Property Market

China’s growth dilemma: More stimulus, but where is the demand?

Beijing is stepping up efforts to meet its growth target, but weak consumer confidence, mounting debt and a prolonged property slump threaten to blunt the impact of its latest measures. Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Sim Tze Wei tells us more.

Sim Tze Wei

19 Oct 2026

To stabilise, not stimulate: China’s measured fix for a stagnant market

The measured scale of China’s mortgage interest subsidy underscores a reluctance to aggressively stimulate the property market. So should policymakers shift their focus from investment towards consumption instead? Lianhe Zaobao associate editor Han Yong Hong gives her take.

Han Yong Hong

02 Oct 2026

I went to Nanning to find the pyramid schemes that lured Singaporeans

After 52 Singaporeans were arrested in Guangxi, Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Sim Tze Wei travelled to Nanning to trace the pyramid schemes said to have lured them in — and found a city where real policies and projects can be repackaged as fake investment opportunities.

Sim Tze Wei

07 Sep 2026

Hui Ka Yan jailed: Can China escape Evergrande’s shadow?

Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life imprisonment after the spectacular collapse of his property empire, leaving a trail of unfinished homes and shattered confidence. Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Chen Jing explains.

Chen Jing

28 Aug 2026

Beijing unleashes confidence campaign to reassure markets

Chinese authorities are using commentaries to reshape the country’s economic narrative, manage expectations and rebuild market confidence ahead of key political events. Lianhe Zaobao associate China news editor Sim Tze Wei speaks with academics to analyse the matter.

Sim Tze Wei

25 Aug 2026

How geopolitics rewired China’s economy

Looking beyond the numbers of China’s published half-year economic data, it is clear that structural changes in China’s economy are taking place, which will have broader effects in the longer term, says academic Gu Qingyang.

Gu Qingyang

15 Jul 2026

A journalist’s farewell: The people who changed how I see China

As her stint ends, Lianhe Zaobao Shanghai correspondent Li Kang looks past the trade wars and economic data to remember the raw resilience, vulnerability and quiet dignity of the ordinary people she met.

Li Kang

29 Jun 2026

Why Chinese banks now act like local governments

China’s banks are increasingly shaped by state-directed targets, whitelists and performance indicators, pushing them to prioritise policy goals over market logic and resemble local governments in their behaviour. Economist Chen Kang warns of the systemic risks in trading market pricing for rigid policy-driven lists.

Chen Kang

23 Jun 2026

Built to impress: Why China’s tourism boom leaves white elephants behind

China’s tourism boom has produced a wave of ambitious megaprojects across the country, but many have stalled or failed to attract visitors, leaving behind costly white elephants. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Liu Liu reports.

Liu Liu

10 Jun 2026

China’s housing market flashes signs of life in core cities

China’s property market shows signs of life with sharp luxury project rebounds in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Yet this fragile recovery remains highly uneven; mid-tier markets still languish while growth relies heavily on bargain hunters.

Caixin Global

05 Jun 2026

PwC’s Evergrande crisis deepens with record Hong Kong settlement and criminal probes

Evergrande’s fraud has caught up with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong, bringing major fines, client exits and criminal probes, and casting doubt over the accounting giant’s future in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Caixin Global

04 May 2026

Evergrande’s Hui Ka Yan: From rags to empire to prison

The collapse of Evergrande and its chairman Hui Ka Yan, marks the end of the man-made property boom in China. Lianhe Zaobao’s China news editor Yang Danxu traces the rise and fall of China’s former richest man.

Yang Danxu

15 Apr 2026