Keep up with the latest news on Asia's biggest economy.Explore the China Focus hubThe Chinese economy is rebalancing, at lastWe are seeing a necessary change towards more reliance on consumer demandHow China can avoid a trade war with the USBeijing must recognise the shift in American perceptions and make some concessionsXi’s power grab means China is vulnerable to the whims of one manAutocracy is a risky system, even in a country with a solid bureaucratic traditionWhat the US-China deal tells us about the future of global tradeA Sino-American agreement is welcome but much is still unresolvedChinese finance is storing up trouble for the rest of the worldGiven its macroeconomic imbalances, China could unleash global mayhemChina and the US: an odd couple doomed to co-operationIt might take a communist leader to convince Trump of the merits of free tradeMore from this SeriesChina faces a tough fight to escape its debt trapThe country needs to rebalance its economy before opening up capital flowsDonald Trump and Xi Jinping’s battle over globalisationThe US president’s rhetoric on trade reads like a declaration of economic warfareToo big, too Leninist – a China crisis is a matter of timeCorruption is too deeply rooted in the party system for Xi’s reforms to workChina’s growth problems will not be cured by retail therapySlowing emerging market economies pose serious problems for luxury brands
The Chinese economy is rebalancing, at lastWe are seeing a necessary change towards more reliance on consumer demandHow China can avoid a trade war with the USBeijing must recognise the shift in American perceptions and make some concessionsXi’s power grab means China is vulnerable to the whims of one manAutocracy is a risky system, even in a country with a solid bureaucratic traditionWhat the US-China deal tells us about the future of global tradeA Sino-American agreement is welcome but much is still unresolvedChinese finance is storing up trouble for the rest of the worldGiven its macroeconomic imbalances, China could unleash global mayhemChina and the US: an odd couple doomed to co-operationIt might take a communist leader to convince Trump of the merits of free tradeMore from this SeriesChina faces a tough fight to escape its debt trapThe country needs to rebalance its economy before opening up capital flowsDonald Trump and Xi Jinping’s battle over globalisationThe US president’s rhetoric on trade reads like a declaration of economic warfareToo big, too Leninist – a China crisis is a matter of timeCorruption is too deeply rooted in the party system for Xi’s reforms to workChina’s growth problems will not be cured by retail therapySlowing emerging market economies pose serious problems for luxury brands
