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China’s Economic Trajectory Is Weakening For Now, But Citi is Growing There

We ended the week with more evidence that the world’s second-largest economy entered the final quarter on a weakening trajectory. China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of ... Read More

Enter the Dragon – Understanding China’s Economy

Like the mythical Chinese dragon with its camel head, deer horns, snake body, eagle claws, and fish scales, China defies simple categories. Understanding China today means seeing the whole dragon in ... Read More

China's economy jolted by weakest factory output, retail sales growth in over a year

The indicators pile pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as a trade war with the U.S. and weak domestic demand heighten risks to growth. Read More

China’s Economy Stumbles After Unprecedented Slump in Investment

China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output adding to a drag from sluggish ... Read More

China started separating its economy from the West years ago | Analysis

China has been able to establish choke points to pressure the U.S. economy, while making it harder for Washington to block China. Read More

Trust us, not America, China tells Asia

In 2026, Xi Jinping will host the APEC summit in China. Compared with Donald Trump, he looks like a more reliable trade partner for Asian countries ... Read More

The Trade War Couldn’t Change China’s Economy

American hopes for political reform in China faded years ago, and now hopes for economic liberalization are fading too. Read More

The mystery of China’s slumping investment

C ritics of China’s economy often complain that its investment is excessive and its official statistics flatter its performance. But recent monthly figures have flipped the script. Investment in ... Read More

China’s economy grows at slowest pace in a year as trade war bites

China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a year during the third quarter, underscoring the difficulties Beijing faces as it tries to fight its corner in a global trade war while bolstering the ... Read More

China's economy slows to 4.8% annual growth in July-September, hit by tariffs and slack demand

HONG KONG (AP) — China's economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand. The ... Read More

The China That the World Sees Is Not the One I Live In

Despair about dimming economic and personal prospects has created an outwardly strong, inwardly brittle nation. Read More