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Despite the recent revival of the Chinese economy, Fitch, one of the Big Three credit rating agencies, has downgraded China's credit rating outlook to negative. This decision was made due to the risks to the financial system during the transition to a new growth model.
Moody's downgrade of the rati...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The real estate crisis in China has the potential to trigger a more severe and prolonged crisis, leading to a lost decade for the country. This could have a significant impact on the global economy.
The ongoing crisis in China is not the first time the real estate market has exp...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It appears that in Hong Kong and Beijing, they have chosen to rephrase the words that were attributed to Stalin: 'No man, no problem.' After several delays and false hopes, a Hong Kong court recently sentenced China's largest construction company, Evergrande, to a severe penalty....

By Rhod Mackenzie

Recently, there has been much discussion about the downturn of the "Chinese miracle" and the possibility of the country being on the brink of a crisis. This pertains to both the construction industry and the general decline in consumption, which poses a threat to the solvency of...