China’s economy still hasn’t fully emerged from the pandemic as a new year dawns
Weak consumer demand is just one of a range of factors plaguing the economy as the calendar turns from 2024 to 2025, even ...
China Hits US Companies With Trade Controls—How Will It Impact the Economy?
Beijing announced export controls on 28 defense-focused U.S. companies ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office.
China’s Economy Is Burdened by Years of Excess. Here’s How Bad It Really Is.
China’s go-go days are behind it as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with the bursting of the biggest real-estate ...
Three Issues That Could Shake China's Vulnerable Economy in 2025
This year will serve as a critical proving ground for the long-awaited stimulus measures unveiled by Beijing in recent months ...
China gives government workers first big pay bump in a decade to boost economy
Millions of government workers across China were given surprise wage increases this week, people affected by the move said, ...
China will sharply increase funding from treasury bonds to spur growth in 2025
China will sharply increase funding from ultra-long treasury bonds in 2025 to spur business investment and consumer-boosting ...
China’s central bank plans policy overhaul as pressure mounts on economy
People’s Bank of China will start to behave more like US Fed in using one main interest rate to steer demand for credit ...
China Expands Consumer Subsidies to Electronics to Spur Spending
Beijing announced to broaden its existing program, which currently encourages consumers to trade in and upgrade vehicles and ...
The big surprise of 2025 could save the global economy
There will be tariffs and quotas. Exports will be controlled, assets such as TikTok will have to be sold, and there will be ...
China’s box office had a terrible 2024
An economic downturn is supposed to drive spending on small luxuries like going out to the movies. But the world’s second-largest economy, currently mired in a slump, is challenging that long-held ...
Breaking Down China's Economic Challenges
That's the estimated destruction of household wealth in China caused by the country's property meltdown since 2021. That eclipses the losses suffered by Americans in the financial crash of 2008-09. Di ...
China's Economy Has a Tourism Problem
China's recently relaxed visa policies seem to be bearing fruit, but foreign arrivals are still far below pre-pandemic levels ...