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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China central bank chief warns of weaker credit growth as property lending declines

    ‘Many loans in China are not efficient,’ Pan Gongsheng tells major financial forum

    Pan Gongsheng speaking into a microphone
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Early repayments shrink China’s mortgage-backed securities market by 65%

    Property owners rush to pay down debts or refinance at lower rates in absence of other investment options

    Aerial view of a residential complex in Nanjing, China
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    Yoox Net-a-Porter
    Yoox Net-a-Porter exits China to focus on more profitable markets

    Luxury ecommerce platform’s decision comes at a time of weaker economic momentum in the mainland

    The Net-a-Porter website
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    ExplainerEU-China relations
    What the EU’s tariffs on EV imports mean for China

    Brussels’ duties heighten trade tensions with Beijing but are unlikely to stop the advance of Chinese-made electric cars

    an EU flag superimposed on photograph of rows of new cars
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Chinese trade
    China’s exports surged in May

    Beijing’s focus on manufacturing has fuelled trade tensions with US and Europe

    Two workers produce solar photovoltaic products at a factory in China
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    OutlookChinese business & finance
    Welcome in: Chinese hotels are told to stop rejecting foreigners

    Limitations on where overseas visitors can stay no longer exist yet they still risk being turned away

    The national flags of the US and China fly at the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Chinese factory activity falls in hit to economic momentum

    Xi Jinping has prioritised manufacturing growth amid property slowdown and weak domestic consumption

    A worker arranges a wheel at a factory in China’s Shandong province
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Legal services
    Exodus of US law firms from Shanghai accelerates

    More practices are closing offices in China’s largest city as corporate work and M&A deals dry up

    Skyscrapers in the Shanghai skyline are enveloped in smog at dawn
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    News in-depthUniqlo Co Ltd
    Uniqlo confronts China’s newly thrifty middle class

    Japanese fast-fashion retailer has slowed store openings in world’s second-largest economy

    Shoppers look at shirts at a Uniqlo store in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay neighbourhood
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Chinese industrial profits return to growth

    April rise underlines authorities’ efforts to boost manufacturing

    Inside view of a photovoltaic module factory with machine tools in the foreground and a worker in the background
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong woos Chinese mainlanders eager for more cash and freedom

    Territory tries to maintain allure in wake of pandemic and political crackdown

    Tourists from mainland China enter Hong Kong through the Lo Wu border checkpoint
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Will Eurozone inflation derail the ECB’s rate cut plans?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    Two women getting money from their purse to pay for goods bought from a fruit and vegetable stand
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    Jamie Dimon admits to ‘tough’ going for JPMorgan in China

    Investment banking business has ‘fallen off a cliff’, chief executive tells bank’s flagship Shanghai conference

    Jamie Dimon giving a speech
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China has finally unveiled its property rescue plan. Will it be enough?

    Beijing unlocks funding to buy up unsold housing but much more is needed to right stricken sector, analysts say

    An aerial view of a construction site in Nanjing in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China unveils package to boost property sector

    Central bank eases lending requirements and lowers downpayments to ease years-long slowdown

    Buildings under construction in Wuhan, China
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s biggest banks launch first sales of special loss-absorbing debt

    TLAC bonds are part of push from international regulators to shore up balance sheets

    The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China buildings in Shanghai
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Chinese homebuyers favour ‘second-hand’ houses as property crisis bites

    With tens of thousands of new developments yet to be completed, buyers are looking again at older buildings

    Pedestrians walk past an old villa
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    US business group says policy ‘inconsistency’ hurting China investment

    AmCham China highlights concerns about lack of regulatory clarity as Beijing seeks to shore up confidence

    Sean Stein, AmCham China chair
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    IPOs
    Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of 2024 flops

    Shares of Chinese bubble tea chain ChaPanda drop as much as 38% on first day of trading

    A ChaPanda shop in Shanghai
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China warns west of ‘survival of the fittest’ as manufacturing boosts economy

    Trading partners fear factory boom could trigger supply shock after first-quarter data affirms Xi’s industrial strategy

    Employees work on an engine assembly line at an engine manufacturing factory in China’s eastern Shandong province
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China’s economic growth hits 5.3%

    Annual figure for first quarter beats expectations as Beijing seeks manufacturing-led revival

    An aerial view of people walking at a wholesale steel market in Shenyang, in China’s north-eastern Liaoning province
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    Manufacturers need to face up to new wave of Chinese competition

    Pace of post-pandemic development a wake-up call for western companies

    Robotic arms on the production line at the Volkswagen Anhui Automotive Co. factory in Hefei, Anhui Province, China
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China’s bubble tea brands look to create a stir overseas

    ChaPanda, Mixue and Guming eye stock market listings after pioneering mainland boom

    A Mixue Ice Cream & Tea booth at an expo in Shanghai in July
  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    BNP Paribas SA
    BNP Paribas gets green light for fully owned Chinese securities venture

    Regulatory approval comes as Chinese economic growth slows

    A BNP Paribas logo
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s capital markets activity falls to multi-decade lows

    Mainland equity issuance is the worst on record this year in a sign of low investor confidence

    Man walking inside Shanghai stock exchange
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