China economic growth

China faces a paradox: structural challenges and slowing growth associated with the old economy, and a high-tech, globally competitive industrial sector in the new economy.

Xi Jinping attempted to spin slower growth as a “remarkable” achievement.

The second quarter’s 4.7 percent growth was far below the 5.3 percent pace seen in the first quarter of 2024.

A more nuanced look at China's economic indicators is necessary to understand current trends.

Now is Beijing’s chance to keep short-term economic issues from turning into a long-term slowdown, experts say. But it’s not clear what steps the government is willing to take.

China’s impressive topline growth figures mask underlying disparities and societal unease. 

The East Asian countries that escaped the middle income trap did so on the backs of strong private enterprises. China is hamstringing its own corporate giants.

The China bulls were wrong – but the China declinists may be wrong as well.

With investors souring on real estate, stocks are now the investment destination of choice – and they increasingly provide a barometer of public confidence in China’s future.

Increasingly alarmed by China’s rise, Washington is trying to backtrack on decades of economic principles to rebrand China as an enemy.

Challenges and prospects for China, Japan, and India's economic growth in 2023.

Chinese officials attempted to convince the world’s financiers that the country’s economy remains strong – and those saying otherwise “don’t really understand China.”