Economy News China’s Stagnating Economy Has Forced Xi Jinping Into A Humiliating Global Retreat

China's economy slows to 4.8% annual growth

China has reported that its 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 ... Read More

Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlines 5-year plan at closed-door Communist Party meeting

BEIJING -- BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the ... Read More

China's economy slows as trade war, weak demand highlight structural risks

China's economic growth slowed to the weakest pace in a year in the third quarter as fragile domestic demand left it heavily reliant on the humming of its exporting factories, stoking concerns about ... Read More

In China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi?

Xi Jinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. Read More

China’s economy risks sitting on hold for too long

The country's GDP growth may slow even further than the 4.8% logged last quarter without a truce in the US-China trade war. Yet Beijing has refrained from bold stimulus to get the masses spending. It ... Read More

Trump and China's Xi held 'positive and constructive' talks: Xinhua news agency

The first details of Friday's phone call between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping are now in and it appears that the discussions between both leaders went well. According to the Xinhua ... Read More

China's economy remains resilient despite external risks, says Xi

China's economy remains resilient and there are ample policy tools at Beijing's disposal despite rising external risks, President Xi Jinping said in remarks published on Saturday. Read More