Even as China floods the world’s markets with electronics, electric cars, and other high-tech goods, its own domestic demand for most products remains stubbornly weak. Retail sales are low. Oversupply ...

Soumaya Keynes China’s economy is unbalanced. It’s struggling with weak demand and energetically pushing out exports to the rest of the world. You could think of the global economy as a dinner table ...

China’s “anti-involution” policy to tackle deflation, announced in 2024, is still in its early stages. Lower import prices for Chinese goods can ripple through trading partners’ economies. Investors ...

With his T-shirt and square-framed glasses, Zhang Peng looks more like an academic brainiac than a business executive. But the chief executive officer of Zhipu AI, one of the most storied startups in ...

They say you don’t need to put a lid on a bucket full of crabs for fear of them escaping: they will just pull each other down and make sure none rises above the others. Something similar to this ‘crab ...

Companies should ‘uphold a fair and competitive’ environment to ‘foster innovation and healthy development’, regulator says.

AI traction, the anti-involution drive and any meaningful stimulus, as well a steadier renminbi could extend market momentum ...

In recent years, China's traditional industries and those with lower technical barriers have faced intensifying competition, with bad money driving out good. This trend threatens long-term industrial ...

JP Morgan’s James Sullivan says local governments’ dependence on VAT revenue encourages sustained production, intensifying competition and overcapacity until meaningful tax changes occur. Got a ...

In a year that surprised skeptics, China equities delivered strong performance in 2025, buoyed by improving corporate fundamentals, strengthening earnings and policy reforms.