Xi Jinping has trapped China in a deep ‘psychological funk’ that could ruin its economy and wreck its geopolitical ambition.
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China’s gallium and germanium exports tumble as controls on shipments to the West take toll
According to the General Administration of Customs, the full-year value of gallium exports fell by two-thirds to US$8.47 million in 2023 while sales of germanium were down 8 per cent to US$48.42 …
China’s declining population and its economic impacts
China’s population declines for a second straight year. The demographic crisis comes amid economic uncertainty and record-low birth rates. Xiujian Peng, Senior Research Fellow for Victoria University’s Center of Policy Studies,
Toy Manufacturers’ Shift From China Not Child’s Play
India and other countries cannot match China for efficiency, limiting companies’ efforts to shift to lower-cost bases and raising the risk of higher toy prices if the bulk of production remains in Chi …
China’s population time bomb is about to explode
New Year message, Xi Jinping stated that the post-Covid Chinese economy had “sustained the momentum of recovery” and that all Chinese people, including in Taiwan, should share in the “glory of the rejuvenation of the…
China aims to better support firms going global
China will better coordinate financial openness and security and pay equal attention to attracting foreign investors and promoting the “going global” of Chinese firms, while steadily advancing …
How Chinese manufacturers are eclipsing Europe’s solar industry
Europe’s solar industry is facing its deepest crisis in more than a decade as steep competition from China erodes manufacturing in the sector, rendering the continent’s hope of greater energy …
Doubts mount over China’s steel, GDP data
Surprising statistics deepen scepticism about the official measures of activity in the world’s second-largest economy.
US hedge funds far outperformed local rivals in China in 2023
Bridgewater China Investment Management, the local arm of the world’s largest hedge fund, quadrupled its assets under management to more than Rmb40bn ($5.6bn) at the end of last year from two years ago, while Two…
Russia replaced Saudi Arabia as China’s top oil supplier in 2023
Russia jumped ahead of Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier in 2023 as the world’s biggest oil importer bought vast quantities of discounted oil defying Western sanctions
Mint Explainer | Failed economic rebound, recession fears and increasingly pessimistic youth. How China fumbled the bag
China’s recovery after opening up from its zero-Covid policy has been marred by a deepening property crisis, deflationary risks, and subdued demand; besides other factors such as a recession and …
At least 13 dead in school dormitory fire in China
At least 13 people have died in a fire at a school dormitory in central China, according to Chinese state media.
China’s financial regulator pledges further opening up
BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) — China’s National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR) said on Saturday that the country will steadily expand institutional opening up of the financial sector.