Person: Xi Jinping
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GeneralChinese Super League: From bidding for Bale to selling the team bus
This article looks at the wash up of China’s attempt to buy their way into football dominance. And it is timely as we watch Saudi Arabia attempt to do something very similar. Where China pursued Gareth Bale and Hulk, Saudi Arabia has signed Neymar and Christiano Ronaldo. The question is, what comes next? Can Saudi Arabia succeed where China failed?6th Dec, 2023
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All is not well in the Chinese economy
All is not well in the Chinese economy. To set the scene and provide the context for Xi’s unprecedented tilt at a third term, Darcy and Sascha explore the state of the Chinese economy.
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China: A different type of housing crisis
Over the past 12 months Chinese property developers have defaulted on over US$20 billion in debt, housing sales have fallen 30% year-on-year and construction of new homes has stalled. As the property market collapses, and borrowers fall into negative equity, more and more Chinese borrowers are refusing to pay their mortgages.28th Sep, 2022