China’s Banking Transformation
In this timely and provocative book, James Stent, a banker with decades of experience in Asian banking and fluency in Chinese language, explains how Chinese banks work, analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, and sets forth the challenges they face in a slowing economy.
Big China Companies Targeted over ‘Systemic Risk’
China’s bank regulator ordered domestic lenders to check the “systemic risk” presented by “some large enterprises” involved in overseas buying sprees, sending stock prices of some of the country’s most acquisitive private-sector companies sharply...
Chinese Investors Who Borrowed Are Hit Hard by Market Turn
Millions of ordinary investors like Mr. Gong, who piled into an ever-soaring Chinese stock market over the last year, are bracing for a roller-coaster ride.
U.S. About-Face on AIIB Would be Welcomed
US leaders have for years said Asia-Pacific nations do not have to choose between China and the US.
U.S. Urges Allies to Think Twice Before Joining China-led Bank
The move by U.S. allies to participate in Beijing's flagship economic outreach a diplomatic blow to Washington.
Stiffer Bank-Technology Rules Loom in China
Beijing presses for secure and controllable systems; suppliers fear intrusive measures.
US Anger at Britain Joining Chinese-led Investment Bank AIIB
U.S. statement says of U.K. membership that it is ‘worried about a trend of constant accommodation’ of China.
China Approves Pilot Plan to Set Up 3-5 Private Banks
In a step to boost financial support for cash-starved smaller firms, The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has announced its plan to maintain “prudential regulatory standards” in approving private banks.
Weighing Risks Amid a Wealth Management Boom
Is China’s wealth management business a booming profit volcano for investors, or just another smoke-and-mirrors pyramid scheme?
It’s a question dividing the nation’s bankers and banking regulators as investors of all kinds pour cash into...