George Magnus

How Trump’s tariffs will hurt China

4 April 2025 12:31 am

China has been hit hard by President Trump’s tariff list, which he unveiled yesterday in the White House rose garden.…

Beijing is seriously concerned about the Chinese economy

28 September 2024 3:52 am

China’s leaders and economic policymakers – who have been optimistic and confident about the economy for years – are clearly spooked. Just…

How the Chinese markets lost faith in the CCP

10 February 2024 6:30 pm

Ahead of the Chinese new year holiday, Beijing has been intervening to prop up the country’s stock markets. Regulators have…

China’s property sector is on the brink of disaster – again

19 August 2023 10:00 am

Once, not that long ago, few people outside China had heard of the property developer Evergrande. Now it is synonymous…

Beijing is right to be worried about the Chinese economy

5 August 2023 5:30 pm

Going by the number of state and Communist party plans to ‘boost consumption’ over the summer, it appears that Beijing…

Britain’s new trade deal is about more than GDP

2 April 2023 7:40 pm

With the announcement this week confirming the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the…