ASIA ECONOMY

China's aggressive expansion into Africa may have solved some of the problems of the old continent while enriching the country's construction companies in the process. But it has yet to help solve China's growing economic problems.

In the last decade, China's role as the factory of the world has been undermined by several factors, including the rising of the country's labor costs due to the Lewis point, the rising geopolitical tensions between China and the U.S. and its allies over several issues and the flaring tech war.

The average Chinese citizen is much better off today than four decades ago when the country's economy was mired in stagnation.

The comeback of China's economy could be a game changer for the commodities market.

India still needs to deploy the advantages it has to attract foreign investment and catch up with China.

Zero interest rates are a policy of the past for most central banks worldwide, but not for the Bank of Japan.

A technological leap is critical for emerging market economies to overcome two problems they encounter after years of reliance on foreign technology and cheap domestic labor for growth: the middle-income trap and the Lewis point.

Is it time for traders and investors to go bargain hunting or wait on the sidelines for the worst yet to come?

China has delayed the release of GDP and trade data ahead of President Xi Jinping's expected third-term confirmation.

Pakistan appealed to the International Monetary Fund to have its debt rescheduled last week.

To catch up with the U.S., China needs much more than a dose of incentives and foreign technology.

Another problem, even more significant than coronavirus, won't go away any time soon: the burst of the housing property bubble.