China Pledges More Stimulus to Shore Up Flagging Economy

At a meeting to set the party’s economic policy agenda, China’s leadership said it would borrow more and cut interest rates in a bid to bolster growth. Read More

China's Xi urges 'full preparation' to achieve 2025 economic targets

China's current development faces many uncertainties and challenges, President Xi Jinping said at a symposium on Dec. 6, urging full preparation to achieve 2025 economic targets, state media Xinhua ... Read More

China's top leaders are set to discuss GDP growth target, stimulus measures amid economic worries

Market participants will watch the events this week for clues on how policymakers plan to steer the economy through entrenched disinflation and looming U.S. tariffs. Read More

Is Xi Jinping Undermining China’s Path to Tech Superiority?

and slowing the pace of technological innovation – factors that collectively threaten the country’s long-term economic trajectory and President Xi Jinping’s ambitions. China’s venture ... Read More

China economy

China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its legislature opened a session Sunday that will tighten President Xi Jinping’s control over ... Read More

Xi Jinping is worried about the economy - what do Chinese people think?

Scott Rozelle of Stanford University's Center on China's Economy and Stanford masters student Michael Alisky. They conducted their surveys in 2004 and 2009, before Xi Jinping became China’s ... Read More

China’s economy braces for Trump

Plus, toss in the election of Donald Trump in the US — and reaching the economic goals President Xi Jinping set more than a decade ago looks even more difficult. The FT’s China bureau chief ... Read More

China signals it's prepared to double down on support for the economy as Trump tariffs loom

Chinese leaders met this week to plot economic policy for the coming year and sketched out plans to raise government spending and relax Beijing’s monetary policy ... Read More

China ends planning meeting with vows to stabilize its economy, but gives no details on stimulus

Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day planning meeting in Beijing with pledges to take a more proactive approach in pepping up the economy, but gave no details on stimulus measures ... Read More

Keep faith in China's economic prospects, Xi Jinping tells former Singapore leader

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is confident about China's economic prospects in a meeting with Singapore's former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. He also told Lee that China welcomes ... Read More

Xi Jinping’s four red lines ring false

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s delivery of his “four ... “red line,” is an Orwellian attempt to justify China’s predatory economic practices. For decades, the government has exploited ... Read More

Analysis: Xi Jinping smiles at Japanese visitors while grimacing at his economy

He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. Chinese President Xi Jinping's ... Read More