China’s economy still dealing with crippling deflation amid rumors of a trade deal with Trump

China is stuck in its longest deflation crisis in decades, and the numbers keep getting worse. Prices across the country have been falling for two straight years, and analysts say 2025 could be the ... Read More

Why China Is Struggling to Escape a Cycle of Deflation

China’s spiral into deflation is proving hard to fix. Overall prices in the world’s second-largest economy have fallen for two straight years, and if they drop again in 2025 — as many analysts are ... Read More

China unveils big plan to fix its ailing economy and transform into a high-tech power

China’s leaders have spent the past week unveiling their plan to steer the world’s second-largest economy through looming challenges by transforming the country into a technological powerhouse and ... Read More

China slams US tariffs, says its economy is resilient but there are no winners in a trade war

China's commerce minister says Beijing will not yield to bullying and its economy can weather tariffs and other challenges, though there are “no winners in a trade war." ... Read More

Beijing's deflation dilemma: Falling prices signal bigger troubles ahead for China's economy

China's leaders are overseeing a spell of deflation, or falling prices, that contrasts with inflationary pressures prevailing elsewhere in the world ... Read More

Boosting China’s economy, downsizing US diplomats: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories ... with the situation. US diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong as well as local employees might be given notice as ... Read More

China's Xi holds rare meeting with business leaders amid slowing economy, US tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday spoke at a symposium attended by business leaders including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, state media reported, as Beijing grapples with a slowing economy and ... Read More

China’s Xi hosts summit with business leaders, including Alibaba’s Jack Ma

has consistently sought to bolster the role of state enterprises in China's economy and warned against ... but may face headwinds as US President Donald Trump renews his hardball trade policy ... Read More

China Says Stable Yuan Key to World Economy Hit by Strong Dollar

(Bloomberg) -- China’s central ... US products more expensive overseas. But dollar strength is already haunting emerging markets such as Indonesia and complicating plans to bring down borrowing ... Read More