By Chris Howells, Deputy Editor

Just because China’s GDP growth has slipped a bit doesn’t mean its growth story is over. There are still a billion people waiting to be served and budding emerging market multinationals are eager to oblige.

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students leave home to study abroad each year, hoping a foreign diploma will land them respect and a good job at home. Today that’s not always the case.

  • What does China's ascendancy mean in geopolitical and economic terms? And how will it affect the West and its Pacific allies - notably Australia - in the coming decades?

  • A global platform for scholars, high-level business people and politicians to exchange views on business practices and policies in China and the world.

  • During the past decade, Chinese firms have become aggressive cross-border acquirers. Unfortunately they have been struggling to actually close their deals.

  • At the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China unveiled its fifth generation of leaders under Communist rule. This once-in-a-decade event will have momentous repercussions for the world’s second-largest...

  • Forget the stereotype of a conservative, collective leadership. China’s top corporate heads are competitive, diverse individuals with a global focus…and very few MBAs.

  • Individualism is not the first association that comes to mind when one thinks of China. However, following the country’s economic reforms, consumerism has become a new phenomenon on a huge scale. Consumerism, that is, for Western luxury goods… due...

  • Chinese consumers are hungry for foreign brands but for Apple products, in particular, the demand is insatiable. What explains China’s love affair with Apple?