Category: Economics & Trade

The sterile hard landing/soft landing debate about the Chinese economy has been superseded by yet another lurch in another direction. Yes, the Chinese economy is taking off again.

Rong Yiren, China’s former vice-president and famed "red capitalist", died in Beijing in late October the age of 89.

With China among Washington’ s bigger headaches, US officials ratchet up the pressure in areas ranging from trade to the military.

Graham Earnshaw is walking from Shanghai to Tibet when he has the time, starting always from the last place he stopped. This month we find him near the town of Xuancheng, in the south of Anhui province.

Beijing is on course to minimize its meddling in the financial markets, a first sign that it’s putting some faith in investors and markets.