Will the Chinese Consumer Finally Start Spending?
In the four decades leading up to the pandemic, 800 million Chinese exited poverty and began to buy things beyond their ...
China says its economy grew 5 percent last year. It probably didn’t.
Last March, Chinese Premier Li Qiang opened the legislature’s annual meeting by setting an economic growth target for 2024 of ...
China Moves to Fix Ailing Economy
Beijing has reportedly given salary increases to public sector workers to boost demand and revive its struggling economy.
Global Finance4d
China Trade Surplus Surges To A Record
China’s trade surplus hit a record high in 2024, a symbolically potent $1 trillion. The optics of that rounded-up figure—the ...
The Economist12d
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
With few other safe assets to turn to, banks that are under pressure, as well as insurers and fund managers, have piled into ...
China box office sets revenue record as sequels help overcome economic malaise
China's movie box office took in record revenue during the Lunar New Year holiday, as sequels to popular Chinese hits drew ...
Yahoo Finance19d
China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
notably in retail spending. China's economy grew 5.4% in the fourth quarter from a year ago — better than the 5% analysts had expected — after the government unleashed aggressive measures in ...
The New York Times9d
In China, Government Data on Drugs Blocked From Public After Backlash
By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong When a group of prominent Chinese doctors publicly raised worries last week about the quality of domestic drugs, China’s government ...
US High School Economics class: Tech stocks slump as China’s DeepSeek stokes fears over AI spending
Essential Question: How does DeepSeek’s rise as an AI competitor challenge global tech dominance, and what does it reveal about the economic forces driving innovation, competition, and market ...