{"id":241079,"date":"2026-01-19T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/241079\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:58:17","slug":"commentary-chinas-economy-isnt-stalling-its-pivoting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/241079\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: China\u2019s Economy Isn\u2019t Stalling, It\u2019s Pivoting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/176880370801368_1280_720.jpg\" alt=\"Workers assemble new-energy vehicles in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo: Visual China\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Workers assemble new-energy vehicles in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo: Visual China<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s economy has headed into 2026 sending mixed messages. On one side, the sudden rise and success of Deep Seek, Manus and other domestic AI leaders have boosted confidence in China\u2019s ability to both drive innovation and commercialize leading-edge technologies. On the other, national real estate prices are still declining, further extending a prolonged drag on confidence and consumption levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/loading.gif\" alt=\"loadingImg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve accessed an article available only to subscribers<\/p>\n<p>VIEW OPTIONS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Workers assemble new-energy vehicles in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo: Visual China China\u2019s economy has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-241079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}