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The article focuses on the escalating crisis in China's property market, particularly the financial troubles faced by Country Garden, one of the largest homebuilders in the world. It discusses the potential consequences of Country Garden's financial difficulties and how it reflects a loss of confidence among Chinese citizens, indicating a challenge to the government's control over the property sector. It also highlights concerns about the stability of property supply chains.

The article focuses on China's unique response to its economic problems and data releases. It highlights how China's economic challenges, including low inflation, declining property sales, rising unemployment, and weak demand, have been met with unconventional policy measures and data reporting practices. It discusses the People's Bank of China's cautious approach to interest rate cuts, its transition to new monetary policy tools, and the challenges of measuring youth unemployment.

The article focuses on the challenges facing China's trust industry, particularly in the aftermath of Xinhua Trust's bankruptcy, and how these issues could have broader implications for the country's financial system. Topics covered include the exposure of trusts to property developers and local governments, the spread of financial crises in the sector, and concerns about potential economic repercussions.

The article discusses the economic challenges facing China, particularly in the property sector. It discusses how these challenges are manifesting through protests, declining consumer confidence, and economic statistics that reveal a collapse in demand. It highlights the complexities of China's economic slowdown, including the impact on industries such as furniture sales and domestic tourism, and the difficulty of managing public confidence and spending in the face of economic uncertainties.

The article discusses about property crisis in China in the middle of 2021 as companies such as Evergrande, a Chinese property developer, struggled to meet stringent government limits on debt levels. It informs that the property crisis has devastated the offshore market for Chinese debts. It also informs that the five companies have put forward restructuring plans, including Evergrande and Sunac.

The article discusses China's financial system as of May 2012, focusing on the forecast of a financial crisis in the nation based on a credit bust, and the government's policy towards bank deposit rates and loan rollovers. A chart is provided which depicts the amount of credit as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) for nations such as the U.S., China, and Japan.

The article discusses the Chinese government's policy on the country's banking industry, capital and finance, recommending that it deregulate the banking industry. An overview of the banking industry in Sheyang, China, including a bank panic and bank run in the early 2010s, is provided.

The article focuses on significant declines in China's stock market in June and July of 2015 and its impact on China's economy. It states that the Chinese government has reduced interest rates, capped short-selling, and produced share-buying schemes backed by money from the central bank. It mentions that the value of freely floating shares is around a third of China's gross domestic product and accounts for only 15 percent of household assets. It talks about economic conditions in China.

Looks at the economy of China in light of the world financial crises. Rate of growth of the Chinese economy; View that China is in a recession; Unemployment; Problems with the banking system; Impact that a weak Chinese economy could have on Asia.

The article focuses on the Chinese banking and capital market system and concerns about a potential financial crisis if Chinese companies start to default on loans. It states that the shadow bank China Credit Trust announced in January 2014 that a product based on loans to Zhenfu Energy (ZE) was on the verge of default and mentions a buyer acquired ZE's assets and allowed the principal to be repaid. It talks about steps Chinese financial regulators are taking to prevent a run on shadow banks.

The article discusses the economic and political relationship between China and western nations. Details about the effect of the global financial crisis on western countries are provided. The place of nationalism in Chinese society is examined and the recent history of cautious Chinese foreign policy is explored. The place of Tibet in Chinese and world politics is also described.

The article reports on Asian economies in comparison to American and European economies. In Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan the gross domestic product dropped an average of 15% and exports fell over 50% in 2008 due to a dependence on foreign capital. Exports in Japan dropped 35% in 2008 due to the financial crisis in the U.S.

The article focuses on international trade and its role in the 2008 financial crisis. The large trade deficit maintained by the U.S. and the corresponding trade surplus run by trade partner China created a compensatory flow in which China loaned huge sums to the U.S. through the purchase of government securities theory. Economists suggest that developing countries such as China lack secure financial markets for domestic investment, prompting the flow of capital abroad.

The article examines the role of central banks in the 2008 financial crisis. Lax monetary policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and other central banks created easy credit and a flood of lending which was a major contributor to the crisis. The board's main mistake is seen as ignoring the extent to which U.S. finance has become intertwined with major trading partners such as China.

The article discusses China's efforts to promote peace around its long borders in order to maintain stability within the country. The article reviews China's past relations with its neighbors, most of which have viewed China with suspicion. The shift in relations, the article argues, began when China refused to devalue its currency and offered aid to its neighbors during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. The article chronicles the progression of South East Asian cooperation and prosperity.

The article looks at challenges facing the U.S. economy in 2018 following years of growth. The challenges include the rising municipal debt and the risk of financial crisis. The improvement in China's fortunes are attributed to three factors, including the ability of the government to address several problems such as overproduction of steel and coal.

Reports on the announcement that the Guangong International Trust & Investment Corp. (GITIC) will be closed by China's central bank in October 1998. GITIC seen as the biggest financial institution yet to be closed in China; Bank of China told to take over GITIC's liabilities; China's financial problems; Surprise over the fact that the trust and investment companies were first to have problems.

The article focuses on the efforts of Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji to reform the country's banking system. The financial system in China is still marked by the socialist era. Chinese banks are said to be one of the least profitable banks globally. In November 1998, Zhu gathered financial policymakers in Beijing to persuade them about the need to reform the country's banking system and develop it from socialist to capitalist concept. He also spoke with foreign bankers and explained the reasons for the changes in the country's banking system. The author notes that encouraging competition would exacerbate China's banking crisis, but postponing it will leave an even more severe financial crisis.

The article discusses the economic conditions of Wenzhou, China from the 1980s through the mid 2010s, including the impact of the 2011 financial crisis on debt and entrepreneurship in the city. The role Wenzhou banks have played in taking over failed loans is discussed.

The article discusses the threat of a Minsky moment or a financial crisis faced by China according to retiring Chinese central-bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan. Topics include a description of the Minsky concept which was named after U.S. economist Hyman Minsky, the state of China's economic growth in 2017, and the importance of preventing major financial risk according to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The article focuses on concerns about the possibility of a stock market bubble in China's bull market. It states while the average price-earnings (PE) ratio on the Shanghai Stock Exchange is 23, median shares on it have a PE of 75. It reports that economic growth in China declined to seven percent year on year and speculates that fiscal stimulus and monetary easing helps explain why the stock market rally began. It contemplates the impact that a stock market crash would have on China's economy.

The article argues that more attention should be paid to the Chinese government's efforts to initiate various economic reforms as of 2015, and it mentions data which indicates that China's economic growth has decreased. Deflation is mentioned, along with information about China's gross domestic product (GDP) and a potential economic crisis in the country. Chinese interest rates are examined, as well as fiscal reforms and cross-border cash flows.

The article focuses on the impact of debt on the Chinese economy in 2014. Topics include the fears over a crash within the Chinese financial system could impact global markets, how unpaid debts have restricted the expansion of the Chinese economy, and how an economic crash in China would differ from the 2008-2009 global economic crisis.

The article reports the impact on the Chinese economy of the 2009 global financial crisis and recession. It is noted that the economic difficulties have been hardest on China's significant number of rural inhabitants. A Chinese government subsidy scheme, that would encourage country dwellers to purchase appliances and electronic devices, thus stimulating the Chinese manufacturing sector, is examined.

The article reports that the growth of the Chinese economy slowed down significantly during 2008 and is getting even worse in early 2009. 2009 is the year of the ox according to the Chinese calendar, meaning that the country is expected to grow stronger throughout the year. Nonetheless, economists doubt the economy will be able to keep growing throughout the year.

The article reports that human rights activists in China are expected to stage numerous protests in 2009. For several years the Chinese economy has grown rapidly, making most people content with their limited freedoms, but as the 2008 and 2009 global financial crisis worsens, these people are beginning to grow discontented. 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 50th anniversary of an uprising in Tibet.

The article discusses economic conditions in India and China during the 2008 global financial crisis. Both countries experienced rapid growth for several years leading up to 2008, but as a result of the crisis, many people have begun doubting their ability to continue growing. India's economy is not as strong or established as China's, and it may not be able to sustain its growth.

The article reports on China's involvement in the 2008 financial crisis. China's economy has not been damaged by the crisis as much as those of many other nations, but prime minister Wen Jiabao agreed to meet with world leaders to discuss the problem. Wen has frequently stated that the best help China can provide to the world is to keep its economy strong.

The article discusses the effect of the U.S. financial crisis on the world economy and analyzes the response of various central banks. Details about a report on the world economy published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are provided. The responses of some emerging economies such as China's to the world economic situation are also described.

In this article the author discusses investment in China and forecasts that the robust economic conditions in that country might be in decline. Stock prices for Chinese businesses that have gone public in 2007 are examined, the article noting that they have declined following the initial public offerings. The impact of global financial crises on Chinese economics is discussed.

After a two-year courtship that veered from friendly negotiations to broken promises and an ugly international lawsuit, Newbridge Capital, a feisty American private-equity firm, has beaten the world's biggest financial institutions to become the first foreigner to gain control of a Chinese bank. HSBC, Citigroup, Standard Chartered, the Asian Development Bank and the IFC, the private-sector arm of the World Bank, have also been scrambling to buy stakes in mainland lenders. Because individual foreign holdings in Chinese banks are limited to 20%, Newbridge will buy only 18% of Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) from the government of Shenzhen, a boomtown bordering Hong Kong, for a reputed $150m. But the deal, sealed on May 31st, permits the Americans to appoint a majority of the 15-strong board. China's policymakers are eager to attract foreign expertise to help buoy the country's appallingly managed banks, most of which are drowning in non-performing loans (NPLs). For a start, SDB is small enough to let go of, with assets of only $25 billion, 300 branches and around 4,000 employees. The ownership of the bank, listed on the domestic Shenzhen stockmarket, is highly dispersed, with 72% in public hands, allowing Newbridge to gain a lot of power with a smallish stake. Newbridge also has an impressive track record. It transformed Korea First Bank, which it bought shortly after the Asian financial crisis, from a basket case with a bad-loan ratio of more than 50% into South Korea's soundest lender, with NPLs of just 1.4% of assets. Newbridge also rapidly reduced the bank's exposure to big, corporate borrowers such as Daewoo and SG Global, both of which in effect went bankrupt, and pushed into retail financial products, such as mortgages and credit cards. SDB's small size means that making such changes should be just about manageable within three to five years, even if, as seems likely, the bank's NPL ratio turns out to be much higher than the declared 10%.

China's response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic is being hobbled by a culture of secrecy. Preventing and treating atypical pneumonia, Beijing's Communist Party chief, Liu Qi, told medical experts this week, are "important political tasks." In party-speak, this means the leadership is more worried than it has previously liked to admit about the SARS epidemic. But China's decision to be a bit more open about the problem is doing little to contain the damage. China's response to the SARS epidemic, which has affected at least 2,400 people in Asia and caused 96 deaths (over half of them in mainland China), has been hampered by a secretive political system that is poorly equipped to handle crises and by a health-care system ill prepared to monitor the spread of such a disease. Late last month, after weeks of trying to cover up the epidemic, China changed tack.I t agreed at last to let the World Health Organization visit the worst affected area, Guangdong province. It began providing daily updates on case numbers and admitted that the problem in China was indeed related to the SARS epidemic elsewhere. More than two weeks after reporting its first cases, a start has been made on disinfecting public buildings in Beijing, where local medical workers say there are many more cases than the 22 officially reported.

Comments on the decline of the tourist trade in Hong Kong. Large amount of Japanese tourists that used to visit Hong Kong before the Asian financial crisis; Spending of Japanese tourists; Rise of prices in Hong Kong; Closing of Daimaru, a Japanese department store in Hong Kong; Increase in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Hong Kong; Decrease in tourism throughout Asia.

Presents information on the impact of the Asian economic crisis on the port city of Shantou in the Chinese province of Guangdong. City a special economic zone; The expatriates of city sending back funds and investments; How the collapse of other Asian currencies has hurt their economy; China's reaction to the crisis including lowering the water and electricity prices for factories.

Claims Hong Kong has been governed ineptly since the lifting of British rule. Series of government blunders; Economic management; Arrangement of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue United States dollars in return for Hong Kong money; Measures introduced by Financial Secretary Sir Donald Tsang to prevent the manipulation of Hong Kong's financial markets.

Reports that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority bought up blue-chip shares in August of 1998 in an attempt to support its stock market. Details on the performance of the stock market; Monetary authority's aim to discourage hedge funds that had been shorting shares; Impact of the Asian financial crisis; Maneuver seen as blemishing Hong Kong's record of non-intervention in the stockmarket.

Reports on an increasing urgency to push forward with economic and political reforms in China following financial crises as of March 1997. Notable issues to be discussed at the meeting of the National People's Congress; The expanding undercurrent of democratization that belies the party's lower ministers; The likelihood that such talk will be quashed by the leadership.

The article focuses on financial problems in China and how Chinese problems compare and contrast to the U.S. financial crises from 2008-2009. It states that credit has risen much more rapidly than China's gross domestic product, while property prices in coastal cities has increased significantly. It mentions that Chinese banks stopped lending to each other in June 2013 with the interbank interest rate soaring to 25 percent on June 20th. It speculates on reforms China needs to institute.

The article focuses on the economic conditions of China in 2011. Topics include speculation and worry in China about economic problems related to real estate and high inflation rates, the role of the Chinese government in managing monetary and fiscal policy, and the growth of China despite the worry about a potential financial crisis.

The article examines policy sciences and economics research on means by which governments can prevent real estate bubbles, especially in housing. Proposals to create real estate taxes whose rates would increase as prices rise and decline as they fall are considered. The effects of China's decision to set relatively high down payment requirements for housing purchases are discussed.

The article discusses how the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICS) have helped poorer nations emerge from the global recession. According to the article, the study "Global Financial Crisis Discussion Paper Synthesis (phase 2)" by Dirk Willem te Velde from the Overseas Development Institute found that emerging powers affect the growth prospects of poorer ones. How the BRICS' deals have affected trade and foreign direct investment from the West to Africa are discussed.

The author offers opinions on China's role in international economic relations. The global financial crisis and recession are seen as increasing China's influence in those relations, but not dramatically. China's government is said to be unwilling to make the changes in financial and economic policy which would stimulate the internal development which would truly alter the global economic system.

The article examines China's economic policy. The financial crisis and global recession has slowed the country's effort to privatize most of its economy. Several private companies created from previously government-owned businesses have been forced to ask for government financial assistance. Ironically, these companies' stock prices often increase when the government intervenes in their finances.

The article reports on a significant drought afflicting parts of China and the threat it poses to Chinese agriculture. It is noted that that the 2009 financial crisis has claimed the jobs of rural migrants who sought employment in cities, and who might return to areas incapable of supporting them. Also under discussion is China's flawed policy on water use.

The article discusses the state of China's economy and argues that it has responded well to the global economic crisis. The effect that the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China had on China's economy is explored. The price of houses and average income in China is also compared with the price of houses and average income in the U.S.

The article explains that former U.S. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan thinks China's current stockmarket is a 'bubble' and is unsustainable. The article offers a chart comparing China's share price boom to the prices experienced before three other famous bubbles: the U.S. in the 1920s and 1990s and Japan in the 1980s. The article predicts that China's share prices will be able to climb much higher before suffering a collapse.

The article speculates on how the London Metal Exchange annual dinner could have affected the London market for base-metal prices. On Tuesday October 12th, all six metals had sizeable falls--4.7% for nickel--that Tuesday. And a week later, October 19th, though still well below their pre-dive prices, they closed pretty near to those of four weeks before--and head and shoulders higher than a year earlier. Commodity prices reflect marginal differences; a small gap between demand and supply can mean a large price shift. The dive came after some sharp rises in the weeks before, and began, in fact, in China, reaching London thence via sell orders from Shanghai. It gained speed from the tendency of speculators to follow the market or, if they have long positions, to have stop-loss sell orders in place. There the LME dinner may indeed have played a role. The next morning's trading is usually quiet. Add some solid sell orders in a thin market, says Peter Kettle, of CRU International, a consultancy, and--not that he suspects any plot--"if you wanted to drive prices down, that would be the day to do it."

This article focuses on the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on the economy of Hong Kong in China. Hong Kong, with more SARS cases than any other city in the world, is by far the worst hit economy. Its tourist industry, which accounts for 5 percent of GDP, has been obliterated. Average hotel occupancy over the Easter holidays has fallen by around 80 percent and is now in single digits. Five hotels are for sale already. Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, Hong Kong's two passenger airlines, have lost two-thirds of their normal traffic. Restaurants are empty. Domestic demand has dropped as well. Retail prices have been falling since 1998; in March, deflation turned virulent and hit 2.1 percent. Economists expect that April will be worse. The property market has been in the doldrums since 1997, even without SARS.

Measuring the economic effects of disease is anything but straightforward. When economic crisis hit one Asian country after another in 1997, it was soon dubbed "Asian flu." Yet economics and epidemics are linked by more than mere analogy. An illness first detected in China, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), is causing analysts to cut growth forecasts for Asian economies Joan Zheng of J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong predicts that the local economy will shrink in the first half of 2003, and grow by only 1.6% in the year. The main impact, so far, is on tourism. Few want to travel and risk catching SARS or being quarantined when they return. If everything clears up by June, thinks Ms. Zheng, the economic effects will not linger into next year. However, Raymond Foo, of BNP Paribas Peregrine in Hong Kong, believes they might, as investors come to see the city as a riskier place to do business.

Discusses financial conditions in Taiwan, as of November 2000. Information regarding Taiwan's role in the financial crisis that hit Asia in 1997; Struggles of the Taiwanese political system, a major contributor to its financial downfall; Reluctance for involvement by China.