ROBIN HARDING

Yuan settlement of China's goods trade reached a record high of 33.5% of the total in March-April 2026.

Why sinodollars outweigh the petroyuan

Though the rise of electric vehicles will mean a corresponding demand for batteries, actual battery production is a bad business.
THE BROAD VIEW

Beware the great battery industry fallacy

China’s future population decline, locked in by decades of the one-child policy, will weigh more and more heavily on its growth.

Slowing Chinese growth is a recipe for global instability