His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’ China is famous for pushing growth zealously, so much was made of its ...

A new GDP target concedes Beijing can’t pretend much longer.

China set its lowest economic growth target in decades on Thursday, announcing it would aim for 4.5-5% expansion in 2026 as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with weak domestic demand and an ...

It is the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023.

China has set an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for this year, a slight decrease in the face of a prolonged property ...

The goal of between 4.5 percent and 5 percent, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.

Exports and AI could offer solutions for a Chinese economy that continues to slow down in the face of multiple problems, ranging from weak domestic demand to high indebtedness.

China is gripped by an insidious problem that is eroding its economy: It is trapped in a cycle of competition so fierce that it is destroying profits, driving a brutal rat race among workers and ...

China's headline growth numbers still look solid, but the foundations beneath them are shifting in ways that are harder to see and even harder to acknowledge publicly. Output is expanding, factories ...

China has recorded a $1 trillion trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year, despite the imposition of tariffs by US President Trump, but all is far from well in its internal economy. The ...

China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the ...

BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's economic growth likely slowed to a three‑year low in the fourth quarter as domestic demand ‌softened, and while the full‑year pace is set to hit close to ‌Beijing's ...