Tom Hancock

YANTAI, CHINA – MAY 19, 2024 – Tower cranes are seen at a real estate construction site in Yantai, Shandong province, China, May 19, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Beijing is spending $42 billion to save its slumping real estate sector. Analysts say it’s nowhere near enough

By Tom Hancock and Bloomberg

BEIJING, CHINA – OCTOBER 23: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the podium during the meeting between members of the standing committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee and Chinese and foreign journalists at The Great Hall of People on October 23, 2022 in Beijing, China. China’s ruling Communist Party today revealed the new Politburo Standing Committee after its 20th congress. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Xi Jinping secures a third term, says the world’s development ‘needs China’

By Tom Hancock and Bloomberg

SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 23: A cargo ship loaded with exhibits for the upcoming 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE) is seen at Yangshan Deepwater Port on October 23, 2021 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

China’s growth is threatened by a combo of new regulations, COVID controls and a power crisis

By Tom Hancock, Enda Curran, and others