China’s economy is winding up the year with its tail between its legs. December data from China Beige Book indicate the government’s autumn effort to boost the economy is already losing its power.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. As the global economy stumbles into the fourth quarter, China ...

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IN RECENT years China’s economy has obeyed a three-act dramatic structure, recognisable to any playwright. Growth starts the year brightly, suffers troubling setbacks as spring turns to summer, then ...

In recent years, China’s threat of economic coercion has loomed large, and Washington’s allies and partners have seen entire sectors threatened by Beijing as punishment for certain political ...