055 | China: keeping the dragon awake

We just published the fifth edition of our Allianz Trade Global Survey, where we asked 6,000 companies in 13 countries, including the US, France, Germany, China, India and Vietnam, about their outlook for the year ahead. And because we spoke to them in February and March, we were ...  Show more

25% of the world’s hydrocarbon flows pass through one narrow waterway—the Strait of Hormuz. That’s a quarter of global energy supply relying on a single chokepoint. Today, we’re diving into how the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is shaking up the global economy, and why this ...  Show more

The world’s second-largest economy is slowing down. But are concerns overblown? What’s at risk for the global economy? How should policymakers react? The Wall Street Journal’s chief China correspondent, Lingling Wei; economist Adam Posen; and FP’s James Palmer join Ravi Agrawal t ...  Show more

China's economy has been having a tough time. The latest growth figures show the slowest pace of expansion in more than a year. Consumer spending is weak and the property slump is ongoing. The official target of growing the economy by 5% a year is still within reach - thanks to a ...  Show more

In China, data on the economy is sometimes difficult to come by. The Chinese government has put a pause on releasing some of its official economic data. But many of the stories emerging from the country paint a clear picture: the second largest economy in the world is struggling. ...  Show more

China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and neighboring countries concerned. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host Menaka Doshi speaks to Bloomberg’s Dan Murtau ...  Show more