Despite a modest rise in national retail sales, Beijing and Shanghai face significant declines, prompting state media to launch a confidence-boosting campaign.
Fleeing Xi’s ‘China Dream’
The great exodus of people and capital as China’s economic decline and squeezed politics push many to vote with their feet.
Inflation news from China tells a sorry tale
Deflation at the factory gate reveals serious and fundamental economic distortions.
China’s third plenum gets underway
The country’s leadership convenes amid economic decline to enhance competitiveness and revitalize growth in the face of international trade tensions.
‘China’s people are increasingly aware of human rights’
The growing vulnerability of Xi Jinping’s strongman rule.
China revives socialist ideas to fix its real-estate crisis
Today’s housing crisis is much more severe than the last downturn, economists say, leaving the government with an even bigger challenge to clear up the mess.
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