Category: China

China Aims to Balance Development of Imports and Exports

China must strive for the "balanced development" of imports and exports, its commerce minister, Wang Wentao, said Friday, a day after meetings on the country's future policy priorities concluded in Beijing. The four days of closed-door discussions began on Monday and ...

China’s Economic Growth Slows Amid Sputtering Domestic Demand

By Peter Catterall and Isabel Kua China's economic growth slipped below five percent in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed Monday, the slowest pace in a year in the face of trade headwinds and a continued domestic consumer slump. ...

Chinese Leaders to Hash out Strategic Blueprint at Key Meeting

By Peter Catterall China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount. The gathering of ...

China “Unstoppable,” Says Xi With Kim, Putin at His Side

By James Edgar North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against ...

Southeast Asia Attends SCO Summit as Xi Proposes New Bank

Five Southeast Asian leaders attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday. China used the event to push for a bigger economic role for the bloc, proposing new tools such as a development bank and more lending for members.

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The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Are We Becoming Like the Taliban? Chinese Feminists Grapple with Women’s Rights, Afghanistan, and the Moral Policing

This week, a wave of outrage swept across China’s internet, not just over a university scandal, but over something deeper: growing anxiety that China’s society could be slipping toward Taliban-style moral authoritarianism. At the center of the storm was a disciplinary ...

China Factory Output Slumps but Consumption Offers Bright Spot

By Isabelle Kua China's factory output grew slower than expected last month as trade war pressures bit, official data showed Monday, while a bump in a key gauge of domestic consumption offered a rare bright spot for the economy. ...

China Factory Activity Hits Lowest Since 2022, Survey Shows

Chinese factory activity hit a more than two-year low in May, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, as a detente in Beijing's trade war with Washington was offset by ongoing domestic problems in the world's number two economy. China and the ...

Chinese Communist Party Celebrates Closure of Voice America, Washington’s “Factory of Lies”

The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) seemingly rejoiced on Monday over the surprise announcement that the United States would shutter all of its state-funded international media operations, most notably Voice of America and Radio Free Asia which were both staunchly critical of the CPC and the Chinese government. ...

China Wraps up Key Political Meet With Call for ‘Unrelenting Struggle’

By Mary Yang and Matthew Walsh China on Tuesday concluded one of its biggest political events of the year with a call to "struggle unrelentingly" for the country's rise after a conclave dominated by a deepening confrontation with the United States, ...

Trade and Growth on Agenda for Key China Meeting

By Isabel Kua and Peter Catterall China's largest political event of the year begins in Beijing on Tuesday, as U.S. tariffs cast a cloud over closed-door meetings involving thousands of delegates from across the country. ...

What does Trump 2.0 Offer to Africa?

As the world shifts into gear for the next Trump term, striking new polling results have revealed a split in opinion about the incoming president.  An opinion survey of developed and developing countries by the European Council on Foreign ...
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