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A Recipe for Intergenerational Strife

Your editorial, ‘a Hong Kong crackdown would be a tragic error’ (August 15) reaches the right conclusion but it does not propose viable means to...


Managing Risk in a Portfolio of China Stocks

Here Tim presents the results of a trailblazing study of more than 60 public China stocks that were attacked by sort sellers. By analysing the...


‘The Future of UK-China Relations’

Not many years ago, a visiting politician made an important speech in Paris. His words are worth recalling: When I was a young man, I...

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We Must Up Our Game on China Whilst We Can

Sir, Jamil Anderlini, in “Under Xi Jinping, China is turning back to dictatorship” (October 12) gives us a partial picture. He says that PRC national...


Perhaps We Should Be More Open to a New Development Model

Sir – Jamil Anderlini, in “China’s great rejuvenation has a dark side” (June 22), raises a critical issue; once China achieves its “rejuvenation”, how will...


Who says UK is China’s junior partner in new golden era?

What does the announcement of a golden era between the UK and China really mean? Is it just another trite slogan to be tossed away with the...


Don’t Denigrate Deng

Sir – the March 19 editorial ‘Deng’s 2092 Reform’ was flawed. When it concluded that ‘true liberalisation in China would be credible only if instead...


We must up our game on China while we still can

How Far Fetched is the Idea of Democracy in China

Sir – I read Philip Stephens’s insightful article ( “A crisis that opened the gates for China”, September 14) while waiting for a train on Kashgar...


How to do Business Without Western Rules

What do you do when your board fires your company’s chief executive, only to find he or she will not give up the helm? In...


China already controls internet giants - and investors were warned

China already controls internet giants – and investors were warned

Sir, Jamil Anderlini, in “ Enduring suspicion weighs on capitalist in China” (March 1), is spot on in identifying the risks facing China’s capitalists, including...