First aired: Deutsche Welle 09 December 2025
Here is an interview with Kate Ferguson at Deutsche Welle in which we discuss an array of China issues including trade surpluses,
China’s National People’s Congress and the economy: Short change
China’s NPC deliberated the economy and the headwinds swirling around both its technology successes and macro shortcomings. But policies to address the latter are still lacking
How the Chinese markets lost faith in the CCP
China stabilised its equity market before the Lunar New Year holidays, but will this repair faltering confidence?
China’s economic troubles will have global consequences
Beware anything that makes a superpower unpredictable
China’s troubled property market faces a painful reckoning
The chairman of Evergrande, one of China’s largest developers, is under investigation as the country’s economic challenges mount.
End to China’s estate market boom could spell trouble for the economy
Housing activity accounts for 29% of GDP, and Evergrande’s debt crisis is sign that more broadly things could soon change