https://www.scmp.com/rss/328918/feed John Carter was an economics and finance journalist for more than 40 years. Prior to joining the Post, he worked for Market News International for more than 33 years, first as Washington Bureau Chief, then as European Managing Editor in Frankfurt, Germany and finally as Asian Managing Editor working out of Beijing. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3141607/china-economy-report-card-whats-post-pandemic-outlook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3141607/china-economy-report-card-whats-post-pandemic-outlook?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Global Impact, we look at the results of China's once-in-a-decade census and what it means going forward for the most populous nation. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3136284/china-gets-older-2020-census-drive-beijing-policy-decisions-years-come?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3136284/china-gets-older-2020-census-drive-beijing-policy-decisions-years-come?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3134594/lack-lift-how-protests-and-covid-hit-cathay-pacific-hard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3134594/lack-lift-how-protests-and-covid-hit-cathay-pacific-hard?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 This story has been made freely available to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Mainland China’s population grew last year, results of the once-in-a-decade census released on Tuesday showed, although the number of new births fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2020. According to the seventh national population census conducted at the end of last year, China’s overall population rose to 1.412 billion in 2020, from 1.4 billion a year earlier, the National... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3132980/china-population-latest-census-confirms-increase-1412-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3132980/china-population-latest-census-confirms-increase-1412-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 May 2021 02:00:00 +0000 This article is republished from a three-part newsletter series on Xinjiang curated exclusively for our digital subscribers. To access this newsletter series and others like it in the future, please support SCMP with a digital subscription and gain access to unrivalled coverage of the ‘two sessions’ and trusted analysis about China‘s growing impact around the world. The escalating Xinjiang human rights controversy is rapidly souring relations between China and the West, as politics and commerce... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3132907/how-xinjiang-human-rights-controversy-souring-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3132907/how-xinjiang-human-rights-controversy-souring-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 May 2021 09:28:28 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3131202/pesky-economic-data-how-chinese-economy-really-doing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3131202/pesky-economic-data-how-chinese-economy-really-doing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3127407/despite-setbacks-bytedance-back-track-global-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3127407/despite-setbacks-bytedance-back-track-global-success?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3125439/chinas-two-sessions-set-out-broad-ambitions-leading-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3125439/chinas-two-sessions-set-out-broad-ambitions-leading-role?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 This article is republished from a three-part newsletter series – “Decoding China’s Two Sessions 2021” – curated exclusively for our digital subscribers. To access this newsletter series and others like it in the future, please support SCMP with a digital subscription and gain access to unrivalled coverage of the ‘two sessions’ and trusted analysis about China‘s growing impact around the world. More than 5,000 members of China’s political elite have converged on Beijing for the biggest event on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3124497/chinas-two-sessions-key-takeaways-annual-government-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3124497/chinas-two-sessions-key-takeaways-annual-government-work?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Mar 2021 07:35:24 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3124489/china-and-western-world-loggerheads-over-human-rights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3124489/china-and-western-world-loggerheads-over-human-rights?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3123522/myanmar-coup-puts-southeast-asia-democracies-defensive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3123522/myanmar-coup-puts-southeast-asia-democracies-defensive?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3122721/chinas-economy-powers-ahead-after-rapid-coronavirus-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3122721/chinas-economy-powers-ahead-after-rapid-coronavirus-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3120934/china-nevs-plug-and-drive-rapid-advance-new-energy-vehicles-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3120934/china-nevs-plug-and-drive-rapid-advance-new-energy-vehicles-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 China’s services sector activity growth slowed sharply in January, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, as the latest coronavirus outbreak hit sentiment hard ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday period. The Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 52.0 in January from 56.3 in December, indicating that sector activity continued to expand, but at its slowest pace since April last year, the first month of China’s economic recovery from the original coronavirus... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3120303/china-services-sector-growth-slows-sharply-january-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3120303/china-services-sector-growth-slows-sharply-january-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:54:31 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3120142/whered-it-come-search-source-covid-19-begins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3120142/whered-it-come-search-source-covid-19-begins?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3118142/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-smooth-silk-road-or-endless-controversy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3118142/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-smooth-silk-road-or-endless-controversy?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3117186/could-cooperation-climate-change-ease-china-us-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3117186/could-cooperation-climate-change-ease-china-us-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3116306/chinas-digital-currency-beginning-end-paper-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3116306/chinas-digital-currency-beginning-end-paper-money?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 China’s economy activity slowed modestly in December, led by declines in the manufacturing and services sectors, but remained relatively strong, according to new sentiment data released on Thursday. Seasonal factors, including power blackouts across the country, likely contributed to the decline in the December data, but the drop may also indicate that Chinese growth is starting to plateau, some analysts said. Sentiment could fall further in the coming months, particularly given the impact of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3115662/chinas-economic-activity-slows-modestly-december-new-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3115662/chinas-economic-activity-slows-modestly-december-new-data?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:07:38 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3114739/year-2020-controversy-everywhere-and-then-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3114739/year-2020-controversy-everywhere-and-then-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3112819/coronavirus-vaccines-near-approval-now-comes-hard-part?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3112819/coronavirus-vaccines-near-approval-now-comes-hard-part?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 China’s economic recovery accelerated in November, according to data published on Monday, but Beijing is unlikely to ease up on its support measures just yet given the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic in key trading partners and questions about the outlook for domestic employment, analysts said. The manufacturing and non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices, which measure economic sentiment in the world’s second largest economy, rose in November for the ninth month in a row,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3111916/china-unlikely-ease-stimulus-just-yet-even-economic-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3111916/china-unlikely-ease-stimulus-just-yet-even-economic-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:30:12 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3109991/china-eu-relations-can-eu-have-its-cake-and-eat-it-too?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3109991/china-eu-relations-can-eu-have-its-cake-and-eat-it-too?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108021/decline-once-promising-sino-british-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108021/decline-once-promising-sino-british-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Mixing the increasingly complex relationship with China with the US presidential election was certain to create lots of sound and fury. To be overly simplistic, it dovetails with a tried-and-true campaign strategy: blame the foreigners. Despite the election campaign hyperbole, the number of fraught issues between the US and China is increasing, meaning the results of the US election will have significant consequences for the relationship between the world’s two largest economies for years to... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3106111/global-impact-newsletter-us-election-result-crucial-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3106111/global-impact-newsletter-us-election-result-crucial-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:45:10 +0000 In the 10th edition we will be looking at the role the complex US-China relationship is playing in the ongoing US election. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108747/us-election-result-crucial-us-china-relations-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108747/us-election-result-crucial-us-china-relations-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The power of TikTok came to the attention of the older generation, like me, in June when its mostly young users used the short video app to sabotage the first big campaign rally by US President Donald Trump after the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of users banded together to request tickets to the event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, then didn’t show up. Only 6,200 attended in a venue that holds 19,000, a major embarrassment for the Trump campaign. But even before the Tulsa rally focused a spotlight on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3104161/global-impact-newsletter-clock-ticking-tiktok-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3104161/global-impact-newsletter-clock-ticking-tiktok-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:00:13 +0000 In the ninth edition of the Global Impact newsletter we will be looking at the Trump administration’s efforts to clamp down on Chinese-controlled apps on national security grounds. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108730/clock-ticking-tiktok-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108730/clock-ticking-tiktok-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 If you want to start a world war, a good way to do it is to mix the escalating conflict between two of the world’s greatest military powers with the grievances of a half-dozen smaller countries over territorial claims. That’s the current situation in the South China Sea, the massive body of water that stretches more than 4,000km (2,485 miles) from mainland China in the north to Indonesia in the south – about the same distance between London and Chicago. China has claimed the vast majority of the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3102323/global-impact-newsletter-escalating-conflict-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3102323/global-impact-newsletter-escalating-conflict-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2020 06:00:15 +0000 In the eighth edition of the Global Impact newsletter we will look at rising tensions in the South China Sea and how this has increased the chances for armed conflict between China and the US. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108728/escalating-conflict-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108728/escalating-conflict-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong has been one of the flashpoints in the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the United States and China. The new Hong Kong national security law, imposed on the city by Beijing, prompted a series of US punishments, including the sanctioning of 11 top Hong Kong and mainland officials. The impact of those moves are still reverberating today. The Hong Kong sanctions are just one aspect of Washington’s campaign to clamp down on China. The trade war that started in July 2018 was soon... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3100483/global-impact-newsletter-hong-kong-becomes-punching-bag-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3100483/global-impact-newsletter-hong-kong-becomes-punching-bag-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Sep 2020 06:00:15 +0000 In the seventh edition of the Global Impact newsletter we will look at the impact of the Hong Kong national security law and how US sanctions in response to it are affecting the city and its people. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108727/hong-kong-becomes-punching-bag-us-china-brawl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108727/hong-kong-becomes-punching-bag-us-china-brawl?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The impact of the coronavirus has reinforced, for both executives and investors, the need for companies to develop sustainable operations that can withstand major shocks, experts say. The pandemic has slowed the pursuit of sustainability goals based on the three ESG principles – environment, social and governance – because of a lack of funding as companies fight for survival, according to the latest South China Morning Post panel discussion on “Covid-19 and the Economy”. But even at the height... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3099061/coronavirus-impact-underscores-need-sustainable-investment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3099061/coronavirus-impact-underscores-need-sustainable-investment?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:00:24 +0000 Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei Technologies, said the name for his company came from a slogan he saw on a wall, meaning “China has promise”. And for many years, Huawei rapidly fulfilled that promise, becoming the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world and the leader in next-generation 5G mobile communications technology. But then the competition between the US and China to control 5G short-circuited its ascent. The cutting-edge technology promises to dramatically... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3098537/global-impact-newsletter-huawei-finds-itself-eye-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3098537/global-impact-newsletter-huawei-finds-itself-eye-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:00:11 +0000 In the sixth edition of the Global Impact newsletter we look at Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and how it came to be at the centre of the rapidly escalating US-China rivalry over technology. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108726/huawei-finds-itself-eye-us-china-tech-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108726/huawei-finds-itself-eye-us-china-tech-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Everywhere you look, from the chambers of government, to businesses big and small, down to the poorest of the world’s citizens, the coronavirus is reshaping the world we live in. The pandemic has turned up the heat on the simmering rivalry between China and the United States. The coronavirus has raised doubts about a “new era” in relations between China and Japan. China and Australia have been locked in a tense diplomatic dispute since April after the Australian government called for an... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3096705/global-impact-newsletter-how-coronavirus-changing-world-we-live-day-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3096705/global-impact-newsletter-how-coronavirus-changing-world-we-live-day-day?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:00:08 +0000 In this fifth edition of the Global Impact newsletter we will be looking at how the coronavirus pandemic, now over six months old, is changing the world around us every day. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108725/how-coronavirus-changing-world-we-live-day-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108725/how-coronavirus-changing-world-we-live-day-day?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Neighbours China and India had been drawing closer for years, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting at least 18 times since Modi came to power in 2014, most recently at an informal bilateral summit in October last year. Modi had visited China five times, the most by an Indian prime minister in over 70 years. But the carefully crafted improvement in relations was torn to shreds on the night of June 15, when Indian and Chinese troops staged a... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3094795/global-impact-newsletter-china-india-brawl-hits-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3094795/global-impact-newsletter-china-india-brawl-hits-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jul 2020 06:00:06 +0000 In this fourth edition of the Global Impact newsletter we explore how the brawl between Chinese and Indian soldiers delivered a blow to their relations and possibly changed the dynamics of Asia diplomacy for years to come. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108712/china-india-brawl-hits-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108712/china-india-brawl-hits-relationship?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Global politics is delicate business in the best of times, but more so in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has claimed well over 500,000 lives. And, as Australia has learned in the last several months, the politics surrounding the coronavirus pandemic are almost as dangerous as the disease. The Australian government proposed in April that there be an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. After all, figuring out how the virus came to be is an important part of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3092900/global-impact-newsletter-australias-political-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3092900/global-impact-newsletter-australias-political-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jul 2020 06:00:13 +0000 In this third edition of the Global Impact newsletter we will explore how national sensitivity over the origin of the coronavirus pandemic has led to an escalating war of words and sanctions between China and Australia. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108436/australias-political-risks-provoking-dragon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108436/australias-political-risks-provoking-dragon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The novel coronavirus has no prejudices, plays no favourites. It infects, and potentially kills, no matter our nationality, race, gender or religion. So stories of survivors are stories about all of us. They stir to our most powerful emotions: fear of catching the disease or watching loved ones die; anger at being turned away from the hospital because there are not enough beds; profound gratitude to the doctors and nurses who risk their lives to save others; and the joy at being told you are... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3091925/global-impact-newsletter-dodging-coronavirus-bullet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3091925/global-impact-newsletter-dodging-coronavirus-bullet?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:00:15 +0000 The topic of the second offering of the Global Impact newsletter focuses on the stories of Covid-19 survivors. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108431/i-thought-i-was-going-die-dodging-coronavirus-bullet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108431/i-thought-i-was-going-die-dodging-coronavirus-bullet?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 We all want to know how soon our lives can return to anything resembling the “normal” of late last year, before the novel coronavirus outbreak and Covid-19. There is no clear answer yet. What we need is a vaccine that will allow us the peace of mind to resume doing the things we took for granted only six months ago. A vaccine is not just a physical barrier against infection, but also a psychological shield against the fear of engaging in social activities in crowded places – going to the movies,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3089367/global-impact-newsletter-coronavirus-vaccine-and-return?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3089367/global-impact-newsletter-coronavirus-vaccine-and-return?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:58:53 +0000 The topic of the first offering of the Global Impact newsletter is one that affects all of us: the urgent quest for a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108425/coronavirus-vaccine-and-return-normal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3108425/coronavirus-vaccine-and-return-normal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 China’s central bank on Friday joined its US and European counterparts in seeking to calm global financial markets and ease economic anxiety about the impact of coronavirus, helping to engineer a rebound in stock prices. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced on Friday that it would pump 550 billion yuan (US$78 billion) into its banking system on Monday to spur additional lending to factories and households. While Beijing’s move was not as big as those of Western central banks, it sent the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3075140/coronavirus-china-pump-us78-billion-banking-system-spur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3075140/coronavirus-china-pump-us78-billion-banking-system-spur?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:27:41 +0000 China’s economy will growth by 6.0 per cent in 2020, the International Monetary Fund predicted on Monday, with the upwards revision reflecting a feeling that “global growth may be bottoming out”. The change from its previous prediction of 5.8 per cent in October followed the tariff reductions included in last week’s phase one trade deal with the United States.  Despite continued economic headwinds, “some indications emerged toward year-end that global growth may be bottoming out,” the IMF said,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3046890/chinas-2020-growth-rate-prediction-raised-60-cent-imf-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3046890/chinas-2020-growth-rate-prediction-raised-60-cent-imf-after?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:00:15 +0000 After much back and forth it looks like the planets are aligning, and the momentum moving firmly towards a “mini-deal” between the United States and China. Over the weekend, the Office of the US Trade Representative and Chinese state media organ Xinhua both published statements suggesting that a deal is near and while the substance might be underwhelming for some, economic data from both Beijing and Washington emphasises the need for a sticking plaster to alleviate some trade war... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3035191/us-china-trade-war-update-reality-hits-communist-party-planning-economic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3035191/us-china-trade-war-update-reality-hits-communist-party-planning-economic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:35:13 +0000 One week after the handshakes, photo ops and press conferences in Washington, we analyse whether there was really a trade deal struck between the US and China, or whether the dignitaries just kicked the can down the road. South China Morning Post political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter slice and dice the outcome of the talks between the two teams lead by Liu He and Robert Lighthizer, and explain what has to happen before any deal can be signed in November. Zhou says China has become... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3033555/us-china-trade-war-update-deal-or-no-deal-chinas-record-gdp-slump-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3033555/us-china-trade-war-update-deal-or-no-deal-chinas-record-gdp-slump-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:20:10 +0000 After months of anticipation for high-level trade talks between delegations from China and the United States, who could have foreseen this week’s run of controversies, from the NBA and computer game giant Blizzard to bans on Chinese tech companies operating in Xinjiang? The South China Morning Post’s political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin are back to break it all down for us, while Owen Churchill from the Post’s Washington bureau reports on what his sources are saying after China’s... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3032512/us-china-trade-war-update-how-nba-xinjiang-bans-and-hong-kong-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3032512/us-china-trade-war-update-how-nba-xinjiang-bans-and-hong-kong-are?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:55:08 +0000