The China Africa Project
01.11.19

China’s Economy is Slowing and That’s Really Bad News for Africa

Eric Olander & Jeremy Stevens

Pretty much every major economic indicator suggests that the Chinese economy will continue its downward momentum in 2019. Industrial production, retail sales, and even the once red-hot property market are all showing real signs of weakness. Some...

Features
12.10.14

Why Beijing’s Troubles Could Get a Lot Worse

from Barron’s

Few foreigners know China as intimately as Anne Stevenson-Yang does. She has spent the bulk of her professional life there since first arriving in 1985, working as a journalist, magazine publisher, and software executive, with stints in between...

Conversation
06.11.14

Is a Declining U.S. Good for China?

Zha Daojiong, Gordon G. Chang & more

Zha Daojiong:

Talk of a U.S. decline is back in vogue. This time, China features more (if not most) prominently in a natural follow-up question: Which country is going to benefit? My answer: certainly not China.

Arguably,...

China Trade Growth Defies Signs of Slowdown

The surprise jump in China's January Export-Import growth defies signs that the world’s second-largest economy is slowing but fuels fears of a recurrence of fake shipments.

China's Consumer-led Growth

Official data show that consumption contributed over half of China's growth so far this year, more than investment's contribution.