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China's economy just did what no economy has done

Its trade surplus has risen above $1 trillion—a first for any country, reports the Wall Street Journal. New data from China's ...
World Bank Group

Advancing Reforms Can Enhance Prospects – China Economic Update

According to the World Bank’s latest China Economic Update, Advancing Reforms, Enhancing Prospects, growth is estimated at 4.9% in 2025 and projected at 4.4% in 2026, as existing headwinds are ...
Forbes

China’s Economy Trolling Trump Better Than A Mean Tweet

A worker welding metal at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. As the global economy stumbles into the fourth quarter, China is increasingly feeling the strain of trade tensions ...
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China’s Stocks are Flying as Beijing Doubles Down on Tech. Why the Economy Is Still Struggling.

The future of robotics, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence is playing out in hundreds of fully automated labs across China managed by Hong Kong–listed biotech XtalPi Holdings. The company, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China’s Economy Grows at Weakest Pace in a Year

Thanks for joining us. Here are the key takeaways from China’s third-quarter economic figures. The numbers show the world’s No. 2 economy is still on track to meet the government’s target of “around 5 ...
Business Insider

China's wary consumers saved tons of cash. Now, they're pouring it into stocks.

Chinese consumers are channeling record savings into stocks as the property market slumps. Shanghai and Hong Kong indexes have surged on a flood of mainland money The market rally masks a weak economy ...
The Diplomat

Why Viral Western Takes Still Misunderstand China’s Political Economy

In recent weeks, Western audiences encountered two starkly different portraits of China’s economic model. In his book “Breakneck,” tech analyst Dan Wang argues that China is an “engineering state” ...
The Diplomat

China’s Post-2018 Economic Statecraft: Sanctions, Countersanctions, and Export Controls

Where China once relied primarily on informal measures, its approach has gradually evolved into a more institutionalized and complex set of tools. Economic leverage has become an increasingly ...
European Council on Foreign Relations

Implications for the UK of Europe’s approach to China and economic security

China now poses a deindustrialisation-level shock to Europe’s economic future. The external impact of Chinese overcapacity, ...
Wall Street Journal

China’s Economy Expands at Slowest Pace in a Year

SINGAPORE—China said economic momentum decelerated to its slowest pace in a year, putting Beijing on alert in the midst of hardball trade negotiations with the U.S. China said its gross domestic ...
Wall Street Journal

A New Challenge for China’s Economy: ‘Involution’

China is gripped by an insidious problem that is eroding its economy: It is trapped in a cycle of competition so fierce that it is destroying profits, driving a brutal rat race among workers and ...