China economy

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

Shenzhen team completed a working prototype of a EUV machine in early 2025, sources say

The stock market rally has faltered in recent weeks amid the gloomy data releases and lack of big-bang stimulus moves.

China’s market revival hinges on gloomy economy turning corner

The country’s equities, currency and onshore fixed-income markets remain on course to hand investors positive returns for 2025

Significant numbers of unemployed migrant workers are returning to their home towns in Chinese villages and remaining there.

As jobs dry up, China’s migrant workers are returning to their villages and staying put

Despite the government’s concerns, however, things may be changing in the rural areas

Government advisers and analysts say China is likely to pursue its current annual growth target of around 5% next year.

China’s economy stalls in November as calls for reform grow

World leaders look to be lining up to put the brakes on the Asian nation’s exports

Economists warn that the entrenched imbalance between production and consumption in the Chinese economy threatens its long-term growth.

China to boost exports, imports in 2026, seeking ‘sustainable’ trade, official says

The IMF this week has urged Beijing to make the “brave choice” to curb exports and boost consumer demand

A broader measure of China’s dealings with the rest of the world is its current-account surplus.
PERSPECTIVE

Don’t fear China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus

It is a problem not for the rest of the world, but for China

The prospect of forceful fiscal stimulus could ease worries over the slowdown seen in the second half of the year in almost every area of the economy.

China pledges to maintain fiscal stimulus to support growth next year

Policymakers will flexibly deploy tools including cuts to banks’ reserve requirement ratios and interest rates

China's CPI rose 0.7% in November from a year earlier, matching a 0.7% expansion in a Reuters poll of economists.

China’s consumer inflation quickens to 21-month high, producer deflation persists

[BEIJING] China’s annual consumer inflation accelerated to a 21-month peak in November, mainly driven by food prices, while factory-gate deflation deepened, with underlying trends suggesting domestic ...

As the new year approaches, China’s government appears mindful of the challenges by signalling an urgent push to strengthen cutting-edge manufacturing.

China reveals unease over trade in economic roadmap for 2026

Growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment

The renminbi  is up almost 4% against the US dollar, and on course for the best annual performance in five years.

Why the push for a stronger renminbi won’t go away

With the US dollar likely to be soft for a few years, to hold the Chinese currency back would be to allow it to depreciate against other trading partners