How Fast Can China Grow?
By Wang Tao
The country could contribute at least 30% of global growth in the next decade