Page 25 - China Economy

Empty homes and protests: How China's property market strains the world

A glut of unwanted apartments gets part of the blame for a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. In some places, homeowners are taking to the streets

Beijing's 'Made in China 2025' may prove ineffective as debt catching up

China isn't going to rein in its industrial objectives anytime soon. At the same time, it's a long way from achieving those targets.

China's Nov retail sales, industry output hit as economic gloom deepens

The slowdown in Chinese industries and the trade tensions have started to weigh on consumer sentiment, tapping the brakes on retail sales

Booming bird cage: How China's economy became number 2 by defying number 1

China is home to the world's biggest auto industry, the second-most billionaires and the largest single group of internet users

Despite market gloom, China's working class has Xi Jinping's back

A blue-collar wave is rising in China and buoying Xi Jinping

The land that failed to fail: How China became a global powerhouse

China now leads the world in the number of homeowners, internet users, college graduates and, by some counts, billionaires

China discovers how to give the economy a fillip without toppling it

The past few days have seen a shift in how China is approaching this slowdown

China's $195 billion debt splurge has less bang than you might think

As China seeks to buffer its economy and shield it from the trade war with US, the difficulties around bond program heighten the chances China will just increase indebtedness without stoking growth

China moves to calm investors as growth hits weakest pace since 2009

Chinese authorities are trying to navigate through numerous challenges, as the trade war fears have sparked a blistering selloff in domestic stock markets

Road ahead: Why Asian giant China shouldn't wait out trade feud with US

China risks losing more than the US from intensifying trade tensions, as has become clear from partial economic and market indicators

A dot-com deja vu in China: Welcome to the land of 'unicorns', cheap meals

The rewards are rich, as are valuations. And the risks are rising. How it will play out depends upon whom you ask

China will beat US to take world's largest economy crown; what after that?

China is expected to expand an average of 1.8 per cent a year between 2030 and 2060, a smidge behind the US

China warns investment may weaken further; urges more infra spending

Beijing is urging more infrastructure spending as the economy faces both domestic and external risks, such as US tariffs. But the benefits will take time to kick in

China's new home price growth hits two-year high as small cities boom

Tier-3 cities collectively posted a robust month-on-month price increase of 1.5% for new homes which was more than double their 0.7% price gain in June

WTO commitment was never an end-goal, will keep opening up market: China

The pledge to widen access to Chinese markets and pursue a win-win strategy for China's trading partners comes as Beijing remains locked in a tit-for-tat import tariff battle

China second quarter GDP growth to contract to 6.7%, from 6.8% in the first

April activity data released earlier this week suggested that the world's second-largest economy is starting to lose some momentum, say analysts

China allows foreigners to enter $27 trn payments market

Chinese residents are increasingly fond of shopping on overseas e-commerce platforms, which tend to prefer local payment companies

In 2018, China sets a GDP growth target of 6.5%, same as last year

The goal was kept unchanged even though the economy grew 6.9 percent last year

China economy starts 2018 on solid trajectory after industrial profits dip

Robust economic data give it room to reform without as much worry the overhaul may undermine growth

Global distressed-debt funds circle China again, eye $256 bn bad-loans mkt

NPLs on commercial bank balance sheets officially amounted to 1.67 trillion yuan ($256.80 billion) at the end of September