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The author is Fitch Ratings Inc. Ongoing restructuring among Chinese homebuilders since early 2014 will continue to force uncompetitive developers out of the market and help to mitigate oversupply risk in the long term, which improves the long-term health of the sector. This restructuring process has led to the separation of stronger developers from weaker […]

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The US’ “pivot” to Asia, a process so delicately defined that even the name had to be changed to “rebalancing” to avoid any misunderstandings in Europe, now seems to have company, in the form of renewed Russian interest in the region. But Russia is likely to find in Asia – and in China in particular – that the feeling is not mutual.

A week, it is said, is a long time in politics. But events in Asia over the past week – in Thailand, Vietnam, India, and China – may define the region for decades to come.

The author is ANZ greater China chief economist Liu Li-Gang The People's Bank of China's Shanghai head office released the detailed rules on the Free-Trade Accounting Unit (FTU) in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) today, which is seen as an important step to kick off the key financial reforms in the zone. FTU system […]

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Liu Han, a mining tycoon with ties to China’s former security chief Zhou Yongkang, was found guilty of involvement in organised crime

The ruling on import duties comes amid rising bilateral trade tensions over allegations of Chinese hacking and friction over the strength of the renminbi

The author is Tian X. Hou, founder and CEO of Chinese equity research firm T.H. Capital Among all U.S.-listed Chinese shares, we believe Sina Corp. was one of the worst performers with stock dropping about 50% from its 52-week high due to multiple negatives, including a weaker economy, the negative impact from Tencent's WeChat and […]

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Beijing-headquartered Chinese e-commerce operator JD.com, Inc. has completed raising a total of US$1.78 billion in an IPO on the NASDAQ, collecting more than its original target of US1.5 billion, according to the company's latest securities filings. The IPO provided partial exits to JD.com's financial backers, including some of the world's biggest names in the hedge […]

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Chinese third-party Internet payment company Alipay revealed that the company has reached a deal with South Korean website Lotte.com to provide a RMB payment channel to Chinese users who shop on the website. Furthermore, the products purchased on the website will be directly shipped from South Korea to China. Lotte.com and the Lotte duty free […]

The HSBC Flash China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 49.7 in May from April's 48.1, hitting a five-month high. "The improvement was broad-based with both new orders and new export orders back in expansionary territory," says Hongbin Qu, chief China economist at HSBC. "Dis-inflationary pressures also eased over the month and output prices […]

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Narendra Modi completes a quartet of combative leaders in the most powerful nations of the region, which looks ever more combustible

Rare comments by governor of China’s central bank come amid growing criticism of Sino-African deals inside and outside the continent

The Chinese government is to launch a pilot program that will allow ten provinces and cities to issue municipal bonds this year, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Finance. This will be the first time that Chinese local governments can tap the capital markets for financing since the mid-1990s. The opening of this […]

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The author is Song Yu, China economist at Goldman Sachs Gao Hua The Chinese government made a number of policy announcements today. Premier Li held a State Council meeting, which decided to step up water project construction and develop "emerging industries." The country will aim to have a timely launch for the 172 water conservancy […]

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