The first myth is that China is an export economy. It is not, writes Patrick Collinson.

Selling what China makes to locals has economic pros but sociopolitical and environmental cons, says Patrick Collinson.

House buyers, savers and pensioners are feeling the pinch of fiscal measures.

Booming stock markets, bustling city centres, huge reserves of natural resources and soaring economic growth. Welcome to the new Africa. Last week one of Britain’s leading asset…

Poland tops the house-price growth league in Europe, but the runaway global leader is South Africa, where average prices have almost tripled in five years. During the early…