Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva review an honor guard at the Revolution Palace during the G77+China summit in Havana on Sept. 16.
International relations

G77+China: Latin America's leftists pursue solidarity with Beijing

Cuba summit lets emerging countries bond in America's backyard over economics

18 September 2023
HIgh-rise buildings in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin: New home prices dropped more Chinese cities in August. 
Economy

China home prices drop in more cities in August, extending slump

Industrial and retail data improved, but official says still facing 'difficulties'

15 September 2023
The former headquarters of Anbang Insurance Group, flying its flag and that of Dajia Insurance Group in Beijing in July 2019.
Caixin

China's slow-burning insurance crisis unfolding in the shadows

Industry insiders question if bailouts work, calling for exit mechanism

15 September 2023
With Xi Jinping absent from the G20 summit in New Delhi, Joe Biden and Narendra Modi stepped to the front of the stage with the announcement of an economic corridor to stretch from India, through the Middle East and on to Europe. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and Ken Kobayashi)
China up close

Analysis: Biden administration detects red flags in Xiconomics

U.S. president says China's economic 'tenet' not working 'at all'

14 September 2023
China's property developers must be supported to complete their projects so as to mitigate bank risks, some analysts believe.
Property

China rule changes may help property market, not wider economy

Still spooked by Beijing's deleveraging push, consumers are not spending

13 September 2023
Chinese technology titan Huawei introduced the Mate X5 smartphone on Sept. 8. Foldable devices are the only growing sector in a tepid handset market.
Semiconductors

Huawei releases 5G foldable phone ahead of Apple's big launch event

Device introduced with little fanfare follows new Mate 60 Pro in using in-house chips

12 September 2023
The prospect of deflation, after decades of rapid expansion, has loomed over the world's second-biggest economy since July's consumer prices reverse.
Asia Insight

China deflation dread stalks property trade, struggling firms

Summer CPI gloom leaves consumers, markets bracing for impact of weak demand

12 September 2023
From September 2016, Guangzhou had imposed price limits on new housing projects.
Caixin

China's Guangzhou scraps controversial housing price limits

Policy was criticized for distorting property market

11 September 2023
Demonstrators protest on top of a police tear gas truck after they entered the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 9, 2022.
G20 Summit

With China in mind, G20 agrees to boost lending at India summit

Bloc of major economies hopes financing will enhance influence in Global South

10 September 2023
F&N has produced and sold ThaiBev's Chang beer in Myanmar since 2019. (Photo by Nikkei)
Myanmar Crisis

In Myanmar, Chinese and Thai companies fill economic vacuum

As Western businesses exit country, investments come from friendly nations

10 September 2023
Customers dine at a restaurant in Guangzhou. Despite the lifting of COVID restrictions in January, China's service industry is still struggling to get back on its feet.
Economy

China misses 'common prosperity' goal as income gap now widest

Urban rich make 6.3 times more than bottom fifth in biggest disparity

9 September 2023
China is Japan's biggest trading partner and a top concern for its economic policymakers.
Trade

Japan plans response to economic coercion with eye on China

Tokyo aims to protect domestic companies against forced tech transfers

9 September 2023
The widening interest rate gap between China and the U.S. has helped push the yuan to its weakest point since late 2007.
Currencies

China's yuan slides near 16-year low as economy struggles

Strong dollar and shrinking trade surplus create headache for central bank

9 September 2023
China's real estate slump has forced financially struggling developers to halt work on housing projects.
China debt crunch

China debt risks loom over global financial system

Banks and foreign investors face prospect of heavy losses on loans to developers

8 September 2023
Cars for export at a port in Yantai, China. Beijing has stepped up policy measures to reverse an economic slump.
Trade

China trade slump eases in August but economic fears persist

Exports likely to remain weak until an end-of-year rebound, analysts say

7 September 2023
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China's Belt and Road at crossroads as more loans turn sour

10 years in, Beijing enjoys greater clout but new investments trend down

7 September 2023
A job fair for university graduates in Anhui province, China on Sep. 4: Demand has been undermined by growing unemployment, especially among the young, and wage cuts. (China Daily via Reuters)
Opinion

Does Beijing care that China's economy is stagnating?

Policy interventions so far have not had positive impact

7 September 2023
BMW, which draws around 30% of its revenue from China, has seen its stock price suffer since the end of July.
Markets

From BMW to Qualcomm, China slowdown fears squeeze global stocks

Key names in commodities, luxury retail and more suffer decline in prices

7 September 2023
Office vacancy rates in Hong Kong's Central business district climbed into the double digits last quarter.
Property

Hong Kong REITs down 26% this year as investors exit China

Office vacancies and higher interest rates weigh on market

6 September 2023
Gome Retail is stepping up store closings, with plans to retain about 300 directly run mainstay locations.
Retail

Chinese retailers speed up closings as online shopping takes hold

Consumers sticking to habit acquired in pandemic lockdowns

4 September 2023
Children at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing before a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet in July: Over 67 million people went to concerts and performances this summer.
Opinion

China does not feel like an economy in crisis

Amid talk of high youth unemployment, trains, cinemas and concerts are full

3 September 2023
Steel inventories have piled up in China, but production has not slowed as steelmakers anticipate economic stimulus measures by the government. 
Commodities

China's economic woes send prices of steelmaking metals sliding

Steel inventories pile up as Chinese real estate trouble depresses housing starts

2 September 2023
A U.S. Navy plane flies past a China Coast Guard vessel near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on Aug. 22. 
Comment

Economic woes spur China's combative foreign policy

Beijing may step up Japan-bashing to divert public attention

1 September 2023
Shipping containers stacked in Busan, South Korea's largest port.
Economy

China economy slump pounds South Korean chip exports

Decline of key export comes as Seoul pledges to trim fiscal outlay

31 August 2023
An employee works on a steel processing production line at a factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, in 2020. (China Daily via Reuters) 
Economy

China factory PMI improves slightly but still stuck in contraction

Policy support seen buoying August figure; markets unlikely to take 'much comfort'

31 August 2023