China

Firms betting big on Shanghai commercial property

Even residential developers like Yanlord are padding their office and retail portfolios, says Colliers.

Firms betting big on Shanghai commercial property

Even residential developers like Yanlord are padding their office and retail portfolios, says Colliers.

Are New Year celebrations clouding China data?

The burgeoning scale of festivities may have caused seasonal distortions.

No more double-digit growth for China exports

HSBC sees a prolonged drag as external demand continues its precipitous slide.

Monetary easing in China starting to work: HSBC

Money supply growth is on the rebound and further easing measures are still in the pipeline.

Gloomy outlook for Chinese exports

As the country’s export growth is expected to plummet to 10% in 2012, a mere half of its growth in 2011.

AsiaPac mergers & acquisitions plummet 44% to US$552b in 4Q11

China remains as the most targeted nation, capturing US$136b or 32% of Asia Pacific-target M&A activity.

China's top economic concern now growth not inflation

What are Beijing's five priority policies for economic expansion in 2012?

China trade to slow down even more

Exports will only grow in single digits in 2012, says HSBC.

China’s inflation plunges to 14-month low in November

At 4.2%, the country’s inflation surprised the market, having dropped faster than expected.

China’s inflation may have dropped to 4.3% in November

As overall food inflation will likely have slowed to 9%, led by lower prices of pork, fresh vegetables and seafood.

63% of Chinese women lead financial planning in households

It’s mom who gets a say on how to spend the family income.

China’s export growth slows to 8-month low of 15.9%

On the flip side, China's import surged unexpectedly to 28.7% y-o-y in October.

China’s inflation may have dipped to 5.8% in October

And the country’s exports are expected to have declined further to 15% in October from 17.1% in September.

Chinese government puts SMEs in a bind

They are seen as the unfortunate but necessary collateral damage in order to slow down inflation and restructure the economy.

China’s flash manufacturing PMI rebounds to five-month high of 51.1 in October

It seems like Chinese manufacturing activity is gearing for a strong performance in 4Q11.

China’s economic growth eases to 9.1% in 3Q11

On the other hand, industrial production posted a surprising growth of 13.8% in September, having been driven by the heavy industries.

China’s GDP may have surged 9.4% in 3Q11

As the country’s external trade has been resilient, with exports advancing 20.5% this quarter.