https://www.scmp.com/rss/506181/feed Annette Ho is an intern at the South China Morning Post. She is pursuing a Liberal Arts bachelor’s degree with a major in digital culture at King’s College London. She has previously interned at Now TV in Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China reported strong growth in its industrial engine for the month of May, as the economy continued to slowly recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, data released on Monday showed. In May, China’s industrial production, a gauge of manufacturing, mining and utilities sector activity, grew by 4.4 per cent from a year earlier, up from 3.9 per cent growth in April, but slightly below the median forecast of a Bloomberg poll of analysts, which called 5.0 per cent growth. Within that,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3089036/coronavirus-chinas-industrial-engine-revved-strongly-may?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3089036/coronavirus-chinas-industrial-engine-revved-strongly-may?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:03:33 +0000 Since China imposed tariffs on Australian barley and banned exports of beef from four Australian abattoirs three weeks ago, Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with his Chinese trade counterpart, Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan. This creates an unusual situation for two countries with strong trade relations, and only adds to growing suspicions in Australia, the world’s most China-dependent economy, that the tariff and bans were punishment for... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088246/chinas-silent-treatment-australia-beef-barley-trade-row?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088246/chinas-silent-treatment-australia-beef-barley-trade-row?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jun 2020 21:00:20 +0000 Though China has not set an economic growth target for 2020, analysts say Beijing will need to ensure a growth rate of about 3 per cent to steady the economy and achieve its employment goals. The Chinese government omitted an annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate at the National People’s Congress (NPC) last month after the economy was battered by the coronavirus pandemic in the first quarter of the year. With the economy unlikely to make a rapid recovery from the 6.8 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3087679/coronavirus-china-needs-gdp-growth-about-3-cent-2020-meet-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3087679/coronavirus-china-needs-gdp-growth-about-3-cent-2020-meet-job?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2020 23:00:15 +0000