AnalysisChinas

China's disappointing first half has the economy ripe for some help, and investors are preparing to ride an expected short-term wave of stimulus, even if structural problems look to hold back a sustainable rally.The latest data this…

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE : China's increasingly urgent efforts to tip its mountain of savings into the economy are running up against depositors shy of all but the safest investments, in the latest sign that weak confidence is holding back…

BEIJING : China's central bank has plenty of reasons to loosen policy as deflationary pressures in the economy deepen, but record credit growth is likely limit the extent of any monetary support it's able to provide.While the recovery…

SHANGHAI : China plans to splurge to help its chip sector overcome U.S. export curbs, but money can only do so much unless Chinese firms can break from a cycle that hinders innovation and traps them at the low end of the value chain,…

BEIJING : Two months since many Chinese homebuyers stopped repaying mortgages to protest stalled construction on their properties, a lack of progress at more sites now threatens to intensify the boycott, despite assurances from…

SHANGHAI : Chinese investors are abandoning an age-old attachment to property investment products and seeking returns in equities and other corners of the capital markets, as the authorities crack down on the debt-fuelled property…