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The author presents his thoughts concerning a system of circuit-breakers put into place for the Chinese benchmark stock exchange the Shanghai Composite on January 4, 2016, during a significant selloff during trading. According to the article, the system halts trading for 15 minutes following a fluctuation of five percent. The author argues that such a system could give investors incentive to sell immediately, causing further damage.

The article discusses the People's Bank of China's (PBoC's) decision in February 2015 to lower the reserve-requirement ratio for Chinese banks. The author notes the PBoC had not changed the ratio since May 2012, but was moved to act by a surge of capital flowing out of China due in part to the country's declining rate of economic growth. The PBoC said it wants banks to use the $94 billion in bank deposits the ratio cut makes available for lending to go to small companies and rural interests.

The article discusses the popularity of wealth-management products in China, and concerns that have prompted China's Banking Regulatory Commission to issue new rules governing them. Some fear that funds invested in the products, which are sold by banks, are being lent to high-risk enterprises that can't ordinarily obtain bank loans. The Commission is mandating greater transparency about what the products invest in.

The article discusses steps announced by the Chinese government to make it easier for small businesses to obtain funding. Small banks will be allowed to keep low levels of reserves, thus freeing up cash for business loans. In addition, the government will act more aggressively against non-bank "shadow" lenders that charge excessively high interest rates on loans.

The article discusses the rapid growth of the Chinese yuan in China's foreign trade. During the first quarter of 2011 the yuan accounted for 7% of trade, dramatically higher than the year-ago quarter. Chinese officials have also been encouraging yuan trading in New York City and London, England as part of an effort to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar.

The article discusses inflation in emerging markets. Rising food and commodity prices have prompted several countries to adopt counter-inflationary measures. China's central bank announced a one-quarter point rise in interest rates. In Brazil investors expect the central bank to hike rates once again following a government report that said inflation had increased.

The article discusses efforts by China to diversify its foreign-currency reserves beyond U.S. Treasury debt. China has increased its purchases of Japanese and South Korean government bonds, and has also allowed the Malaysian ringgit to be traded directly against the Chinese yuan. Douglas Borthwick of trading firm Faros Trading notes that it is a particularly opportune time for China to buy more sovereign debt from emerging economies.

This article reports that Google Inc. is preparing for any repercussions from its decision to reroute its Chinese Internet users to a site that is not censored. Although Google's Chinese staff are relieved by the company's decision, Chinese users are expressing confusion and resentment. Chinese officials are criticizing Google, but have not otherwise responded to their defiance.

The article discusses developments in the aftermath of a hacker attack originating from China against several firms including Google Inc. Google is investigating whether any of its employees in China played a role in the attack. Online firm Alibaba Group assailed Yahoo Inc. for public comments supportive of Google.

The article focuses on the monetary policy of China and mentions topics including interest rates, social finance, and credit growth.

The article reports on the shortest trading of the stocks in China as of January 7, 2016.

The article discusses circumstances surrounding U.S. President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to China. Liu Mingkang of the China Banking Regulatory Commission assailed the weak U.S. dollar and low U.S. interest rates as posing threats to the global economy. U.S. and Chinese officials sought to resolve differences over the format of a meeting between Obama and university students in Shanghai.

The article examines China's economic development plan for 2016-2020, dealing with topics including China's decision to loosen capital controls, goal of doubling the economy's size, and the possibility that the country may not achieve its goals.

The article reports that heavy-manufacturing, resource-extraction and construction industries of China are facing recession.

The article reports on the fall back to infrastructure spending of China to stimulate its economy which will support the economic growth but it also menas the growth of debt load.

The article reports that China's search engine Baidu posted an increase in net profit in the second quarter of 2015, but increase failed to meet the projections due to heavy spending on new businesses.

The article discusses performance of various Chinese financial companies till June 2015 including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc.

The article discusses the status of the China's stock market as of June 30, 2015, and mentions topics that include the reported decline in Shanghai Composite, the impact of China's rate cut, and the economic implications of the changes in China's stock market.

The article reports on stock price index provider MSCI's statement that it was not prepared to start including A-shares traded on mainland Chinese exchanges in its Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

The article reports on Chinese electronic commerce company Alibaba Group Holding's injection of its online pharmacy business Alibaba Health Information Technology into a Hong Kong-listed subsidiary.

The article notes that stock prices on China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.4% on December 9, 2014, and maintains that a program instituted by authorities that gives foreign investors greater access to the Shanghai index has made the latter more volatile.

The article examines the implications of the deposit-insurance plan to be implemented in China in an effort to protect bank depositors, announced in 2014.