logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2023
27m 15s

China's property crisis: how will it imp...

Bbc World Service
About this episode
Property giant Evergrande's financial problems have rippled through China's vast property industry, with several other developers defaulting on their debts. We look at this in more detail and and what’s likely to happen next for the sector – and the wider Chinese economy. 
Up next
Yesterday
Trump visits flood damaged areas in Texas
President Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump have visited central Texas today to survey where flash floods killed 120 people last weekend. As search teams continue to search for more than 160 people still missing, Mr Trump and his wife met families affected by the floods and ... Show More
26m 27s
Yesterday
President Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canadian goods
President Trump says he'll impose a thirty five percent tax on imports from Canada... and more if it retaliates. Meanwhile, countries attending the gathering of East and Southeast Asian foreign ministers are threatened with tariffs of up to fifty percent. Andrew Peach hears from ... Show More
26m 28s
Jul 10
Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to put a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports. Brazil says it will retaliate with a 50% tariff of his own. So what does this escalating trade row mean for Embraer—one of the world’s biggest aircraft manufacturers based in Brazil? And could it ... Show More
26m 27s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2021
Evergrande and China's property woes
China's second largest property developer, Evergrande, is at risk of financial collapse, saddled with billions of dollars of debt. It's already defaulted on some bond repayments and has been forced to sell off assets; both Chinese and international investors are worried and Beiji ... Show More
17m 28s
May 2024
The Big Short: China Edition
For years, China’s real estate market was booming. Developers, home buyers and Western banks rushed to invest. But the boom turned into a bubble, which eventually burst. WSJ’s Rebecca Feng reports on the warning signs that were ignored and we speak to two people who saw the colla ... Show More
24 m
Aug 2022
China's economic challenge
China, the so-called engine of global growth, seems to be stalling badly right now. The country is facing rising unemployment, falling factory output and a collapsing property market. Plus, a growing number of regular Chinese citizens are complaining that the country's tough anti ... Show More
18m 3s
Nov 2023
China's real estate crisis, explained
China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – it was like this miraculous economic engine for the country. But recently, that engine seems to have stopped working. And that has raised all kinds of ques ... Show More
20m 17s
Nov 2022
Two Indicators shaking China's economy
Xi Jinping recently secured his third term as China's president – so we're looking at two shocks to the world's second-largest economy. First: How China's housing boom turned into a real estate crisis. Second: How the recent U.S. ban on selling advanced semiconductor chips to Chi ... Show More
19m 25s
Sep 2023
Money Talks: China’s property crisis
Thousands of building projects across China have been halted or dramatically slowed as a rolling crisis engulfs the country’s property sector. The government’s “three red lines” policy sought to limit the leverage of property developers, but has now forced scores of them into def ... Show More
43m 16s
Sep 2023
Money Talks: China’s property crisis
Thousands of building projects across China have been halted or dramatically slowed as a rolling crisis engulfs the country’s property sector. The government’s “three red lines” policy sought to limit the leverage of property developers, but has now forced scores of them into def ... Show More
43m 16s
Oct 2021
A Threat to China’s Economy
Every once in a while a company grows so big and messy that governments fear what would happen to the broader economy if it were to fail. In China, Evergrande, a sprawling real estate developer, is that company.Evergrande has the distinction of being the world’s most debt-saddled ... Show More
30m 25s
May 2024
Is China’s rebound for real?
After better-than-expected economic data kicking off the year, and a blistering start for the equity market, where does China go from here? Goldman Sachs Research’s Hui Shan and Kinger Lau discuss the evolution of China’s economy and capital markets. Learn more about your ad choi ... Show More
27m 58s