Premier Li Keqiang has taken office with pledges to tackle inequality, boost urbanisation and deal with vested interests. These are all major economic concerns. But longstanding China watchers may...

Economic reform appears to be getting off to a slow start under the new leadership but moves to reduce government oversight of investment and other business operations suggest that it is at least...

The weekend’s data releases suggest that China’s economic rebound is faltering sooner than expected, even by relative pessimists such as ourselves.

China’s exports were far stronger than expected last month. By contrast, import growth remains slow. In particular, the recent acceleration in domestic activity has done little to boost commodity...