A self-sufficiency push has made China a tougher competitor to the U.S., but it comes with enormous waste.

China's economy grew by just 2.5% to 3% in 2025, the Rhodium Group think tank estimates, roughly half the pace implied by ...

China’s long-projected momentum collided with hard limits at home and abroad. A deepening real-estate slump continued to ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged China to fix its economic imbalances, echoing longstanding calls for the world's second-largest economy to rely more on domestic spending and ...

The broad-based weakening spans consumer spending, investment and real estate.

China's factory output growth slowed to a 15-month low, while retail sales posted their worst performance since the country ...

China’s top leaders are signaling they are on alert for a potential flareup of tensions in global commerce as they draw up economic plans for next year, after amassing a record trade surplus despite ...

B aijiu, China’s favourite firewater, is losing its bite. This year retail prices have been hovering around the benchmark of ...

According to the World Bank’s latest China Economic Update, Advancing Reforms, Enhancing Prospects, growth is estimated at 4.9% in 2025 and projected at 4.4% in 2026, as existing headwinds are ...

Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy ...

China’s export surge and record trade surplus mask a fragile domestic economy, as weak consumption, a property slump, and ...

China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged for a seventh consecutive month in December, a Reuters survey ...