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New tech board will cut China’s reliance on US market

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CHINA

Modelled on Nasdaq, the Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Board is another step in China’s ambitions to become a global leader in the digital economy.

Debt will deepen China slowdown, not trigger collapse

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CHINA

Corporate debt in China.

South Africa faces long-term threats to stability

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SOUTH AFRICA

This reflects concerns over systemic corruption, high-level impunity, ruling party dysfunction, growing criminality and violence and infrastructure failures, among other…

Beijing stock market intervention poses political test

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CHINA

Beijing's policy focus on crisis management.

Political paralysis will weaken South Korean economy

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SOUTH KOREA

President Park Geun-hye urged it to pass "bills directly related to people's livelihoods" to "lessen the pain of the people", and pledged "excruciating" reform for debt-ridden…

EU recovery fund will be vital for fiscal reform

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EU

Reform is needed if hard-hit, highly indebted countries are to pursue pro-growth policies over the coming years. The extent of reform will depend on a number of factors…

Brexit will bring instability to Northern Ireland

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UK/IRELAND

The collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive on January 16, coupled with the prospect of a policed border after Brexit (for the first time since 2005), removes two…