Eyeonchina

Why China will never heed World Bank advice on 'reforms'

The call for reforms ignores China's political reality: reforms will impose prohibitive, perhaps disastrous, costs on the ruling elites of the Communist Party, who will have to surrender their privileges.

China has some unfinished business. But can it finish it?

China's past inspires awe, but it remains unprepared for deeper integration with the world, Here's what's missing...

China-geddon: A China crash will be scarier than Europe

Growing at top-speed for 30 years, China has defied the laws of economics. But in the opinion of an increasing chorus of analysts, it's time is up.

Indian diplomat's ill-treatment risks feeding anti-China bias

India is right to insist that the ill-treatment of its diplomat by local Chinese authorities in Yiwu must be dealt with firmly. But the incident must not be allowed to feed anti-Chinese prejudice in India.

Be afraid, very afraid, of what's happening in China...

For the past year, the 'China bear' trade has paid off handsomely. Now, say economy watchers, China's economy faces immense pressures, with no certainty about how it will all unravel.

China wants to save the world. But who will save China?

The eurozone is on fire, and China has gallantly come to its rescue with a pledge to buy sovereign debt. But China's own public debt situation is more serious than it acknowledges. So who can save the saviour?

Why a weak Chinese economy can't save the world

The world is looking to China to bail it out. But economists warn that China's own financial system is at risk from a rash of illegal lending that has come to light after a string of defaults.

Tiananmen crackdown and the persistence of Chinese memory

China has reinvented itself - economically and politically - several times over since the bloody crackdown on the student protest movement of 1989. Yet, many Chinese citizens cling on to the memories for a reason.

Frenemies forever: Can China and India ever get along?

There has been an inexplicable thaw in Sino-Indian relations, but it masks the fact that China is proceeding with its strategic outreach into India's neighbourhood.

Digital rogues: Chinese hack attack on Wall Street Journal, NYT

For countries like India and the US, China increasingly represents the most threatening actor in cyberspace.