In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Liao Qiang, director of financial institutions ratings at Standard & Poors, explains why he thinks a banking crisis is unlikely to happen in China, and why the frantic calls for a Chinese banking collapse are all misplaced. Listen to the full interview in the audio podcast, or […]

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I don't know about you, but it annoys the hell out of me when the foreign press grabs onto the latest high-profile criminal trial, invariably one that involves a hot-button political issue and, preferably, a media-savvy dissident with Western contacts, and suggest that this court case, or the underlying policy debate, is somehow an indictment […]

I've written before about some of the appalling practices of agencies that provide services to kids in China who wish to study abroad. With so many desperate students looking to get into the Ivy League, not to mention frantic parents in one-child families, hucksters, schemers and con artists are well represented in this industry. So […]

Given China's own problems with solar panels and state subsidies, this is somewhat amusing. However, that doesn't mean they don't have a good case. China filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization on Monday charging the European Union with violating rules governing subsidies to its solar-components industry, in the latest move in a global […]

A few days ago, we all heard that several of China's major web portals would be moving towards a pay model for music. In other words, no more pirated MP3 files. You want it, you need to pay for it. Xinhua announced today that this presages a new era in China's fight against IP infringement, […]

Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen says judges and other judiciary members are chosen on the basis of their judicial and professional qualities, and can be recruited from other common law jurisdictions under the Basic Law. Noting recent public discussi…

The Immigration Department arrested nine illegal workers and their five employers in a citywide crackdown on illegal workers yesterday. Officers raided 11 locations, including offices, restaurants, premises under renovation and wet market stalls. The…

Caixin and other media report that the China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to drop its requirement that Chinese companies listing in Hong Kong meet certain size criteria: 400 million yuan in net assets, an offering size of US$50 million, and…