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Exactly how pessimistic are you about the Chinese economy? — Q&A with Anne Stevenson-Yang
Veteran China entrepreneur and financial analyst Anne Stevenson-Yang was in China for the roaring 1990s and 2000s. Things have gotten less fun since then, and she told us all about it.
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How scared are people in Beijing of a COVID lockdown? — Q&A with Anthony Tao
A chat with Anthony Tao, SupChina’s managing editor, who lives in Beijing, where some of his fellow residents are stockpiling food in fear of strict Shanghai-style lockdowns that could come to the city if COVID rates continue to rise.
The China cushion has deflated — Q&A with Stephen Roach
I spoke to the renowned economist and former Morgan Stanley executive and found him gloomier on China than he’s ever been, and that his upcoming book will cost him access in Beijing. He also told me to get new friends.
‘The mandate of heaven, ain’t falling yet, but there’s a lot of shit on people’s shoes’ — Q&A with Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder has decades of experience in risk and crisis management in Asia for companies like Coca Cola at events like the Shanghai Expo and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We talked to him about Shanghai under lockdown and what it means for China’s future.
Should global investors own Chinese assets? Q&A with Sofia Horta e Costa
Sofia Horta e Costa covers stocks, rates, foreign exchange, credit, and macro for Bloomberg in Hong Kong. She also runs ultramarathons. We talked to her about how investors and bankers in Hong Kong see China in the age of COVID lockdowns and Beijing’s ongoing crackdowns on the private sector.
‘Ugh, here we are’ — Q&A with Geremie Barmé
We talked to renowned scholar Geremie R. Barmé about Shanghai under lockdown, Xi Jinping’s “empire of tedium,” nationalist thugs, and much more.
China’s COVID-19 spike and a clash of civilizations
We talked to global health policy expert Yanzhong Huang about why China is sticking to its COVID-zero strategy in the face of the biggest rise in infections since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan in 2020.
Gender bending in China, in fiction and real life
We asked journalist and culture writer Jin Zhao all about Chinese queer radio plays and homoerotic fiction, genres that have a surprisingly large fan base in China.
We ask Tom Orlik: Can China’s economy really grow at 5.5% this year?
Tom Orlik, the chief economist for Bloomberg Economics, answers our questions about China’s economic growth and wild stock fluctuations in an age of uncertainty.
It’s a crazy world out there! Rui Ma on this week’s wild stock market fluctuations in China
Veteran tech investor and advisor Rui Ma answered our questions about the wild week that Chinese companies have had in markets on both sides of the Pacific.