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Nathaniel Taplin

ARTICLES BY NATHANIEL TAPLIN

China’s first-quarter growth beat most estimates, rising 5.3% on the year. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

China’s overcapacity is already backfiring

2 min read . 16 Apr 2024

While there is some good news, China’s job market and property sector still look weak. (File Photo: AP)

Is China’s economy finally bottoming out?

2 min read . 02 Apr 2024

A growing body of research is highlighting the link not just between demography and economic growth but also between migration and growth specifically. (Image: Pixabay)

Immigration is helping the US edge out Asia

4 min read . 22 Mar 2024

Xi Jinping, China's president, left, speaks with Li Qiang, China's premier, right, during the opening of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

China’s Boom Is Over—Beijing Is Making It Worse

4 min read . 05 Mar 2024

The Nikkei is trading at 26 times earnings—about in line with the S&P 500. Instead of being hyped as the next economic superpower, the current bull market is being driven partly by improved corporate governance. (Photo: AP)

Stocks for the looong run: Could Japan’s lost decades happen in America?

4 min read . 02 Feb 2024

Kuomintang supporters unfurled a Republic of China flag at an election rally on Friday night. (Photo: NATHANIEL TAPLIN/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Peace and prosperity in the Taiwan Strait still have a chance

4 min read . 15 Jan 2024

China’s Yuan Is Quietly Gaining Ground

2 min read . 26 Dec 2023

Employees work on a drilling platform in Iraq for a Chinese gas and oil company. PHOTO: KHALIL DAWOOD/XINHUA/GETTY IMAGES

China’s Middle East Clout Has Limits

3 min read . 13 Nov 2023

A construction site by Country Garden in Tianjin, China. The developer is now fighting for survival. PHOTO: TINGSHU WANG/REUTERS

Beware a Chinese Fall Stall

2 min read . 01 Nov 2023

any fragile improvement in household sentiment could be undermined if Country Garden, the nation’s largest developer in 2022, continues to follow Evergrande down into a black hole of debt and unpaid contractors. (Photo: AFP)

China stabilizes, in the shadow of Country Garden and Evergrande

2 min read . 18 Oct 2023

A high-speed road is under construction in Anyang, central China.

China’s Teetering Local Debt Mountain

4 min read . 13 Oct 2023

Does China’s Property Bust Make a Financial Crisis Inevitable?

Does China’s Property Bust Make a Financial Crisis Inevitable?

5 min read . 01 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo (REUTERS)

How China Could Veto $100 Oil

2 min read . 21 Sep 2023

Total Chinese crude imports were the second highest on record in August, according to one data provider.

How China Could Veto $100 Oil

2 min read . 21 Sep 2023

Chinese consumers remain very cautious and still appear to be saving at much higher levels than before the pandemic. But things have clearly improved somewhat in recent weeks. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China may dodge deflation, after all

2 min read . 16 Sep 2023

At the center of the trade is China and, allegedly, a few other intermediary countries such as Turkey

How microchips migrate from China to Russia

2 min read . 26 Feb 2023

A liquefied natural gas terminal in Zhejiang province, China (Photo: Reuters)

Russia’s ‘energy weapon’ is hurting China too

3 min read . 01 Feb 2023

China currently sits at the center of global supply chains, which gives it significant geopolitical leverage.

Greener, more secure supply chains won’t come cheap

2 min read . 12 Jan 2023

Chinese exports are likely to remain lackluster as the U.S. and Europe struggle. Photo: AFP

China won’t spoil the Fed’s soft landing

2 min read . 29 Dec 2022

Traffic makes its way along Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. (AFP)

Why Hong Kong’s makeover will founder

4 min read . 10 Nov 2022