China is in a race against time to re-engineer its faltering economic model, famously described by Wen Jiabao, its last …, proliferating asset bubbles and chronic excess capacity in many sectors, Xi Jinping, China's President, has announced a programme of … the ruling Communist Party, while instituting one of the most ferocious crackdowns on corruption in China's history. By …

The true nature and purpose of China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative are subject to much speculation. The one … his political legitimacy and as the tangible embodiment of his "China Dream" of rejuvenating the nation and its ruling … unclear how much new investment OBOR has generated, how far it makes economic or geo-political sense or, indeed, how far China …