Chen Jing

Visitors in the Nanjing East Road retail area in Shanghai, China, on May 1.

China’s regional slowdown: Painful but necessary?

In comparison, China’s total imports for the whole of 2025 rose by just 0.5 per cent – far below the 6.1 per cent growth in exports – further widening the trade surplus.

Will China’s US$1.2 trillion trade surplus overwhelm global trade?

Among the four provinces with the highest GDP – Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang – the drop in fixed-asset investment during the first three quarters all exceeded the national average.

China’s 10 trillion yuan debt clean-up falls short