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    James Kynge

    Global China editor

    James Kynge is global China editor. He writes about China's interactions - geopolitical, technological, economic and in other fields - with the outside world. He is the recipient of several awards for journalism and his 2009 book, 'China Shakes the World' was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.
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    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

      Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Chinese investment in Europe falls as watchdogs increase scrutiny

      Regulators stymied 10 out of 16 proposed Chinese deals in Europe’s tech and infrastructure sector, study finds

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      China seeks ‘damage control’ on Ukraine with Zelenskyy call

      Presidential talks aim to ensure Beijing has role in postwar settlement, say experts

    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      FT SeriesDebt deadlock
      China hit by surge in Belt and Road bad loans

      Global finance scheme becomes millstone for Beijing as $78bn renegotiated or written off in past 3 years

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Instant InsightGeopolitics
      Von der Leyen’s ‘de-risking’ is a tougher stance on China

      Worsening relations with Beijing have spurred the European Commission’s president to outspoken criticism

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Beijing’s big bailouts

      JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon to be deposed in Epstein lawsuits

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Belt and Road Initiative
      China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters

      New study attempts to capture total rescue loans from world’s biggest bilateral creditor

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west

      Bilateral ties between Beijing and Moscow represent an intensifying axis of authoritarianism

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      The Peking Express — a film-like true story of a train hijacking

      The ‘Lincheng incident’ pitted bandits against a wealthy elite — and is recreated in James Zimmerman’s immersive account

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Instant InsightChinese politics & policy
      China rolls back unconditional support for Russia

      Beijing is keen to repair ties with its leading trade partners in the west

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Russia and China vow to strengthen ties despite international ‘pressure’

      Beijing’s top diplomat meets Vladimir Putin two days before first anniversary of Ukraine invasion

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Microsoft cloud business holds up

      Qatar doubles its stake in Credit Suisse to become second- largest shareholder

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      China's reset

      The FT’s Tom Hale and James Kynge discuss whether China has found a way to fix its economy

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      China’s plan to reset the economy and win back friends

      Amid a chaotic exit from Covid lockdowns, China is looking to reduce its international isolation and boost its growth rate

    • Saturday, 10 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China faces an uncertain future in the zero-Covid endgame

      Despite official triumphalism, rolling back the policy could see the health system overwhelmed

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      News in-depthNews in-depth13 min
      Former PLA officer says China is restraining Russia over use of nuclear weapons

      Beijing seeks good relations with Europe, its largest trading partner

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China steps on Washington’s toes as Xi heads to Saudi Arabia

      Trip aims to boost Gulf relations five months after US warned Beijing it would not cede Middle East

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Xi Jinping
      Emboldened Xi steps back on to world stage with G20 summit

      China’s president faces US antagonism over tacit support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
      China-based AIIB ramps up global development lending

      Head of Beijing’s alternative to World Bank says it will maintain suspension of operations in Russia

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      China’s Communist party congress
      China’s property crash: ‘a slow-motion financial crisis’

      In the first part of a series, the impact of falling house prices is examined as it spreads to local government finances and the broader economy

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      The Big Read
      Fortress China: Xi Jinping’s plan for economic independence

      Beijing wants to become less dependent on the west — and especially on its technology. But how realistic is this self-sufficiency goal in a connected world?

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China emerges as IMF competitor with emergency loans to at-risk nations

      Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Argentina have together received more than $32bn since 2017, data show

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Danger Zone — a terrifying scenario of China on the road to war

      US academics Hal Brands and Michael Beckley paint a worryingly plausible picture of superpower conflict

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      InterviewWorld13 min
      China's unseen war for strategic influence

      Beijing puts huge resources into influence campaigns to further its foreign policy goals

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      China reckons with its first overseas debt crisis

      The Belt and Road Initiative has seen a surge in loans going bad, prompting Beijing to issue countries with emergency credit

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