China's economy grew 5% in 2024, meeting its growth target of around 5%.

As the U.S. and China extend their tariff truce, and appear to be in a de-escalatory lull for now, there’s another risk brewing in China for investors to focus on: Beijing’s efforts to curtail ...

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 ...

The Chinese government is taking steps to rein in what it calls “involution,” or excessive competition that is hurting local companies and fueling the country’s deflationary spiral. Auto parts inside ...

While the economy remained stable in the first half of 2025, internal pressures like stagnant consumption, falling property prices, and a low consumption-to-GDP ratio persist. China’s economic growth ...

IN RECENT years China’s economy has obeyed a three-act dramatic structure, recognisable to any playwright. Growth starts the year brightly, suffers troubling setbacks as spring turns to summer, then ...

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IMF raises China 2025, 2026 growth forecast to 5%, 4.5% Presses world's No.2 economy to speed up structural reforms Pushes policymakers to solve local govt debt, property crises Shift from export-led ...

China’s role as the world’s factory—producing and exporting goods across the globe—has entered a new phase. In the past decade, China has made a concerted effort to move its manufacturing sector up ...

THE BIG debate about the Chinese economy has long pitted those who see it as a bubble waiting to burst against those who judge it a sustainable success. A new debate is now emerging, which is ...