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News on the Chinese Economy

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Regulators push private pension plan
Nov 25, 2022 (WiC 609)

It’s no secret that an aging population is a major concern for Chinese planners. But for the world’s largest banks and insurers, China’s creaking demographics are creating a ‘sunrise industry’ that few can resist. According to data ...

No swerving yet

China sticks to its stance on zero-Covid
Nov 11, 2022 (WiC 607)

Like the disease itself, speculation that China’s zero-Covid policy could be coming to an end has been feverish. There was disappointment when the National Party Congress concluded last month with no sign of an end to lockdowns, mass testing ...

A factory’s health in focus

Reports of an ‘exodus’ of workers shake Foxconn and its top client Apple
Nov 4, 2022 (WiC 606)

Talk of ‘peak globalisation’, or the view that we have reached a high point in international trade and finance, started to find its way into academic journals such as the Harvard Business Review as long ago as 2010. In the same year cracks ...

A symbol of sacrifice

Why did Xi Jinping visit the little-known Red Flag Canal?
Nov 4, 2022 (WiC 606)

When Xi Jinping was confirmed as the general secretary of China’s Communist Party (CPC) in 2012, he made Shenzhen the destination of his first inspection tour outside Beijing. The visit, political analysts observed at the time, was made to pay ...

Third term agenda

Who are the new guard at the top of China’s political power structure?
Oct 28, 2022 (WiC 605)

Donald Trump was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Xi Jinping on his “extraordinary elevation” after the Chinese leader tightened his grip on power in October 2017, with the Communist Party of China (CPC) even writing Xi’s name ...

The power and the glory

Xi Jinping takes centre-stage at this week’s National Party Congress
Oct 20, 2022 (WiC 604)

The most important date in China’s political calendar – the National Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party – arrived once more in Beijing this week for its 20th iteration at Tiananmen Square’s Great Hall of the ...

Guo fights back

Fosun’s founder angered by claims about his firm’s financial health
Sep 23, 2022 (WiC 601)

The Chinese have a range of sayings to warn against the dangers of rumour mongering. “Zhen Shen commits murder” (曾参杀人) references a story in which a trusting mother comes to believe that her son, a virtuous statesman, has murdered ...

Soon to reach 100

New entrants to the HSI reinforce the view it’s become a China index
Sep 2, 2022 (WiC 598)

The Hang Seng Index (HSI) stands out as “the ultimate capitalist measure of Hong Kong,” wrote Robert Nield, president of the Royal Asiatic Society’s Hong Kong branch, in his foreword to The Dragon and the Crown, the memoir of the ...

He flew too close to the sun

What can we learn from the jailing of Tomorrow tycoon Xiao Jianhua?
Aug 26, 2022 (WiC 597)

Xiao Jianhua once ranked himself as the leading contender among a group of tycoons aspiring to be known as the Warren Buffett of China. It was only after studying the Berkshire Hathaway chairman’s approach that he started to edge away from the ...

Sichuan’s energy crisis

Heatwave and loss of hydropower cause big disruptions across China
Aug 26, 2022 (WiC 597)

As part of a press conference this month to showcase Sichuan’s contribution to the economy, the province’s senior officials proudly proclaimed Sichuan as the largest base for clean energy in China. That was helped by the fact that the ...

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