Beijing is right to say we must work together, but that requires a reality check

Proposals to limit online platforms to ‘sophisticated’ investors are an overreaction

Concerns raised on weak oversight in world’s largest producer of pharma ingredients

In today’s more open societies, lying politicians will be caught out by reality checks

Like the US, Beijing has talked to militants in a bid to end long-running conflict

Protesting investors dragged off or transported away by bus

Chinese government fears public anger over P2P investment losses

Trade rhetoric weighs on Chinese equities

Spending on retail, investment banking drove rise in adjusted operating expenses

Italian government bonds rally; sterling under pressure

Crackdown on financial risk stifles fundraising as fraud cases proliferate

In the latest part of an FT series, Tom Hancock and Wang Xueqiao look at the boom in household borrowing

Growing state surveillance is as menacing as corporate data sharing

The real weakness lies not in the ratio of debt but how it is distributed