Jiangsu vs Guangdong: why the battle to be China’s No 1 economy is heating up
The southern Guangdong province has been the largest engine powering China’s economic rise for decades. But the region…
China’s aging population is saving its way towards economic stagnation
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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…
From rail to nuclear power, China taps private capital to fund major projects
China has unveiled new measures designed to channel private capital into traditionally state-funded infrastructure projects, as Beijing steps…
US risks AI debt bubble as China faces its ‘arithmetic problem’, leading analysts warn
Two of the leading experts on the world’s biggest economies warn that both countries face serious challenges in…
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’s sustained economic growth has internal logic – Opinion
CAI MENG/CHINA DAILY Since the founding of the People”s Republic of China, and especially since the launch of…
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 Xi calls for building unified market to ‘secure an edge’ in global race
President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to develop a unified domestic market, arguing that it will…
China’s Xi calls for building unified market to ‘secure an edge’ in global race
President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to develop a unified domestic market, arguing that it will…
Debt and shame: Why millions in China feel trapped and alone – despite a ‘strong’ economy
Across cities and countryside alike, middle-class families once lauded as China’s growth engine now wrestle with mounting debt,…