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China’s maturing corporate bond market
Features Chinese companies are defaulting on their debt in record numbers. And the trouble could spread to state-owned enterprises.
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Chart of the week: China’s smog index heralds weakness
Charts Smog levels in five major Chinese cities climbed along with house prices in early 2017 and late 2018. Now, it's pointing down.
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China’s debt milestone as the first company defaults
Features Corporate failure is a hallmark of capitalism, so the news that a struggling Chinese company had defaulted is a real milestone.
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China walks a tightrope
News Credit and bad loans have put the breaks on China's rampant growth.
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China's debt grows, and growth slows
News Chinese growth has slowed again towards the end of 2013, while local government debt has soared.
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China’s plan to break the stranglehold of the state
Features China has launched the most radical reforms in more than 30 years, easing social controls and paving the way towards a free-market consumer economy.
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Towards a free-market China
Features China’s Communist Party has produced “its most wide-ranging and reform-tinged proposals for economic and social change in many years”.
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China postpones its hard landing
News Fears of a downturn in the Chinese economy have been put off - at least for now.
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Reality dawns on the China-growth myth
Merryn's Blog The days of making easy money in China are numbered, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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