Chinese leader Xi Jinping was enraged by the words of Chinese economist Gao Shanwen, who suggested that Beijing was ...

China's President Xi Jinping has silenced prominent economist Gao Shanwen after he raised doubts about the reliability of ...

Gao Shanwen questioned Beijing’s ability to boost its economy as threats loom from a property meltdown and burgeoning debt.

Zhu Hengpeng, an economist from one of China's leading think tanks, has not appeared in public since April, reports the Wall Street Journal. The expert's disappearance may be related to negative ...

A top economist has joined the growing list of China's elite to have disappeared from public life after criticizing Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal. Zhu Hengpeng served as deputy ...

Here, the saga involving prominent economist Zhu Hengpeng is badly timed for a place trying to prove it’s not “uninvestible.” As The Wall Street Journal reports, Zhu has been detained for ...

A prominent economist at one of China’s top think tanks was placed under investigation, detained and removed from his posts after he allegedly criticized leader Xi Jinping’s management of the ...

SHANGHAI — What does China's party leadership do when it cannot get a persistent economic crisis under control? For example, ...