CHINA BULLETIN: Long live the private sector!

In this week’s issue China’s private sector gets a major new booster, and TikTok and battery makers get warnings. On a scale of 1 to 10, we give the week a 5 for offshore-listed China stocks.

PODCAST: China Loses Its Taste for Luxury, and Popeyes Finds a New China Partner

China’s luxury market shrank by 10% last year, marking its first contraction in at least five years. And less than three years after opening its first China store, fast food chain Popeyes is dumping its original partner in the market and signing on with the local operator of the fast-growing Tim Hortons donut chain.

CHINA BULLETIN: Trade? What Trade? 

In this week’s issue idle shipping containers spotlight weakening global trade, tobacco falls under the corruption microscope, and China’s new love affair with chatbots. On a scale of 1 to 10, we give the week a 4 for offshore-listed China stocks.

CHINA BULLETIN: New Year Kicks Off With Mixed Signals 

In this week’s issue China stocks extend their slump, Chinese lose their taste for luxury, and Baidu enters the chatbot fray. On a scale of 1 to 10, we give the week a 4.5 for offshore-listed China stocks.

CHINA BULLETIN: IMF Warms to Change in China

In this week’s issue China’s growth outlook gets a boost, airline travel crashes and Chinese consumers say “no” to the Kappa brand. On a scale of 1 to 10, we give the week a 4.5 for offshore-listed China stocks.