Dexter Roberts

Nonresident Senior Fellow:Global China Hub

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The Company Making Billions Off China’s Worried Parents

The Company Making Billions Off China’s Worried Parents

TAL Education tutors kids for tests that determine a child’s future on the mainland.

June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018

The Company Making Billions Off China’s Worried Parents

TAL Education tutors kids for tests that determine a child’s future on the mainland.

The Company Making Billions Off China’s Worried Parents

March 14, 2018

March 14, 2018

A Trump-Kim Summit Could Unfreeze Mining Riches on the Korean Border

UN sanctions have hurt minerals businesses where China meets North Korea. The talks could change that.

A Trump-Kim Summit Could Unfreeze Mining Riches on the Korean Border

February 13, 2018

February 13, 2018

What Happened to China’s Baby Bump?

Births are again trending down, despite the two-child policy.

What Happened to China’s Baby Bump?

November 21, 2017

November 21, 2017

Where ‘Made in China’ Means Flying Cars and Automated Pharmacies

Guangzhou, a major manufacturing hub, is doling out subsidies and free land as it sets out to retool its economy.

Where ‘Made in China’ Means Flying Cars and Automated Pharmacies

August 7, 2017

August 7, 2017

China's Spicy Hotpot Billionaire Is Ready to Take on the World

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July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017

This Is China’s Real Economic Problem

A $600 billion stimulus program created corporate zombies and stinted on the private sector. The result: lower productivity.

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June 21, 2017

June 21, 2017

This Economic Model Organized Asia for Decades. Now It’s Broken

Automation threatens to block the ascent of Asia’s poor. Civil unrest could follow.

This Economic Model Organized Asia for Decades. Now It’s Broken

June 7, 2017

June 7, 2017

Try Getting Your Kid Into a Beijing Public School

The competition is cutthroat and the authorities are always tweaking the rules.

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