While Beijing has sought to diversify suppliers, expand storage capacity, and build alternative transport corridors, its energy security ultimately remains dependent on a few maritime chokepoints.

For more than a decade, leader Xi Jinping has overseen a transformation within the Chinese economy with one aim: making it energy-secure.

The biggest challenge China faces right now isn’t the Trump administration and its campaign to decouple the world’s two biggest economies. It comes from within: China is experiencing population decline on a scale and at a speed the world has never seen.

BANGKOK — Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, marking another step in the retreat of the giant real estate developer whose downfall contributed to a prolonged crisis in China’s property market.

As the Iran crisis intensifies and the Strait of Hormuz blockade rattles global oil markets, China is emerging as a key diplomatic player between United States and Iran. Ahead of his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping,

Re-defaults erode credit differentiation as homebuyer confidence weakens under slow income growth and high leverage, analysts warn China's bond market is facing rising re-defaults, driven by continued stress in the housing market,