China

A Trillion Dollar Plan to Rebuild the World Makes China the New Global Leader

By Patrick Smith

While most of the world wonders nervously what’s next from the Trump White House, the confident China President Xi Jinping is shifting his bid for global leadership into a full-court press.
China Fires Up a Massive Floating Solar Farm

By Irina Slav, Oilprice.com

Images of the Beijing smog and millions of people wearing masks to be able to breathe are among the more dramatic depictions of air pollution caused by excessive industrialization. Now that China is...
Why China, Not OPEC, Will Make or Break the Price of Oil This Year

By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

The OPEC deal will lead to an ongoing tightening of the crude oil market, putting a floor beneath crude prices in the $50s per barrel in the second half of 2017, according to Helima Croft of RBC...
Are China’s Hidden Liabilities Behind Moody’s Ratings Downgrade?

By Patrick Smith

Concerns about China’s “massive debt burden” and slowing economy are causing new concerns after Moody’s Investor Services sounded a full-blown alarm this week downgrading China’s credit rating on...
Why China May Be Headed for a Massive Bank Bailout

By John Ruwitch and Yawen Chen, Reuters

Moody's Investors Service downgraded China's credit ratings on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 30 years, saying it expects the financial strength of the economy will erode in coming years as...

As the US Pulls Back, China Boosts Global Trade on a New Silk Road

By Ben Blanchard and Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping and 29 other heads of state on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to build an open economy and ensure free and inclusive trade, under the ambitious Belt and Road...
Trump Projects Confidence As China Meeting Looms

By Rob Garver

Less than a week before he sits down with the president of China for what will be his most complex and challenging foreign negotiation since taking office, President Trump gave an interview to The...
Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future

By Evelyn Cheng

Elon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...
Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy

By Patrick Smith

Tillerson’s tour is an opening round in an extended process. But early signals indicate that Washington risks serious damage to important relationships across the Pacific—notably with China and South...
Trump to Finally Crack Down on China's Hacks, Theft and Lies at US Expense

By Liz Peek

Long coddled by establishment Foggy Bottom types and by U.S. corporations salivating over China’s burgeoning markets, Beijing has met little resistance as it has cyber attacked U.S. corporate and...

How Political Insiders Are Trashing China’s Stock Market

By James Saft, Reuters

The huge and puzzling gap between China’s great long-term economic growth and the terrible performance of its stock market is significantly explained by politics. A new study finds a strong link...
How China’s Banks Could Spark a New Financial Crisis

By Tim Mullaney , CNBC

If the dark predictions are going to come true — that the market turmoil out of China will lead to "another 2008" — it will have to be a very different kind of crisis than the original. Six months...
Why China’s Slowdown Won’t Hurt the US

By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.com

So here are two things going on in economics news right now: People are upset that America is importing cheap Chinese goods and thus undercutting American jobs. And people are freaking out about...
The Devil's Due: China Could Send S&P 500 Below 666

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Sometimes, random events suggest a larger force is in control. Like when the S&P 500 bottomed at 666 on March 6, 2009 (03/06/09) during the last bear market. That was just a little too perfect,...
China’s Rosy Trade Numbers May Reflect a Darker Trend

By Rob Garver

Global stock markets reacted positively to trade data coming out of China on Wednesday, despite conspicuous doubts among many economists and analysts about what the numbers actually represent.

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