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China’s financially weaker LGFVs face default…
China’s weaker local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) are facing higher risks of default and missed payments…
Why zero-Covid is harder to leave behind than to…
The policy, while damaging, came with clear metrics that allowed local government officials to demonstrate their…
“Monuments to the Unthinkable”––In Cover Story,…
“It is impossible for any memorial to slavery to capture its full horror, or for any memorial to the Holocaust to…
Local Chinese governments snap up new homes to…
The authorities in Suzhou in the southern province of Jiangsu snapped up 5,000 new units in September, while…
The Grim Return of Outdoor Winter Dining
Imagine what it would be like to time-travel from 2019 to now. If you were just strolling down a city street, and…
China must be wary of ‘race to the bottom’ risks…
China’s campaign to control the spread of Covid-19 is showing a potentially dangerous tendency.Under the central…