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China’s Ambitions in Xinjiang and Central Asia

From Stratfor, In mid-September Chinese President Xi Jinping rounded out a 10-day tour of Central Asia that included state visits […]

Long Live China’s Boom

After three decades of 9.8 percent average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13 consecutive quarters […]

Chinese Investors Snap Up Detroit Real Estate

As if the rise of China’s auto industry were not enough of a threat to Detroit, Chinese real estate investors […]

What Do Sam Zell and GLP Know About China Real Estate that Carlyle is About to Learn?

US private equity firm Carlyle made headlines again last week when it announced a US$400 million joint investment with the […]

Carlyle’s Rubenstein still bullish on Japan, China

By Lawrence Delevingne CNBC, David Rubenstein, co-CEO of private equity fund firm The Carlyle Group, said Thursday he is still […]

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]

World GDP Growth

The pace of global growth increased during the second quarter of 2013—only the third quarterly acceleration in three years. Buoyed […]

As China Slows, Watch for Public Housing to Accelerate

Since China gradually began pumping the brakes on an overheated housing market two years ago it has been waiting for […]

Chinese Search for Infant Formula Goes Global

HONG KONG — The group of 40 mainland Chinese tourists made all the requisite shopping purchases on a recent trip […]

Q&A: Emerging Markets Powerhouses China and India

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Given their heft in the emerging markets world, China and India are among the countries […]