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IMF urges China to address economic imbalances as trade surplus hits $1 trillion

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged China to fix its economic imbalances, echoing longstanding calls for the world's second-largest economy to rely more on domestic spending and ... Read More

China's economy just did what no economy has done

Its trade surplus has risen above $1 trillion—a first for any country, reports the Wall Street Journal. New data from China's customs agency shows exports rose 5.4% to $3.4 trillion in the first 11 ... Read More

How will China’s $1 trillion trade surplus change the world economy?

President Donald Trump’s tariff-driven trade war is not slowing down China’s export economy. Beijing this week reported a record $1 trillion trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2025, raising ... Read More

The meaning of China’s record-high trade surplus

China’s “hard power” in economics, science and technology has “significantly improved”, boasted the Communist Party’s Politburo at a meeting on the same day. China’s growing technological ... Read More

IMF urges China to take the 'brave choice': curb exports, boost consumption

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to speed up structural reform, as global pressure mounts on the world's second-largest economy to shift to a consumption-led growth model and ... Read More

China should focus on economy not 'territorial expansion', Taiwan president says

China's economy is in a bad way and President Xi Jinping should focus on improving the lives of his people and not "territorial expansion", Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said in an interview with the ... Read More

China Started Separating Its Economy From the West Years Ago

Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts. Read More

Is China’s Near Monopoly in Rare Earths Really a Chokepoint in the Global Economy?

Overcoming China’s dominance over rare earths is just a question of political will – and Beijing’s moves might provide just that. On October 9, Beijing expanded its rare earth export controls. China’s ... Read More

China’s Economy Trolling Trump Better Than A Mean Tweet

A worker welding metal at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. As the global economy stumbles into the fourth quarter, China is increasingly feeling the strain of trade tensions ... 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

BEIJING — President Donald Trump has used tariffs to try to reduce American reliance on Chinese exports and prevent China’s factory overcapacity from swamping the U.S. economy. But his effort has hit ... Read More