What Chinese High School Students Learn in America
In 2011, when a rural prep school in Maine invited New York-based director Miao Wang to screen her first film, Beijing Taxi, she was surprised to find so many Chinese students enrolled at the archetypal New England establishment. Not Chinese-...
China Takeover Tycoons' Cash Wall
These firms' engine isn't profit-making drudge-work selling goods but the art of persuading financiers.
China Propels Rise of Electric Ultra-High-Performance Cars
Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 195 miles per hour (313 kilometers per hour). The catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a...
Fortune Makers
Fortune Makers analyzes and brings to light the distinctive practices of business leaders who are the future of the Chinese economy. These leaders oversee not the old state-owned enterprises, but private companies that have had to invent their way forward out of the wreckage of an economy in tatters following the Cultural Revolution.
China’s Ill, and Wealthy, Look Abroad for Medical Treatment
Hospitals and a new generation of medical tourism companies are luring well-heeled Chinese patients away from an overburdened health care system.
Rich Chinese, Inspired by ‘Downton,’ Fuel Demand for Butlers
Inspired in part by the Downton Abbey television drama, the country’s once raw and raucous tycoons are fueling demand for the services of homegrown butlers trained in the ways of a British manor.
Animosity in a Burmese Hub Deepens as Chinese Get Richer
Locals view Chinese as taking advantage of Mandalay’s location and resources. Chinese view locals as beneath them, slow at business and making money.
What It’s Like Playing Golf in China
As if the land of 1.4 billion people wasn’t already exerting influence on enough global markets, China is now a big part of golf’s future
China Steps up Panama Papers Censorship after Leaders' Relatives Named
It's dangerous for higher leaders regarding internal party credibility as much as the broader public.
China Banks Face Credit Risks from Ties to Wealth Management Products
While WMPs offer high interest rates, it isn't always clear what assets the funds are buying to finance those payouts.
China Banks Face Credit Risks from Ties to Wealth Management Products
Chinese banks are creating a web of risk through their WMPs, raising concerns about the health of the financial system.
Top Tips from China's Richest Man, Wang Jianlin
His recent book claims to give an inside look into his managerial philosophy and the values that turned his company into a giant conglomerate.
How China Conquered France’s Wine Country
French connoisseurs sold the Chinese pomp and prestige, until they started manufacturing it themselves.
With Help from 007's Daniel Craig, how Alibaba Turned 11-11 into China's Biggest Shopping Day
Online shopping and entertainment fused into a consumerist juggernaut.
America’s Society Is Wealthier Than China’s – And It Doesn’t Matter
The large gap in private wealth has limited significance.
China’s Film Industry Is Gaining on Hollywood
Chinese audiences are growing, more theaters are being built, and the movies are getting better.
China Box Office Booms with $284-Million Week; Foreign Films Remain Shut Out
The depth and variety of local films suggests growth in China’s domestic production.
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.
China Stocks Fall in Defiance of Beijing’s Support Efforts
Another 173 firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen announced trading suspensions after the market closed on Tuesday, bringing the total to around 940.
Chinese Stocks Drop 10% From Peak
China’s benchmark stock index tumbled from this year’s peak amid growing concern that the country’s longest-ever bull market has propelled valuations to unsustainable levels.
The People’s Republic of Cruiseland
from Sinica PodcastWe have enough favorite writers on China that we’ve had to develop a sophisticated classification system just to keep track of everyone. That said, one of our hardest to place within the long-form taxonomy is Chris Beam, who you may have heard on...
Investors Flee China Funds in Historic Rush
Chinese funds just experienced the biggest exodus of money ever.
Chinese Investment Banker Fan Bao Searches for Next Jack Ma
If successful, the combined Didi and Kuaidi Dache could join Internet giants Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent.
Buffett Bullish on China
Warren Buffett predicts a two-to-three-year boom in Mainland markets.
China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’
Party officials in Guangdong, home to the 12-course Mission Hills Golf Club, are now forbidden to golf during work hours.
BMW China Dealers Press Auto Maker for More Financial Support
In letter to German luxury car maker, dealers call on BMW to set more realistic sales targets.
The Chinese Billionaire Zhang Lei Spins Research Into Investment Gold
Starting 10 years ago with $20 million from Yale’s endowment, Zhang was an early backer of Tencent and JD.com.
Henan Delegates Protest Inequality in University Admissions
Henan people say big cities are given preferential consideration for education funds and places in universities.
Spooked by Yuan Drop: China’s Top 1%
Fears the megarich will take flight puts a floor under the currency’s slide against dollar.
Soft Recruits Hinder China’s Military Modernization
Many of China's army conscripts have been raised as spoiled children of the one-child policy and need toughening up, a RAND report says.
Wealthy Chinese Are Fleeing the Country Like Mad
from SohuLast year, Chinese millionaires maxed out the quota for EB-5 visas under the U.S.’s Immigrant Investor Program,...
China Wants Taxes Paid by Citizens Living Afar
As Chinese individuals and companies head overseas in greater numbers, the country’s tax authorities are starting to follow.
A Post-Mortem on Jack Ma’s Hunting Trip
from chinadialogueIn 2014, just before the U.S. IPO of his company Alibaba, Jack Ma became caught up in a debate sparked by a hunting trip he took to the U.K.. My colleagues and I at chinadialogue had an idea: rise above that debate and look at the facts.
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China’s Rich Want to Send Children Abroad for Education
The report said that some 80 percent of the country's rich people have plans to send children abroad, the highest ratio in the world. By contrast, Japan has less than 1 percent and Germany has less than 10 percent of its rich people having such...
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Tops China Rich List
E-commerce mogul Jack Ma has become China's richest person following Alibaba's record share listing, according to a wealth survey by the Hurun Report. Ma tops its annual rich list with a fortune of $25 billion.
Reading Howl in China
My generation, once impassioned by the Western literature of rebellion, is now lulled by ‘Wealthy Socialism.’
China's Rich Look Abroad as Home Prices Fall, Others Stay Put
"Smart money" checking the exit is a bad omen for any market, especially one considered frothy after a five-year record-breaking bull run, but analysts say there is no reason for alarm yet.
Note to Cadres: Hands Off the Black Audi and Chauffeur
Can you take away that ultimate perk of the respectable cadre—the black car with intimidatingly tinted windows, an equally intimidating medley of official insignia, passes and a faithful driver? We’re about to find out.
Two Studies of Modern China: ‘Age of Ambition’ & ‘The New Emperors’
Evan Osnos examines a changing China through gentle reportage, while Kerry Brown provides illuminating forensic analysis of its vicious power struggles
China Now Has More Millionaires Than Any Country but the U.S.
China had 2,378,000 millionaire households in 2013, a rise of 82% from the previous year and almost double the 1,240,000 millionaire households in Japan, according to the Boston Consulting Group Global Wealth 2014 report ...
Mapping the Four C's of Chinese Wealth
Live in a city near China's coast, and in a capital. (Coal doesn't hurt.)
Young Party Members ‘Top Earners’
Survey of China's 'post-80s' generation finds high pay tied to official status inside the Chinese Communist Party.
China’s Income Inequality Surpasses U.S., Posing Risk for President Xi Jinping,
The income gap between the rich and poor in China has surpassed that of the U.S. and is among the widest in the world, a report showed, adding to the challenges for President Xi Jinping as growth slows.
China’s Aggressive Museum Growth Brings Architectural Wonders
By the end of 2013, two years before deadline, China already exceeded its goal, tallying a total of 4,000 museums.
A Guide to Social Class in Modern China
Class is a sensitive word in China. Marxist-Leninist rhetoric like “class enemies,” “class conflict,” and “class struggle” are rarely seen in the country’s media these days, but since China began its market reforms in 1979, stratification has...
Bill Gates Urges China’s Wealthiest to Give to Charity...Again
Businessman makes plea in People's Daily for country to improve bad philanthropic record by investing in the poor.
The Chinese Take Manhattan: Replace Russians as Top Apartment Buyers
Many Chinese buyers are switching their interest away from markets like Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore amid fears that prices have soared to frothy levels in those cities.
In China, A Big Jet Becomes a Status Symbol
Chinese buyers are enthusiastically opting mostly for so-called heavy metal jets—big, long-range luxury jets that can cost $50 million or more before extras like fancy cabin fixtures.
China’s Millionaire Population Grows Less Quickly
With the world’s second-largest economy in the midst of an extended slowdown, growth in the population of Chinese millionaires has fallen to its slowest pace in five years.
On “Wealth and Power”
Authors Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society, and John Delury, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at...
China’s Richer-Than-Romney Lawmakers Reveal Reform Challenge
The growing presence of wealthy people in the legislature coincides with Xi's efforts to address the concern that the Communist Party no longer represents the interests of ordinary Chinese.
Rage, Smelly Socks and Stolen Wine in China’s Skies
A look at the recent high volume of unruly behavior from flight passengers, and how it reflects on the “national character" of the Chinese people.
In China, A Vast Chasm Between the Rich and the Rest
The passing coal miners in remote Shaanxi Province took one look at our marooned Audi and walked on, leaving us stuck on the sleet-covered mountain road. As dusk fell, I managed to mingle with some young migrant workers, and trek with them...