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Daily Newsbriefs

Business

Borrowed time

Unstable Foundations: If Beijing is your landlord, what happens when the lease is up?

Hengqin Island will straddle China's border and give Macau a needed lifeline

China oversteps in rearranging the workweek to boost holiday spending

A culture clash looms in the Shuanghui-Smithfield deal. Can the Chinese porker handle America's giant spare rib?

Economics & Policy

Easing off the gas

Are Chinese policymakers finally getting serious about curbing credit?

China's lack of data on property owners has let the wolves move in on the market

Migrant workers aren't as thrilled about taking up a life in China's eastern manufacturing centers

The failure to regulate trust companies leaves a gaping opportunity for shadow banking to grow

Columns & Interviews

Notable security breaches in China illustrate the case for beefing up safeguards for mobile apps, Kenny Hui and Billy Graham write

President Obama needs to push specific goals at his summit with Xi or risk coming away empty handed, Dean Cheng and Derek Scissors write

Food-safety inspectors on the local level are hardly doing their jobs, says one of the country's top nutrition specialist

China's media is distracting the government from the real food-safety problem, says one of the country’s top nutrition specialists

China Mice Now

As China loosens its laws on the use of hundreds of uninhabited islands, the prospects for MICE resorts looks promising

More Chinese tourists visit South Korea, causing a hotel room squeeze

Singapore beefs up its leisure offerings to stand out as Asia’s top MICE destination

China is set to overtake Germany and the United States as the world’s largest outbound tourism market

The House View

China's crackdown on hot inflows led to cold exports. Get used to it

Less is more when it comes to China’s future growth

With the resumption of IPOs on the horizon, investors shouldn’t feel safe despite more rigorous inspections

China's invitation to the Arctic will help keep the country’s thirst for resources in check

Markets & Finance

China market roundup: June 7

Chinese firms may feel comfortable listing in the US again, but are American investors comfortable with China?

China market roundup: May 31

Why China's concession to US accounting regulators is worth little to investors

This week in China

CER’s cheeky news recap

And for it's next miracle, China will...

China returns this week to its rightful place as the ultimate ruler of civilization

The latest in news on semi-irrelevant governing bodies: China has gained

China runs out of ideas for advancing sovereignty claims and starts getting creative

Even dead hogs have a silver lining; Huawei plays hard to get

MBA News

China's thriving luxury sector leads Chinese applicants to European MBA programs

Luke Hangu at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business pinpoints the right time to dive into the world of MBA education

Seven universities from mainland China and Hong Kong climbed to the top 100 of the world’s best MBA program providers for the first time in history

By Jordi Canals, Dean, IESE Business School