By reintroducing the titles and honours of China’s imperial past, Xi Jinping would acknowledge and formalise the current reality and improve governance

The property bubble is actually largely the result of capital controls and distorted equity and land markets

CCTV attacks real estate companies for owing billions in land taxes, training its guns on the country’s biggest listed developer, Vanke

A hit show focusing on toddlers and fathers taps into middle-class angst over the way the country is bringing up a second generation of only children

North Korea will be able to stand as a true member of the international community when it takes practical steps toward denuclearization and peace. When it does, South Korea will take the lead in securing the international community's support for active assistance in the North’s economic development.

Economics is often called the dismal science, and for the last half-decade it has come by its reputation honestly in the advanced economies. Unfortunately, the year ahead will bring little relief.

Russia is no longer an economic power (oil reserves notwithstanding), nor is it a match for the US, or even China, in international affairs. But it is far from clear what Russia wants to become: a reinvented empire, a new autocracy, a “sovereign” democracy, or perhaps something else.

UK western asset manager is first group outside Hong Kong to be granted a licence to invest directly in the domestic equity and bond markets

The author is Byron R. Wien, vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners This is the 29th year that I have given my views on a number of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year. I define a "surprise" as an event which the average investor would only assign a one out of […]

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The author is chief China economist at Capital Economics Mark Williams We believe that pledges by People’s Bank of China (PBoC) to end currency intervention are likely to crumble in the face of sustained pressure on the RMB to appreciate. We forecast that China’s central bank could accumulate another half a trillion dollars of foreign […]

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Private equity funds raised a total of $431 billion globally in 2013, up 13% from 2012. It's the highest amount of fundraising since the global financial crisis, according to data released by private equity research firm Preqin. The previous record was set in 2008 when $688 billion was raised by private equity funds globally. The […]

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Beijing-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Renrendai.com has raised $130 million in series A funding, according to Chinese media reports. Trust Bridge Partners led the round. Another undisclosed investor also participated. Renrendai previously received seed funding from Honghe Capital. Founded in May 2010, Renrendai currently provides P2P lending services in over 30 provinces in China. Visit […]

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Suzhou-based private equity firm Eastern Link Capital says it has raised RMB2 billion ($330 million) for its second RMB fund, according to a company announcement. Following the strategy of Eastern Link’s first fund, the new fund, Suzhou Industrial Park East Link Investment Center, will continue to invest in the consumer, pharmaceutical, IT and new energy […]

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New York-listed Chinese education service provider Noah Education Holdings Ltd. says it has received a preliminary non-binding proposal from an investor consortium including the company's chairman Xu Dong, president Tang Benguo and co-founder Wang Xiaotong to take the company private, according to a company announcement. MSPEA Education Holding Limited, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Private […]

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Not all the copper heading east has been feeding factories in China. The Chinese government is believed to have bought copper for strategic purposes

Robocoin, a Bitcoin ATM machine, was deployed in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Robocoin was first launched in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2013, which caused a sensation. Since then, this product has been purchased by over 1,900 individuals and enterprises around the world. According to Jordan Kelley, chief executive officer of Robocoin, Asia's demand for Bitcoins […]

Regulations aim to contain risks in the country’s burgeoning shadow finance sector, while enshrining non-bank institutions as an economic pillar

The popular use of 1938 as an analogy has not been diminished by the fact that it has led western leaders astray on numerous occasions