The ratio of non-performing loans on the balance sheets of Chinese banks declined in 2012, according to their latest earnings reports, but does that indicate an improving bill of health for the financial sector? A new Reuters...
The China Story has posted a translation of ‘Where Are the Real Threats to China?’ by Yuan Peng, which was originally published in the overseas edition of People’s Daily in July. In his introduction, Geremie R....
Bloomberg reports China is banning foreign vessels from sailing on its domestic waterways, which are among the busiest in the world. Amid the economic slowdown, the shipping industry was hit by a contraction in trade: Overseas...
Economic data released over the weekend indicated that China’s economy may have begun to stabilize in September, as both the trade surplus and money supply grew more than estimated and inflation fell to its slowest pace in...
Don’t tell China’s ultra rich that it hasn’t been a hard landing for the world’s second largest economy – Billionaires in the PRC have felt the brunt of the global economic crisis, according to a...
Bloomberg reports that the Chinese government has approved plans to build over 2,000 kilometers of roads as it aims to reverse slowing economic growth: The projects include highways in Zhejiang and Xinjiang provinces, according...
After a key indicator of manufacturing health fell to a 9-month low yesterday, Keith Bradsher of The New York Times details the mounting inventories of unsold goods weighing on Chinese businesses: The glut of everything from...
For The New York Times Magazine, Brook Larmer highlights the flood of American and other foreign architects that have set their sights on China in recent years as development prospects have waned in the west: Over the past three...
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