China’s devaluation of its renminbi this week sent markets into a temporary tailspin, and though things have somewhat rebounded since, supply chains may still have a price to pay. Whether designed to ...

A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring ...

Should you invest in China, or is it essentially “uninvestable”? That was the gist of the debate just a few years ago. The ...

On paper, China’s middle class should be spending. Savings are high. Bank deposits are swelling. Interest rates are falling. If anything, conditions look primed for a consumer boom. Instead, something ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. In early February, an important Chinese journal (Qiushi) ...

For years, global investors have waited for the Chinese consumer to return in force — to shop, to splurge and to rescue multinational earnings. Instead, what they’ve gotten is something far more ...

I sometimes find grand geostrategic commentary a bit amusing, in part because there is so little overlap between geostratists and economists. I think Tom Barnett gets some aspects of the global flow ...

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Congress, intent on recasting the trade agenda, headed into a monthlong recess last week after setting measures in motion that could set punitive tariffs on ...