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The world is a far different place from the one Chinese companies faced when they first began going out. They need to change their strategies to reflect that. In 2020, Trump issued an executive order banning TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance, its Chinese owner, didn’t sell it to ...

Will China's real estate woes continue to be a major drag for China's economy? China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy: A major threat to China's growth. Diverging monetary policies between China and the West: Opportunity for Chinese equities. For further details see: Are...

China property values have tumbled this year. Leading indicators point to further lower prices. An uncertain future likely means stimulus from Chinese policymakers. For further details see: Chart Of The Week - China Property Market

Manufacturing production in China stabilised in February, according to PMI survey data produced for Caixin by IHS Markit, in a welcome sign of the economic impact of the Omicron wave ebbing. The renewed growth of new orders reported in February helped stabilise manufacturers' backlogs...

It’s been another week of significant volatility in financial markets and there’s little reason to expect next week will be any different. The tragic events in Ukraine will continue to have a big impact on the markets in the coming weeks as it becomes clear what Vladimir...

FIA recently released its statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2021, marking the fourth consecutive year of record-setting trading activity. Two years ago, we reported that the Chinese volume growth entered into a new category; the 1billion ...

It seems likely that Russia’s overwhelming military force will eventually prevail and Ukraine’s government and independence will succumb. Inflation is already elevated and rising energy prices will likely exacerbate pricing pressure further. Russia’s growing e...

Being a host city is a symbolic honor, but it also comes with direct economic impact as well. While Beijing repeated as an Olympic host city in 2022, the optimism and outlook from 2008 did not. In the next decade, China will need to balance its changing role in the world with its ...

Forecasting macro activity and managing expectations have become substantially more difficult. As the West imposes sanctions on Russia, the potential for a severe supply shock lurks – particularly for oil and natural gas. Macroeconomic risk will rise, perhaps leading to a n...

The transformed Chinese consumption-based economy is currently rising very slowly, growing only 1.7% year-on-year in December. In contrast, fixed asset investment grew 4.9% year-to-date YoY, and production grew 4.3% YoY in December. Investment growth has been the strongest, but it is ...