Chi Lo

More players choosing to trade oil and other products with China in RMB could help yuan trading reach critical mass over time.
WEALTH & INVESTING

The petro-yuan and the role of gold

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia last December during the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit. The state...

Construction site in Shanghai. A package of 16 measures to bolster support for developers and protect homebuyers' legal rights could improve public confidence.
COMMENTARY

Stars aligning for China’s recovery

Recalibration of Covid controls and property market support measures suggest the worst may be over for China’s economy and asset markets

Under-construction apartments in the Shekou area of Shenzhen. Beijing's efforts to reduce debt in the property sector has led to a liquidity squeeze and shaken homebuyers' confidence in developers' ability to deliver pre-sold homes.
COMMENTARY

How seriously at risk is China’s property market?

The root causes of the country’s property sector woes can be traced to misguided incentives in the 1998-2003 housing reform but a...