ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
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Country Garden’s Stock Plunges After Report of Huge Losses
Financial troubles at Country Garden, the last real estate giant to avoid default, sparked panic in the markets and angry comments online.
Country Garden Is Latest Property Giant in China to Run Into Trouble
Country Garden, China’s last big property developer to avoid default, has spooked investors after missing key debt payments, rekindling memories of China Evergrande.
She Witnessed Mao’s Worst Excesses. Now She Has a Warning for the World.
At 93, the memoirist Yuan-tsung Chen hopes that her recollections of China’s tumultuous past will help the country confront its historical wrongs — and avoid...
China Adjusts Some Pandemic Policies, While Sticking to ‘Zero Covid’
Investors cheered the changes, although officials emphasized that measures “must not be relaxed.”
For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top
Mao’s phrase that “women hold up half the sky,” rings hollow as China’s most powerful female politician readies for retirement with few others in line.
China Doubles Down on ‘Covid Zero’ Despite Economic Toll
Xi Jinping doubled down on the idea that the measures have saved lives and vowed to continue the stringent set of policies.
Can Hong Kong Recover as a Global Metropolis After Pandemic Barriers?
Officials are saying the city will bounce back. But even before 2020, Chinese control was changing Hong Kong’s character and driving people away.
Chinese Canadian Billionaire Sentenced to 13 Years for Financial Crimes
Five years after being grabbed from a Hong Kong hotel, Xiao Jianhua, who came to symbolize China’s corporate excess, also faces a hefty fine, as...
China Offers Women Perks for Having Babies, if They’re Married
Beijing is giving incentives to stem a demographic crisis, but its control over childbirth and its suppression of women’s rights are making it difficult for...
For Its Next Zero Covid Chapter, China Turns to Mass Testing
Residents in many cities must show negative P.C.R. tests to go shopping or use public services. The policy may hamper efforts to revive the economy.
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