China

What’s happening with China’s fintech industry?

Wei Wang and David Dollar

Thursday, February 8, 2018

A delegate and the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, are reflected in a window of a bus, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, November 14, 2012.

The Chinese Communist Party’s experiment with transparency

Jamie P. Horsley

Thursday, February 8, 2018

The Taipei 101 (C) building is seen amidst the Taipei city skyline February 9, 2009. Taiwan's exports in January slumped more than 44 percent from a year earlier, less than expected but still a record fall, as the global downturn hammered demand from major centres around the world, data showed on Monday. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) - GF2E5290PGP01

Don’t squeeze Taiwan

Ryan Hass and Evan S. Medeiros

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

A vendor holds Chinese Yuan notes at a market in Beijing, August 12, 2015. China shocked global markets on Tuesday by devaluing its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform but which some experts suspect could be the beginning of a longer-term slide in the exchange rate. REUTERS/Jason Lee - SR1EB8C09B142

Tit-for-tat cycle with China will hurt U.S. economy

Monday, February 5, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam November 10, 2017. Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1BB457E1C0

The autocrat’s Achilles’ heel

Alina Polyakova and Torrey Taussig

Monday, February 5, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - HP1EE1V0DA74L

Saboteur-in-Chief, not Commander in Chief

Friday, February 2, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma shake hands before the group photo during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool - RC12CBC6B5B0

Foresight Africa viewpoint – China’s engagement in Africa: What can we learn in 2018 from the $60 billion commitment?

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

coal pier

China’s coal consumption has peaked

Ye QI and Jiaqi Lu

Monday, January 22, 2018

Construction site is seen at Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Khorgos, China May 12, 2017. Picture taken May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov - RC135481F090

The new geopolitics of Central Asia: China vies for influence in Russia’s backyard

Kemal Kirişci and Philippe Le Corre

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Flags of U.S. and China are placed for a meeting between Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, China June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1A8F925660

Was pre-Trump U.S. policy towards China based on “false” premises?

Jeffrey A. Bader and Ryan Hass

Friday, December 22, 2017