China’s efforts to lift birth rates, experts say, may be futile. Instead, authorities should focus on boosting automation, immigration, and eldercare.
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China Is Desperate to Boost Its Low Birth Rates. It May Have to Accept the New Normal
China’s property troubles aren’t getting better, intensifying calls for bolder policy help
Prospective home buyers are holding back on making purchases, leading to weak sales that compound the urgent need for policymakers to step up support for the industry.
China’s struggling property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy protection in US
The company’s chapter 15 protection will protect its US assets while it attempts a restructuring deal China’s Evergrande Group, the world’s most heavily indebted property developer and the poster child for the country’s property crisis,…
China’s growing aggression will be in focus as U.S. closes ranks with Japan and South Korea
A U.S. summit with Japan and South Korea will lay out “ambitious” steps to bolster trilateral security ties, a senior Biden administration official said. President Joe Biden will unveil the measures with Japanese Prime Minister…
Evergrande: China property giant files for bankruptcy in US
Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. The move comes as problems in China’s property market are adding to concerns about the world’s…
China’s Xi to Attend BRICS Leaders’ Meeting, Visit South Africa – Ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS leaders’ meeting and visit South Africa from Aug. 21-24, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Copyright 2023 Thomson Reuters.
‘Excessive optimism’: What does China’s sluggish Covid-19 recovery mean for oil and gas players?
Experts tell Upstream China’s oil and gas demand is likely to be affected by broader headwinds, but leading offshore yard president says engineering is holding …
Hong Kong-owned electronics factory shuts down in Shenzhen and lays off workers as economic downturn bites
Xin An Electrical employs hundreds in Shenzhen and according to a notice has been hit by economic headwinds and lower orders.
What China’s big earnings say about the consumer
Corporate earnings releases are picking up on a few bright spots for China’s consumer in a competitive market where people are less willing to spend.
China will ‘adjust policy to ward off instability’
China’s central bank has moved to alleviate concerns about the country’s slow growth as global investors pare back their exposure to the world’s second largest economy.The People’s Bank of China admit
Despite China’s economic troubles, Cramer says its market won’t collapse
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday told investors he doesn’t think China’s market will collapse despite the country’s recent weaker-than-expected economic figures and trouble with its real estate sector, specifically Country Garden, one of the largest…
Analysis: China’s sputtering economy curbs outlook for diesel demand for rest of 2023
China’s muted economic growth in 2023 as its post-COVID recovery underwhelms has crimped the outlook for demand for diesel fuel, the oil product that is the lifeblood of the economy, paving the way for continuing…
Country Garden: How bad is China’s property crisis?
The debt crisis at Country Garden , China’s largest property developer before this year and once considered a financially sound company, has triggered fresh contagion fears just two years after China …
