First and second largest economies in charts and figures
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.Two can be as bad as one.It’s the loneliest number…
Open Questions | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked
Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of…
Nobel laureate Spence on China: fix property, restore confidence – tariffs are secondary
Restoring confidence and stabilising the property market are “significantly more important” for China than the ramifications of tariffs,…
China factory activity shrinks for 6th month in row in September
China’s factory activity contracted for a sixth consecutive month in September, according to official data released on Tuesday,…
China’s local governments urgently need cash. Can the 5-year plan find it?
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that…
Taking GDP out of the China equation
China still has the capacity for surprise. While growth is far slower than the clip that prevailed during…
Beijing confirms that it has signed a trade agreement with the US
By Doloresz Katanich with AP Published on 27/06/2025 – 10:18 GMT+2•Updated 11:00 ADVERTISEMENT The US and China have now signed a…