Fraser Howie: News & Insights

China's tech giants must resolve dangers lurking in plain sight

Ant and Didi dramas essential to understanding Beijing's stock market experiment

Creeping return of IPO approvals raises questions over durability of reform

Alluring returns come at cost of facilitating Beijing's repression

It is easy for tech companies to list on it and shows country opening up

Operations can continue but controls on speech, data and media will get tighter

When Texas crude prices went negative, Shanghai's risk-bound market froze

Avoidance of intervention shows government is placing more faith in investors

Hong Kong's position will remain secure until the mainland itself fully opens up

Arrival of new board for tech stocks has yet to prove a real game-changer

Exchange wants to be a 'global company' but can't deny its dependence on China

STAR Market can bring change if it steers past fraud, red tape and speculation

Staying the course will help persuade investors of commitment to opening

After the cautious Liu, Yi Huiman can make his mark at the CSRC with growth-oriented reforms

Even a partial retreat from constant interference is good news for investors

Long-suffering investors will not see real rewards without deep market reforms

Beijing has to put nation's balance sheet in order to restore market faith

Regulators are showing more restraint than in 2015 but their limits will be tested

Further problems for Xi's financial reform program

China can learn from the CDR debacle to make its tech stocks feel at home

Reform of IPO process and rules key to boosting foreign interest