China

China has enacted temporary electricity price hikes in several provinces in an attempt to lessen brownouts and cushion the losses power-generating companies have faced as a result of rising coal prices. [more]

While media coverage of local unrest reveals that Beijing is getting better at managing public perceptions, China has yet to find a solution to regional unrest. [more]

A meeting of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee showed continued concern from both the Pentagon and lawmakers about China's asymmetric warfare capabilities. [more]

A rumor that Australia might impose a cap on foreign sovereign firms investing in local resource companies was meant for internal consumption only. [more]

Chinese lawmakers are discussing a draft law that would effectively downsize the powers of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) -- one of China's most politically influential agencies. [more]

Taiwan's new administration is setting aside the "independence" rhetoric, and in return Beijing is giving it (a little) room to maneuver. [more]

The following are internal Stratfor documents produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. These documents are not forecasts, but rather a series of guidelines for understanding and evaluating events, as well as suggestions on areas for focus. [more]

Giving in to intense pressures from several fronts, China has lifted price caps on energy — but it still must tap-dance in order to avoid public unrest. Marla Dial explores the political strategy behind the announcement. [more]

China on Thursday announced that it will increase gasoline and diesel prices by up to 18 percent. [more]

China's Shanghai Composite Index hit a new 16-month low on June 19. Could the Chinese equity bubble finally be correcting itself? [more]

A new refinery brought online by China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. in Shandong province is aimed at easing fuel shortages and China's reliance on imports. [more]

The political rifts in China and the central government’s tenuous control over peripheral entities is becoming apparent in the country’s fuel situation. Artificial caps on consumer fuel prices have been hurting state energy companies -— and their response adds to upward pressure on global gasoline prices. [more]

Investors are trying out Vietnam as a potential low-cost alternative to China, but geography and population will ultimately determine the FDI fate of both. [more]

China has become a net gasoline importer amid rising demand and state-backed oil majors' defiance of a central government order to maximize their refinery runs. [more]

This is the second in a series of monographs by Stratfor founder George Friedman on the geopolitics of countries that are currently critical in world affairs. (With Stratfor maps) [more]

China and Taiwan inked an agreement in Beijing on June 13 that will increase tourism and formalize regular weekend charter flights across the Taiwan Strait. [more]

China's textile sector is under severe stress, but Beijing cannot allow it to collapse -- the Communist Party's grip on internal stability could go down with it. [more]

Despite a flutter of hopeful economic statistics for May, long-term trends suggest China’s economy is plateauing — and may even enter decline. A look at the pressures facing Chinese exporters and the potential for rising costs for foreign buyers. [more]

China's economy is approaching a plateau, or possibly a decline. [more]

Chinese equity shares took their biggest one-day plunge in 15 months on June 10. This tumble could last longer than ones past. [more]