How China’s Property Collapse Is Shaping Its Economy

China’s economy is facing a storm of crises, from a collapsing property sector to espionage scandals shaking investor confidence. The challenges are reshaping how the world views China’s future. This ... Read More

What Happens if China’s Economy Collapses

The prospect of a Chinese economic collapse carries profound global implications. As the world’s second-largest economy and a cornerstone of international trade, China’s downturn would ripple across ... Read More

China's wary consumers saved tons of cash. Now, they're pouring it into stocks.

Chinese consumers are channeling record savings into stocks as the property market slumps. Shanghai and Hong Kong indexes have surged on a flood of mainland money The market rally masks a weak economy ... Read More

5 Years On, China’s Property Crisis Has No End in Sight

The government had set out to slow speculation, kicking off a slowdown in real estate values that is still grinding on with wide economic consequences. A China Evergrande development in Beijing on ... Read More

This Is the End of China’s Once Mightiest Property Firm

China Evergrande, delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, leaves behind a giant pile of debt and a long line of desperate creditors. By Alexandra Stevenson Alexandra Stevenson, who has ... Read More

Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?

For Chinese investors, the grass is almost always greener elsewhere. The country’s stockmarket chronically underperforms, meaning that local punters look to bourses in, say, America or Japan, and ... Read More