Zhou Xin

Zhou Xin co-leads the political economy team at the SCMP. He mainly covers economic stories but occasionally writes about Chinese politics and diplomacy. Prior to SCMP, he worked for Reuters and Bloomberg in Beijing.

China and the US are locked in a trade war. Photo: EPA

Diplomacy

Beijing details trade war position after calling off US talks

24 Sep 2018 - 3:06pm 20

Billionaire has not been seen in public since disappearing from a luxury Hong Kong hotel in January 2017

Politics

Billionaire who vanished from Hong Kong about to face trial in Shanghai

24 Sep 2018 - 3:10pm 8

Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He will not be travelling to the US for trade talks next week, according to a source. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

China cancels US trade talk visit by Vice-Premier Liu He: source

22 Sep 2018 - 11:10pm 162

Debate starts to focus on alternative ways to hurt America, ranging from targeting specific imports with higher tariffs to making the exports the US wants the most more expensive

China Economy

China runs out of US goods to tax. So what’s next in the trade war?

20 Sep 2018 - 10:38pm 250

American Chamber of Commerce reports ‘strong negative impact’ on its member companies and says only 6 per cent would consider moving to US

China Economy

US firms in China say Trump tariffs will hurt, not tempt them home

18 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 40

Plans to send vice-premier Liu He to Washington for negotiations are being reviewed after the US President escalated the dispute

China Economy

Beijing likely to cancel trade war talks after latest Trump tariffs

18 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 84

China’s games market has experienced its slowest first-half growth in at least a decade. Photo: Bloomberg

China

China gaming boom slows as propaganda body takes over licensing

8 Sep 2018 - 7:07am 4

China’s leveraged asset buyers must now brace for discounts in their forced fire sales

Companies

China’s global asset shoppers brace for haircuts in forced fire sales

3 Sep 2018 - 9:57pm 2

Pork is a staple on Chinese dinner tables. Photo: EPA

China

China on alert for African swine fever but will it hit its pig industry?

27 Aug 2018 - 5:42pm 2

China maintains tight controls over the internet. Photo: AFP

Politics

Beijing changes guard at the gates of the Great Firewall

1 Aug 2018 - 10:58pm 4

world-class “whole-life cycle regulation system”, controlling the research, production, distribution and administration of vaccines. Photo: AP

Politics

Fake data – the disease afflicting China’s vaccine system

30 Jul 2018 - 12:55pm 7

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to appoint allies to top posts in corruption-plagued administrations. Photo: AP

Politics

Xi to shake up propaganda, cyber chiefs as overseas image suffers

21 Aug 2018 - 12:27pm 39

Hugh Peyman believes former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s gradualist and pragmatic approach of “crossing the river by feeling the stones” will continue to serve the country well. Photo: Handout

China

What does Beijing get right? It’s all about change, China watcher says

16 Jul 2018 - 11:30pm 4

China sees an opportunity to find common ground with others hit by Donald Trump’s trade wrath, including the European Union, Canada and Russia. Photo: Bloomberg

China

How China plans to push back against Trump in ‘economic cold war’

11 Jul 2018 - 11:43pm 68

Government sources say the country’s leaders want to contain the fallout from the tariffs tit-for-tat to ensure the process of reform and opening up continues

China

Trump may pull tariff trigger but China will pick its battles: sources

6 Jul 2018 - 12:08pm 66

Wang Jian, the chairman of HNA Group, died in France on Tuesday morning after falling 15 metres onto rocks. Photo: AFP

Money & Wealth

HNA Group chairman dies after fall while posing for photo in France

5 Jul 2018 - 9:16am 61

Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He on Monday chaired a meeting of the country’s top team responsible for managing and containing financial and economic risk. Photo: AFP

China

China can ‘win big battles’, risk team says as US trade row heats up

4 Jul 2018 - 3:07pm 63

Just one company raises its quota under the qualified foreign institutional investor scheme

China

China fails to lure foreign funds as trade dispute hits stocks, yuan

2 Jul 2018 - 10:39pm 32

Vice-Premier Liu is Beijing’s point man at the trade talks with the United States. Photo: AFP

Politics

Why Liu He won't leave US trade war talks despite his impossible job

27 Jun 2018 - 3:44pm 17

The People’s Bank of China will cut the reserve requirement ratio for commercial banks. Photo: Reuters

Politics

China’s central bank frees up US$100 billion in funds as trade war looms

25 Jun 2018 - 9:18am 27

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s round table with foreign business executives on Thursday “sent a very clear message from the top leadership” that US firms are still welcome in China, a Chinese government source said. Photo: Xinhua

China

Beijing ‘won’t target’ US firms to hit back at Trump’s trade threats

24 Jun 2018 - 11:21pm 37

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged multinationals to fight against “protectionism, isolationism and populism”. Photo: Reuters

China

China talks tough but treads warily in tackling Trump’s threats

23 Jun 2018 - 9:38pm 120

President Xi Jinping (centre) with executives from multinational companies attending a round-table summit of the Global CEO Council in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua

China

Which American CEOs did Xi meet? UPS, Pfizer, Goldman all on the list

22 Jun 2018 - 11:27pm 35

China may have to resort to measures other than tariffs on goods to compete with the US in a trade war. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

US outguns China on trade tariffs but Beijing’s not done yet

20 Jun 2018 - 12:15am 43

US President Donald Trump says he had directed US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to start drawing up a list of Chinese products to be covered by the 10 per cent levy. Photo: AFP

China

China promises to retaliate if Trump imposes additional tariffs

20 Jun 2018 - 10:57am 203

HNA went on a US$40 billion overseas shopping spree over the past few years. Bloomberg

Business

Embattled HNA dissolves Hong Kong unit as it struggles to repay debt

15 Jun 2018 - 11:24pm 4

The mainland introduced China’s qualified foreign institutional investor programme in 2003. Photo: Xinhua

China

Why is China making it easier for foreign investors to get money out?

14 Jun 2018 - 11:50am

US Treasuries are one of the most liquid and secure places for Beijing to park its massive pile of foreign exchange. Photo: Bloomberg

China

Why China will keep firm grip on US debt even if trade war breaks out

5 Jun 2018 - 9:22pm 27

Tycoon Xiao Jianhua might face court in China in August or September, a source says. Photo: Handout

China

Billionaire who vanished from Hong Kong awaits trial as asset sell-off slows

24 Sep 2018 - 3:12pm 15

The USS Higgins guided-missile destroyer. It was one of two US Navy warships that sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday. File photo: US Navy

Diplomacy

Two US warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing

28 May 2018 - 12:50am 184

Visiting Shenzhen, Vice-Premier Han Zheng tells local leaders to shelve local rivalries and focus on supporting economic integration push

Politics

Vice-premier appeals to local leaders to back Greater Bay Area project

23 May 2018 - 4:17pm 10

Sources have suggested that Xiao Jianhua will face trial later this year. Photo: Handout

China

Mysterious tycoon's empire proves tough for Beijing to split up

24 Sep 2018 - 3:14pm 9

Xiao Jianhua vanished from Hong Kong in January 2017. Photo: Weibo

China

Missing Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua ‘could face trial soon’

13 Apr 2018 - 10:42am 25

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde spoke to the Post after giving a speech at University of Hong Kong on Wednesday. Photo: Jonathan Wong

China

IMF chief expresses concern over global debt … including China’s

19 Apr 2018 - 12:55pm 23

Entrance of the China Energy Fund Committee office at the Convention Plaza Office Tower in Wan Chai. Photo: SCMP

China

Chinese energy giant with vanished boss gives up bond plan

3 Apr 2018 - 11:52pm

Xi Jinping has been consolidating his hold over economic policy since 2013. Photo: AP Photo

China

Why new economic body cements Xi’s grip on levers of power

3 Apr 2018 - 11:29pm 3

An artist’s impression of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab, which is expected to crash to Earth on Easter Monday. Photo: Aerospace Corp

China

China’s space lab set to enter Earth’s atmosphere on Easter Monday

1 Apr 2018 - 11:13pm 5

But they still have far more savings than debts, according to researchers

China

Famous for hoarding cash, Chinese families are now racking up more debt than ever

30 Mar 2018 - 2:05pm 13

Central bank governor Yi Gang addresses the China Development Forum in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

China

China’s new central bank chief shrugs off financial risks from trade war

25 Mar 2018 - 11:16pm 3

China

Meet the finance chief set to become China’s very own Robin Hood

5 Jul 2018 - 5:40pm 3

The new role for the United Front Work Department is part of a restructuring designed to strengthen the party’s control. Photo: Xinhua

Politics

It’s the covert unit behind China’s growing global influence. And it’s getting bigger

21 Mar 2018 - 4:37pm 19

Putin, North Korea and a US trade war - Li Keqiang's press conference to close Two Sessions as it unfolded

Politics

Putin, North Korea and a US trade war - Chinese Premier’s closing speech for Two Sessions

23 Mar 2018 - 1:07pm 4

China’s four vice-premiers (from left) Hu Chunhua, Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan and Liu He swear an oath to the constitution at the National People’s Congress in Beijing on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

China

Can this new dream team propel China’s US$12 trillion economy?

20 Mar 2018 - 4:21pm 10

Liu He appointment as vice-premier also brings with it a heavy responsibility – to defuse China’s debt bomb. Photo: Bloomberg

China

Liu He: China’s new one-man debt bomb disposal unit

19 Mar 2018 - 11:36pm 33

Zhou Xiaochuan pictured at one of his last public appearances as bank governor in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: AP

China

‘China’s Alan Greenspan’ steps down as central bank chief

19 Mar 2018 - 11:36pm 1

Premier Li Keqiang (right) shakes hands with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday after his government position was confirmed for another five years. Photo: Simon Song

China

Li Keqiang endorsed as China’s premier; military leaders confirmed

18 Mar 2018 - 6:17pm

Xie Zhikun has built a business conglomerate managing at least 1 trillion yuan in assets. Illustration: Henry Wong

China

Chinese tycoon selling assets after Xi’s call to cut debt risk

17 Mar 2018 - 4:07pm 1