China Detains a Top Executive at Evergrande’s Electric-Vehicle Unit

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:07 am ET The bad news keeps coming for China Evergrande and its investors.  A top executive of the beleaguered property company’s electric-vehicle business has…

Chinese Company That Sparked Fears of Financial Contagion Falls Into Bankruptcy

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 5, 2024 7:12 am ET China’s Zhongzhi Enterprise Group has declared bankruptcy, following a calamitous year in which it sparked fears that the world’s second-largest economy was…

The Corporate Retreat From Hong Kong Is Accelerating

[ad_1] International companies began trickling out of Hong Kong a few years back, uneasy about the financial hub’s tightening ties to mainland China. That first smattering of departures is now…

Hong Kong’s IPO Drought Casts Pall Over Region’s Businesses

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 3, 2024 12:01 am ET A dearth of initial public offerings in Hong Kong is causing companies to suffer cash crunches and put off expansion plans, showing…

Investors Have Cut China’s Internet Giants Down to Size

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 31, 2023 12:20 am ET HONG KONG—Investors in China’s biggest internet companies have suffered through a tumultuous 2021, a lackluster 2022 and a disappointing 2023.  After a…

How China Manages Its Currency—and Why That Matters

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 27, 2023 12:00 am ET China’s approach to its currency is a mix of bold ambition and fear of dollar strength. The yuan has lost more than…

China Looks Cheap—but It Has Burned Investors Before

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 26, 2023 12:04 am ET The smartest strategy for investors in Chinese assets this year: Do something else. Sitting on cash was more profitable in 2023 than…

The Newest Get Rich Quick Trade: Indian Stocks

[ad_1] Dec. 22, 2023 12:39 am ET India’s booming stock market is attracting millions of individual investors hoping to get rich quick. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index is around…

North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ET HAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the U.S., one state caught its attention in particular:…

China Evergrande Avoids a Debt Disaster—for Now

[ad_1] China Evergrande Group, the giant property developer whose default two years ago fueled a crisis in the country’s real-estate market, got some unexpected good news on Monday. The company,…