A 110.2 per cent increase in the price of pork from a year earlier led to a further rise in China’s consumer prices in November, as...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU As the global trade regime threatens to unravel under the Trump administration’s assault on the WTO dispute settlement disciplines and its tearing...
Stock prices jumped on Dec. 6 following a positive U.S. jobs report and President Donald Trump’s comments that trade negotiations with China are “moving along.” Trump...
Author: Brendan Sargeant, ANU The debate in Australia about China is intensifying and some of the optimism of a decade ago has dissipated. This is in...
News Analysis Warning signs are flashing all over China’s banking sector. Chinese regulators have seized or bailed out lenders at an unprecedented pace amid a surge...
Author: Giridharan Ramasubramanian, ANU On 25 September 2019, five countries — Costa Rica, Fiji, Iceland, New Zealand and Norway — announced a new initiative, the Agreement...
Author: Ashok Swain, Uppsala University South Asia is facing severe water scarcity. As the region’s population grows and its economies develop, a lack of sustainable water...
China’s factories showed signs of recovery last month, with the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for November reporting the first positive reading since April.After six...