China’s Q3 GDP Slows; Party History; LinkedIn to Exit China; Financial Institutions Under Scrutiny; US Army's China Challenge; Yasukuni Shrine Controversy; Evergrande’s Restructuring Plan; Unicorns.

Intelligence and Insights on China's government actions, foreign policy, economy, and the capital markets.

Growth figures, financial corruption, and lost causes

Headwinds are hitting China’s economy as tepid growth unmasks the compounding difficulties of recent months.

Discipline inspectors have fanned out across various state-owned financial entities in months-long campaign to uncover unscrupulous links to private actors.

A key figure in US defense has resigne…