Economy
China's crackdown on cryptocurrencies: Trade-offs between stability and innovation
China's crackdown on cryptocurrencies has increased the volatility of the market, not least with bitcoin miners fleeing and the price of bitcoin plummeting. What are the reasons behind China's regulatory clampdowns and will other countries follow suit?
Ben Charoenwong, Zhang Weina
06 Aug 2021
Economy
Wall Street, foreign investment hankering for China deals despite US sanctions
Even as the US government blacklists several Chinese companies for being "Chinese Communist military companies" or a national security threat, Wall Street does not seem fazed; investors seem prepared to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to betting on China.
Ben Charoenwong, Zhang Weina
09 Feb 2021
Economy
With Ant Group's record $34.5 billion IPO suspended, what happens next?
Jack Ma's fintech company Ant Group had it all planned out. It would bypass American stock exchanges and proceed with a dual listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai's STAR Market, which would have raised an estimated US$34.5 billion, the biggest IPO in history. Now that the IPO has been suspended, what happens next?
Allaudeen Hameed, Ruth Tan
06 Nov 2020