China’s troubled property market faces a painful reckoning
The chairman of Evergrande, one of China’s largest developers, is under investigation as the country’s economic challenges mount.
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George Magnus
George Magnus is an associate at Oxford University's China Centre and the author of Red Flags: why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy.
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