The author is Tian X. Hou, founder and CEO of Chinese equity research firm T.H. Capital At T.H. Capital’s investor conference last week, the management of Soufun Holdings Ltd. pointed out that the company can cope with the slowdown in China’s housing market with its diversified products and services. China's real estate market is at […]

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Philadelphia-headquartered private equity firm Hamilton Lane announced several promotions and hires in Asia to expand the regional team to 17 people, demonstrating the manager's continued expansion in the region, according to a company release. Hamilton Lane had three promotions in its Hong Kong office. Josh Jacob, a nine-year veteran of Hamilton Lane who has been […]

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Alibaba Group and UCWeb jointly announced that UCWeb will be fully integrated into Alibaba Group to become the mobile business cluster of this Chinese e-commerce group. With the acquisition, Yu Yongfu, chairman and chief executive officer of UCWeb will be president of the mobile business cluster. Meanwhile, he will enter the strategy committee of Alibaba […]

What many call “liberal democracy” flourished only after the emergence of the nation-state and the popular upheaval and mobilization produced by the Industrial Revolution. With the nation-state now under stress from above and below, so is liberal democracy.

What many call “liberal democracy” flourished only after the emergence of the nation-state and the popular upheaval and mobilization produced by the Industrial Revolution. With the nation-state now under stress from above and below, so is liberal democracy.

The struggle over who will preside over the European Commission has begun. But the real debate is not about the personalities involved; it is about the degree to which Europeans are prepared to create the shared political space that is needed to manage the monetary union and secure Europe’s global leadership role.

China’s May consumer price index (CPI)  reached a 2.5% increase year-on-year, which was higher than last month’s 1.8% and was in line with expectations, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The increase in the main inflation gauge reflects an easing threat of deflation. The producer price index (PPI) was 1.4% lower […]

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Hangzhou-headquartered Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding says it would acquire the remaining stake of mobile-browser company UCWeb it doesn't already own for an undisclosed amount, according to Alibaba's official Weibo account. Alibaba currently owns 66% of UCWeb, which provides smartphone services including a browser, a search engine, an app store and a gaming platform […]

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The author is ANZ greater China chief economist Liu Li-Gang As share of GDP, China’s foreign assets including its official reserves were only 65% in 2013, much lower than Japan’s 167%. If history is a guide, China’s financial liberalization could release an additional US$9 trillion outbound investment from today’s US$6 trillion. China has been diversifying […]

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The author is China International Capital Corporation (CICC) analyst Liu Gang Overseas-listed Chinese companies are concentrated in Hong Kong and U.S. stock exchanges. Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies are mostly state-owned enterprises or conglomerates, mostly in the finance, telecom and energy sectors. U.S.-listed Chinese companies are of smaller sizes and mostly in the IT and Internet […]

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A private aviation joint venture between NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, and two Chinese private equity firms has obtained operating permit from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, moving the company one step closer to gaining an operating certificate for providing private jet services for Chinese consumers, according to a company announcement. The joint […]

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Executives from China Telecom and China Mobile confirmed that the three largest Chinese telecom operators will establish a joint venture without sharing base stations. Rumors previously spread on the Internet that China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom would jointly invest to establish a national base station company. After the founding of the company, it […]

China’s disputes with neighbours are becoming dangerous. It is important to recognise that such disputes point to bigger shifts