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China may bank on balance-sheet expansion, not rate cuts, for growth: economist
While Beijing is unlikely to implement universal consumption subsidies, officials may try to boost spending by raising incomes, according to Nomura’s Lu Ting.
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For China, ‘pivotal’ 2025 will put economic choices to the test: Asia Society
How China deals with simmering trade disputes, weak domestic consumption and advanced manufacturing hurdles ‘will shape its trajectory for years’.
9 Dec 2024 - 10:00PM
China’s “new quality productive forces” could help form the bedrock for China’s 15th five-year plan. Photo: AFP
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China rallies world’s economic groups, decries protectionism at ‘1+10’ dialogue
With an eye on peaceful and sustainable economic development for the world, meeting addresses outsized threats and risks in a time of rising uncertainties.
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Chinese students in US advised to return to campus before Trump takes office
American universities are trying to address an outpouring of concern among anxious international students fearing ‘worst-case scenario’.
9 Dec 2024 - 5:43PM
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What’s eating at Guangdong? For China’s economic champ, the hits keep coming
Malformed by manufacturing malaise, pummelled by property, and targeted by tariffs, the hits keep coming in the southern powerhouse region.
10 Dec 2024 - 6:34PM
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What are key concerns of China’s private firms? Survey flags raft of hardships
Most polled firms lament losses, and few plan to increase investments in the foreseeable future as economic challenges mount.
6 Dec 2024 - 4:36PM
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China cutting e-commerce red tape to ease export of small packages, support jobs
New policies aim to shore up China’s competitiveness in global manufacturing and e-commerce while alleviating worrisome youth-unemployment pressure.
6 Dec 2024 - 1:30PM
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Will Trump’s threats push China and Japan closer together?
Relations between the Asian powers have become highly strained in recent years, but officials from both sides are now talking up the value of cooperation.
6 Dec 2024 - 4:09AM
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Cambodia says Xi supports controversial canal, but China stance is still unclear
Former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen thanked Xi Jinping for backing Funan Techo Canal when they met this week.
5 Dec 2024 - 6:30PM
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President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Cambodia’s former prime minister, Hun Sen, in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
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‘Never a good choice’: China’s retaliation for US curbs may be just starting
An expected escalation of the US-China trade war, and the Chinese public’s demand for a response, could light a fire under Beijing’s policymakers, former PBOC head says.
4 Dec 2024 - 7:59PM
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What’s the state of China’s ‘space economy’ as commercial launches intensify?
Chasing the success of SpaceX, China’s commercial space industry is eyeing lofty gains despite setbacks and technological constraints.
4 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM
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Will Taylor Swift accept Hangzhou’s outstretched hand for a China show?
Keen to capitalise on the economic windfall that comes from big-name international performers, Chinese cities are making a concerted effort to host high-profile concerts.
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China Economy
Yuan
China’s digital yuan roared out of the gate, but stumbling blocks have popped up
Corruption and a slow adoption of the e-CNY risk undermining the groundbreaking progress that China’s digital currency has made over the past decade.
1 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM
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The cumulative transaction value of China’s digital yuan had reached 7 trillion yuan (US$968 billion) as of the end of June. Photo: Xinhua
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Stimulus perplexity: why Beijing, foreign investors can’t see eye to eye
It’s been a tumultuous two months since Beijing fired off a salvo to shore up China’s economy, and divergent perceptions show not everyone is on the same page.
30 Nov 2024 - 6:41AM
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China technology
China’s next-gen BeiDou satellite system to ramp up rivalry with US-based GPS
Existing BeiDou system, used in telecommunications, transport, and natural resource management, has also been expanding its use in developing countries.
29 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
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China’s logistical dream: Beijing has a new plan to counter supply-chain threats
Efficiency is key as logistical revamp seeks to shore up manufacturing industries, including a digital transformation and new economic hubs.
29 Nov 2024 - 8:00AM
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China’s new plan to improve supply-chain logistics calls on port-storage facilities to enhance efficiency in handling major exports such as electric vehicles, like those seen here at a port in Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
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Xi Jinping’s ‘city of the future’ logs record quarter for construction financing
Five batches of ultra-long special bond sales raked in several billion yuan for the Xiongan New Area, as development of ambitious megacity speeds up.
28 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM
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Amid mulling of more US-China decoupling, supply-chain expo offers opportunity
An elongation of critical supply chains bringing Chinese goods to the US is expected to be a boon for ‘made by China’ in third countries.
26 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM
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Russia’s ‘economic isolation’ seen benefiting China amid fresh US sanctions
While trade between China and Russia may be affected in the short term, Beijing’s leveraging power in future negotiations is getting stronger, analysts say.
25 Nov 2024 - 9:00PM
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Spate of random killings rooted in China’s social and economic despair
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China pushes ahead on its long march to become a global tech leader
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China must now stimulate feel-good factor for economic recovery
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China’s stimulus will fall short without private-sector confidence
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US must clear the fog of misconceptions over its China policy
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