Conversation
07.08.16

Why Is There So Much Talk of China’s Bleeding Money?

Arthur R. Kroeber & Thilo Hanemann

China has seen its foreign reserves depleted for months, but economists don’t agree about why: Is it because Chinese people are buying offshore assets, such as real estate? Because Chinese companies are paying down their foreign debt? Or both? Or...

Conversation
04.06.16

China in the Panama Papers

Andrew J. Nathan, Bill Bishop & more

The overseas wealth of several relatives of senior Chinese leaders has come to light in an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)...

Caixin Media
11.04.14

Cai Jinyong: A Chinese Voice at the Top of the IFC

Three top executives serving in recent years at the World Bank and its emerging markets financing arm International Finance Corp. (IFC) have called China home.

Economist Cai Jinyong became the fourth in October 2012, when he was named IFC'...

Caixin Media
05.02.12

Yearning for the Yuan

London is forging ahead with plans for yuan-based financial services by developing an infrastructure and banking services that match its ambitions for the Chinese currency.

On April 18, the city welcomed the first yuan-denominated bond...

Hong Kong SAR as a Financial Center for Asia: Trends and Implications

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

We document Hong Kong SAR's evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of the growing special link with China as well as supply-side advantages, and outline the scope for future financial services growth...