LONDON — The recently announced “phase one” agreement between the United States and China has been touted as an important step toward a comprehensive deal that ends the trade war that has raged for over a year.

LONDON — Officials at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) have long insisted that “China will not weaponise the renminbi.” And yet, implicit in their promise not to manipulate the currency for strategic ends is their ability to do so if they so desired.China’s monetary po

In the dystopian fantasy Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles 32 years from now looks a lot like China’s megacities today: grey, polluted and dominated by tall towers emblazoned with flashing neon advertisements.The viewer never learns much about the outside world, much less in what cu

This autumn, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)  and the World Bank will hold their annual conference.