Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition While the economy remained stable in the first half of 2025, internal pressures like stagnant consumption, falling property prices, and a ...

In recent weeks, Western audiences encountered two starkly different portraits of China’s economic model. In his book “Breakneck,” tech analyst Dan Wang argues that China is an “engineering state” ...

A worker welding metal at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. As the global economy stumbles into the fourth quarter, China is increasingly feeling the strain of trade tensions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on them ...

We asked people in 25 nations whether they think the U.S., China, Japan or the European Union is the world’s leading economic power. We also asked with which country – the U.S. or China – they see as ...

While China has long been touted as the next great economic superpower, its recent trajectory reveals a far different story. Despite the U.S. running its fiscal imbalances and maintaining high levels ...

China’s economy has defied President Donald Trump’s tariff pressure and is outpacing Beijing’s growth target, expanding by 5.3 percent in the first half of 2025, according to government statistics, ...

In a fragmenting global economy, China’s push to internationalise the renminbi (RMB) reveals how economic and financial linkages are being selectively reshaped by Beijing in response to growing ...

China cuts benchmark lending rates as economy struggles State banks lower deposit rates by 5-25 basis points Economists doubt Beijing's 5% growth target without more stimulus BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 20 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and Chinese trade officials as he looks to deescalate the ...

Official figures showed modest growth in the second quarter as exports shifted to other countries and Beijing invested in manufacturing and infrastructure. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Beijing ...