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Power shortages have helped push China's economic growth to its lowest level in a year, while soaring coal prices on Monday further threaten Chinese industry and global supply chains. European companies have slashed their outlook amid…

China has seen increasing downward pressure on its economy as industrial production growth slowed in the third quarter, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Tuesday at a press conference.Industrial production…

I mean, if there's anything that poses a real threat to Facebook in the future, it's whether or not people themselves, consumers start to opt out. Is it a place for young people all over the world or is it really just people like me who…

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"The challenges to keep the economy running smoothly have increased," Fu Linghui, spokesperson for China's National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday. He said the country's recovery from the Covid-19…

LONDON — European stocks closed lower on Monday as investors reacted to slowing economic growth in China and soaring oil prices that fueled inflation concerns.The pan-European Stoxx 600 tentatively ended down 0.5% as auto stocks fell 1.9%…

Manufacturing has been hampered by shortages of processor chips and other components due to the pandemic.BEIJING: China's economic growth weakened in the last quarter as a construction slowdown and official restrictions on energy use by…

BEIJING: For some of the biggest names on Wall Street, China's economic outlook "looks brighter than ever" and China is "too big to ignore," The New York Times recently reported.Indeed,…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that the world's second-largest economy, China, will grow 8% this year, down 0.1 percentage points from its July projection.In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the global…

Global investors are keeping a close watch on China amid the debt problems of a large real estate company and manufacturing production hit by an energy crisis.…

The Chinese economy faces multiple challenges, including high commodity prices and sporadic cases of COVID-19, with the latest data pointing to slowing consumption growth and a contraction in factory activity. A closer look at the…

Read this in the digital edition of The Manila Times. BEIJING: Some monthly indicators of the Chinese economy have seen fluctuations or slower growth due to factors such as…

In this episode, we dig deeper into the crisis at Chinese real estate giant Evergrande and examine the reasons and fallout. The real estate developer's debt problems grabbed headlines around the world and raised wider fears about the…

China may be plunging head-first into an electricity supply shock that could hit Asia's largest economy hard, just as the Evergrande crisis is sending shockwaves through its financial system. The crackdown on electricity consumption is…

The debts that plague the biggest Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group are a red flag for the economy of the country. Emily Feng, writing in NPR, said buyers of around 1.4 million Evergrande units across China are now uncertain…

BEIJING: Increased political support for China's economy, including increased bank lending power, some analysts say should dispel gloom caused by housing chill measures, renewed regulatory vigor, and China Group woes Evergrande.“The Chinese…

By Gabriel CrossleyBEIJING (Reuters) - Increased political support for China's economy, including increased bank lending power, is expected to dispel gloom caused by housing cooling measures, renewed regulatory vigor and woes, some analysts…

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A real estate developer in China could go bankrupt. And that may not sound like a big deal, but NPR's Emily Feng reports that the company is at the center of such debt that its…

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Economists play down the idea that the scale of China Evergrande Group's problems represents a 'Lehman moment' in terms of global contagion risks, but it has certainly complicated matters for policymakers in Beijing.…

Retail sales struggled in August, increasing only 2.5% from the previous year, government statistics released Wednesday. It was much weaker than expected and a dramatic slowdown from the 8.5% increase recorded in July. Chinese authorities…

Every now and then a business becomes so big and messy that governments fear what would happen to the economy as a whole if it failed. In China, Evergrande, a sprawling real estate developer, is that company. Evergrande has the…

Every now and then a business becomes so big and messy that governments fear what would happen to the economy as a whole if it failed. In China, Evergrande, a sprawling real estate developer, is that company.Evergrande has the…

Investors are bracing for the growing risk of Chinese real estate colossus Evergrande collapsing under the weight of more than $ 300 billion in debt. But experts say the Chinese Communist Party will have no choice but to save a company so…

Investors are bracing for the growing risk that China's real estate colossus Evergrande will crumble under the weight of more than $300 billion in debt.…

Chinese exports unexpectedly increased at a faster pace in August on strong global demand, helping to ease some of the pressure on the world's second-largest economy as it weaves its way through headwinds over several fronts. The Asian…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese exports unexpectedly increased at a faster pace in August on strong global demand, helping to ease some of the pressure on the world's second-largest economy as it weaves its way through…

Recently, a slew of regulations issued by the Chinese government covering several sectors, including technology, education and data privacy, caused Chinese stocks to fall. These new measures indicate "an important moment in the history of…

An official survey of manufacturing activity fell to 50.1 in August from 50.4 in July. It was just above the 50 point mark indicating expansion rather than contraction, but still the slowest growth rate since the start of the pandemic. A…

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BEIJING: Chinese businesses and the wider economy came under increasing pressure in August as factory activity grew at a slower pace as the service sector collapsed in the contraction, increasing the likelihood more short-term political…

The Chinese economy was hit by the Delta virus outbreak in August, adding to signs of slowing growth in the second half of the year and fueling speculation about increased central bank support.Official surveys of purchasing managers showed…

Twin PMI surveys indicate increasing pressure on companiesSurveys suggest economy contracted in August - economistHigh commodity prices, COVID-19 brakes hurt the economyAnalysts expect more political support later in the yearBEIJING, Aug.31…

Hong Kong's role in opening up China's economy to the world is "very special" and can never be replaced, a senior Beijing official said, while seeking to reassure investors that the national security law imposed on the city last year only…

China's economic growth will slow this year due to summer flooding and coronavirus controls, an official said on Monday, after consumer sales and other activity weakened in July. China's economy is still in a "recovery trend" after last…

Industrial production + 6.4% year-on-year vs. + 8.3% in June, Reuters poll + 7.8%Retail sales + 8.5% yoy vs + 12.1% in June, Reuters poll + 11.5%Investment in fixed assets + 10.3% in January-July, Reuters poll + 11.3%Analysts expect growth…

In geopolitics, overestimating an adversary is as dangerous as underestimating him. Over the past three decades, the United States has made a series of strategic mistakes regarding China. Having woken up late, the…

An oil tanker docks at a 300,000-ton crude oil terminal in Yantai, east China's Shandong province, on May 17, 2021.Costphoto | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesOil prices fell on Monday amid concerns over China's economy after a survey showed…

Contentious areas | Economy Chinese economic growth has been the dominant feature of international relations in the 21st century…

China's economy grew 7.9% from April to June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday. The growth rate, below the 8.1% forecast by most market analysts, immediately lured major Western media outlets to pour cold water on…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It is difficult for American companies to operate in China. But the latest data on the country's economy highlights why, for many companies, it is still worth it. What's Happening: China's…

BEIJING: China's economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter as slowing manufacturing activity, rising raw material costs and new COVID-19 outbreaks weighed on the momentum of the recovery.Gross domestic product (GDP)…

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It is difficult for American companies to operate in China. But the latest data on the country's economy highlights why, for many companies, it is still worth it. What's Happening: China's…

Receive free commodity updatesWe will send you a MyFT Daily Summary email with the latest commodity news every morning. From crude to copper and corn, commodity prices fell on Monday, hit by the spread of highly infectious coronavirus…

Professor Lu Ming of Shanghai Jiaotong University was the first to call the stark differences within China the "Europeanization" (or Eurozonization) of the Chinese economy. The euro zone consists of 19 European countries with a unified…

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BEIJING — China's industrial sector expansion slowed in June as export demand weakened as supply bottlenecks held back production, official data showed Wednesday.Equally concerning, China's service sector, persistently lagging in the…

China's economy has grown 189-fold in the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a Chinese official said on Monday at a press conference in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese…

Animated graphic: 40 years of booming exports in China China has the second highest GDP in the world and it exports 15% of all the goods in the world. But how did this happen? Just 40 years…

The policy change allowing couples to have three children instead of two - announced on Monday - aims to improve China's "demographic structure", cope with an aging population and maintain "abundant human resources" for the second largest…

The onshore yuan hit its highest level since 2018, defying attempts by the central bank to slow gains amid improving prospects for the Chinese economy.The currency rose 0.3% to 6.4245 per dollar, the strongest since June 2018, after…

China's economic indicators for the first quarter of 2021 have been released. At an annualized rate, the economy grew 18.3% from January to April, facilitating a full economic recovery as the world grapples with COVID-19 disruption and…

China's economy is expected to continue to gain momentum in the coming months as exports and manufacturing investment experience optimistic growth, Britain's think tank Oxford Economics said in a report on Friday. "We expect the economy…

Editor's Note: In 2001, China joined the WTO. In the same year, the Boao Forum for Asia was also founded. The past 20 years have seen miraculous economic growth in China. What are China's secrets for keeping its economy booming even in…

What happened: The Chinese economy rebounded strongly, increasing 18.3% in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China. CNBC points out that the figure is "slightly below expectations of a 19%…

China's economy has rebounded from last year's deep coronavirus crisis, propelled by stronger demand at home and abroad and the government's continued support for small businesses.Key points:Analysts say China's growth will return to modest…

The Chinese economy saw record growth of 18.3% in the first quarter of this year compared to 2020, the country that has made the world sick with Covid is rebounding fastest from the pandemic.The figure was slightly lower than expected, some…

Staff from the tax department help a company's finance staff (right) print a list of their company's tax and fee reductions in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province ), on August 21, 2019. A clear listing online service of…

Chinese President Xi Jinping's dream of establishing a new world order collapsed after Covid-19 slowed the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), pushing it to become financially unsustainable, Kabul reported Times.China has been forced to cut back…

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on China's ambitious Belt Road Initiative (BRI), so much so that it is now becoming financially unsustainable, ANI reports citing the Kabul Times.Chinese President Xi Jinping's dream of establishing…

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The US ban on Chinese cotton yarn manufacturers in Xinjiang due to inhumane treatment of Uyghurs is now having an impact on the economic growth of its cotton companies.Last month, Chinese cotton yarn maker Huafu Fashion sent a warning to…

Dr Henny Sender is Managing Director of BlackRock in Hong Kong and Senior Advisor to the BlackRock Investment Institute.In mid-January last year, as many Chinese were finalizing their travel plans for the Lunar New Year holiday, rumors of a…

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will hold his first event with other Group of Seven leaders on Friday in a…

In early 2021, encouraging news arrives from China. According to the preliminary calculation of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China's GDP in 2020 reached 101.6 trillion yuan (about 14.7 trillion dollars), up…

While much of the world grapples with the resurgence of the coronavirus and accompanying economic woes, China recorded a positive growth rate for 2020, making it likely the only major economy to do so. But with many of its export markets…

China's economy grew more than expected last year, even as the rest of the world was rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. The world's second-largest economy grew 2.3% in 2020 from a year earlier, according to government…

China will end this year as the only major country in the world to see its economy grow rather than contract.Why is this important: China is operating from a position of great strength, with an economy expected to grow 8.4% in 2021. If…

The pace of growth has been a little slower than economists expected. But there were many signs of strength, with the services and construction sectors performing particularly well.The Chinese economy has now recovered from its…

SHANGHAI — To the long list of obstacles holding back the Chinese economy at a time when the world needs it most, add one more: padlocked movie theaters.The country's more than 12,000 cinemas have remained stubbornly closed. Reopening them…

Published on: 04/17/2020 - 05:19 China's economy shrank for the first time since at least 1992 in the first…

Pacific Money Beware of over-reliance on manufacturing data when forecasting China's economic health. AdvertisingWith its manufacturing purchasing…