Milton Ezrati

Directing China’s banks to follow political instead of commercial criteria invites a rerun of the property crisis, just in a different sector.

While China and the United States vie for power globally, Beijing seems to have it in for Japan, and Tokyo has yet to responded fully.

Trump has come back from last winter’s adverse Supreme Court ruling to levy a new round of tariffs, aiming at China in a new way.

For years now, Beijing has committed itself to increase consumer spending and failing each time. It looks like it will fail again.

The urge to internationalize the yuan seems to have impelled Beijing to liberalize capital flows it had previously resisted.

When Washington cut off exports of advanced tech to China, Beijing was determined to build its own—but still has a ways to go.

An August roundup of official economic figures paints a sad picture of China’s once enviable economy—hardly a surprise.

The harsh truth is that the proposed solutions to rising housing costs would either be ineffectual or revive inflationary pressure on the economy.

No one in China, except Beijing, seems to have any confidence in growth.

A new Ministry of Finance report shows how China’s provinces have had to turn increasingly to Beijing for help with widening budget gaps.