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Sylvia Ma
Reporter, Political Economy
Sylvia Ma covers China's economy from Shanghai, having joined the Post as a graduate trainee in Hong Kong in 2023. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in English from Fudan University.
Sylvia Ma covers China's economy from Shanghai, having joined the Post as a graduate trainee in Hong Kong in 2023. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in English from Fudan University.
Areas of Expertise:
China macroeconomy and financeLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Growth rate of 4.3 per cent complicates the country’s push to meet annual targets, contrasts with strong trade figures.
Overall foreign holdings climb to US$9.371 trillion in May, with China’s rising to US$659.3 billion after hitting an 18-year low in April.
Myanmar is leading the export surge for China’s power in Asean, with exports to the country nearly doubling in the first five months.
Economic historian Barry Eichengreen says if current policy paths persist, modern rifts could bring about a confidence crisis in the US currency.
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Beijing clears the online retail giant to seek an initial public offering in Hong Kong, after its plans to float in London and New York hit a dead end.
Communist Party journal runs three consecutive commentaries encouraging long-term perspective in funding for technological innovation.
The ban on shipments of the gas, a crucial raw material in semiconductors and other sectors, comes as Middle East conflict strains global supplies.
PBOC pledges ‘moderately loose’ monetary policy given a ‘more complex and volatile’ environment and domestic ‘structural divergence’.
Analysts ponder what will happen if the conditions which currently support the currency’s carry trade begin to reverse.
During a career mapping property markets and credit cycles, the widely watched market commentator questioned official GDP figures.
Though relations have turned frosty, analysts said US-China economic ties are too extensive to unwind completely – with dependencies on both sides.
University of Hong Kong professors say ‘messy jobs’ that span multiple tasks more immune to challenges posed by technology.
Ministry of Finance eyes move towards knowledge sharing as wealth gains and US pressure curb lending for a nation that is now the world’s top bilateral creditor.
Centre in Xiongan New Area projected to fast-track process from 15 months to just three.
Geopolitical tensions add fuel to long-standing debate about China’s need for multiple offshore yuan centres – a role that suits Shanghai well.
Energy-storage chairman eyes ‘0.1-yuan era’ for equipment as solar and wind projects gradually sideline coal in the nation’s power-generation mix.
At the high-profile forum, Beijing expressed its willingness to work with Astana on deepening cooperation in energy and mineral resources.
Economists highlight the potential for China’s green manufacturing capacity to support the global energy transition, despite overcapacity fears.
Analysts at ‘Summer Davos’ gathering highlight pivot towards official cross-border connect schemes to intermediate domestic wealth ‘on China’s own terms’.
Jiangshan spent heavily to host the Chinese version of ‘Running Man’, but the project has provoked backlash amid China’s economic slowdown.
Overall foreign holdings of US Treasuries climbed to US$9.353 trillion in April.
A clearer focus on inflation and institutional changes could mark a watershed moment for the central bank, analysts say.
‘We don’t stir up trouble,’ He Lifeng says as first vice-premier to attend annual Lujiazui Forum since 2019, ‘but we’re absolutely not afraid of it’.
China’s central bank governor speaks at annual financial forum about further opening repurchase facilities and offshore trading to foreign central banks.
‘There’s still uncertainty on the longevity of this deal’, ING analyst says as traders wait to see if sanctions will be lifted while weighing potential for Israeli interference.
From refiners to shippers, Chinese firms have been swept up in Washington’s Iran sanctions campaign. Could a new US-Iran deal change that?
Increased international adoption of China’s currency highlights progress in Beijing’s strategic push amid the US dollar’s global financial dominance.
A study finds that American plants in counterpart industries targeted by Beijing experience job cuts and a fall in investment.
The threat of US sanctions is slowing cross-border payments as Chinese banks tighten compliance checks and route transactions through intermediaries.
