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  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    China property bonds rebound on support measures from Beijing

    Efforts to bolster confidence in the sector draw some foreign investors back to developers’ dollar debt

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    World awaits return of Chinese tourists as Covid curbs expire

    Hospitality industries brace for influx of millions to gather pace as Beijing opens borders after three years

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China risks 1mn Covid deaths in ‘winter wave’, modelling shows

    Government faces reckoning over failure to vaccinate elderly and boost ICU capacity

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s elderly vaccine refuseniks pose obstacle for Xi Jinping

    Nearly 90mn Chinese are insufficiently protected against Covid as Beijing begins to unwind pandemic controls

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    ‘No way we can open’: China’s zero-Covid exit plans unravel

    Economic and social costs are climbing but Beijing has failed to offer a way out of endless lockdowns

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    ExplainerChinese politics & policy
    How China’s close contacts are piling pressure on Beijing’s zero-Covid policy

    Rising cases in Guangzhou indicate a widening gap between official guidance and reality

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi’s men: Why China’s new politburo has spooked markets

    President stacks elite political body with loyalists as he tightens grip on power

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    China’s Communist party congress
    All the Emperor’s men: How Xi Jinping became China’s unrivalled leader

    China’s premier has stacked key positions with loyalists and sidelined any potential challengers to his leadership

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Shanghai reimposes strict Covid measures as cases rise

    Authorities are tightening restrictions across China ahead of Communist party congress

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    News in-depthIndian business & finance
    India’s foreign reserves dwindle but currency defence still strong

    Rupee has fallen less than other regional currencies and RBI can fund further intervention

  • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    China property woes trigger decline in global cement output

    Biggest fall in at least two decades is concrete evidence of impact of real estate crisis

  • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
    Oil
    India and China undercut Russia’s oil sanctions pain

    Customs data suggest demand from Beijing and New Delhi is largely offsetting loss of sales to Europe

  • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
    News in-depthClimate change
    China drought highlights economic damage wrought by global warming

    Record heatwave behind power shortages that paralysed industry probably caused by climate change, scientists say

  • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Covid restrictions stymie tourism revival in Japan and much of Asia

    Visitors shun Tokyo and Seoul even as travel industry rebounds elsewhere in region

  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
    Indian economy
    India’s roaring post-pandemic recovery at risk from inflation

    Heavy dependence on oil imports reduces Modi government’s ability to mitigate price rises

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    The reinvention of Hong Kong

    After three stormy years, Xi Jinping hails a ‘new era’ for the city. It is likely to be less international and closer to mainland China

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    Covid in China: Xi’s fraying relationship with the middle class

    The new buzzword for Chinese people sick of being locked down is ‘runxue’: the study of leaving the country completely

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    News in-depthAsia-Pacific economy
    South-east Asia bucks global stagflation trend as tourism and exports climb

    Big regional economies are roaring back after lifting burdensome Covid curbs that strangled growth

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China digs in for permanent zero-Covid with testing and quarantine regime

    Shanghai district prepares for new lockdown as authorities build infrastructure to extend approach

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    BYD pollution probe heaps pressure on China’s stuttering electric vehicle sector

    Carmaker under investigation after claims residents near factory suffered nosebleeds and breathing problems

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Chinese trade
    China’s exports suffer reversal of fortune as world shakes off Covid lockdowns

    Shift in global consumption back to services threatens Beijing’s ability to reach growth target

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    How China’s lockdown policies are crippling the country’s economy

    Xi Jinping’s attempts to keep China free of Covid-19 are causing widespread damage to the world’s second biggest economy

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China’s lockdowns hammer consumer spending

    Strategy has muted stimulus efforts and slowed transition from export and construction-led economy

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    WHO chief warns that China’s zero-Covid strategy is not sustainable

    New modelling underscores country’s vulnerability because of faltering vaccination drive

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Reliance Industries Ltd
    Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries steps up M&A in retail and renewables push

    India’s biggest conglomerate spent almost $1bn on first-quarter dealmaking

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