China Economy

China is aiming to keep growth at 5% in 2024. Are the odds in its favour? Beijing has defended China’s ambitious goal of growing the economy by ... is seen as an anchor for its regional ... Read More

China's economy maintains recovery momentum

If it wasn't obvious already, China's economy is picking up and the picture looks optimistic ... ignores broader economic challenges that the world as a whole has faced, with the general global ... Read More

As China’s economy falters, so does middle-class confidence

Decades of breakneck growth transformed China into the world’s second-largest economy and lifted hundreds ... some of them for the first time. Li Junwei, 39, lost her job as a manager at an ... Read More

China’s economy is forecast to slow sharply in 2024, the World Bank says, calling recovery ‘fragile’

BANGKOK--China’s economy ... demand for services, the World Bank said in a report issued Thursday. The report said the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy from setbacks of the ... Read More

Is China’s Economy Finally Bottoming Out?

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. We look at Japan’s “lost decade” to explain why ... Read More

China's economy shows strong start in Q1 2024

signaling a positive trajectory for the world's second-largest economy. One of the key drivers behind China's economic resilience is the favorable external environment. Global demand is showing ... Read More

Yellen warns China’s industry ramp-up is distorting world economy

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she plans to press China in an upcoming visit to the country on a ramp-up in its industrial capacity that’s distorting the global economy. “China’s ... Read More

Expert: China, the driving force for the global economy

I firmly believe that China is the driving force for the global economy," said Zafar Uddin Mahmood, policy advisor to the secretary-general of BFA, on the sidelines of a news conference of the ... Read More

China Gives Business Leaders Sunnier View of Its Economy on Island Getaway

BOAO, China—On the Chinese island of Hainan this week, there was little sense of the gloom that has been hanging over the economy. The messages delivered to business and political leaders ... Read More

Dutch more optimistic about economy and quality of life

The Dutch are more optimistic about the Netherlands’ economy than EU nationals are about the EU as ... We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous ... Read More

As China’s economy falters, so does middle-class confidence

Decades of breakneck growth transformed China into the world’s second-largest economy and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, swelling the middle class from 3% of the ... Read More