This Month
EVs to get even cheaper as price war enters ‘knockout’ round
Australia will benefit from a brutal and stepped up cost-cutting battle between China’s manufacturers.
- Jessica Sier
Chinese exporters race to dodge Trump’s tariffs
Sellers from China, Canada and Mexico are rushing to front-load shipments into the US before the levies rise.
- Joe Leahy, Tina Hu and Wenjie Ding
China to crack down on violent lone-wolf attacks over economic woes
A spate of deadly attacks has put pressure on officials to expand surveillance to prevent violent forces from destabilising an anxious society.
- Jing Li and Daniela Wei
November
China’s defence minister under investigation for corruption
US officials say the probe is part of a wider operation to uncover graft in the People’s Liberation Army.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
- Updated
- Trump's White House
China’s retail sales jump as economy shows green shoots
Stronger consumption figures suggest stimulus measures may be filtering through to household spending. But the property sector still faces major problems.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
China keeps its powder dry for US tariff hit
Shares and oil prices fell as investors bet the latest stimulus package would do little to fire up a depressed property market or boost flagging consumer confidence.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
- Updates
- China
China pledges $2.1trn package to shore up economy
China announced trillions of yuan to support its heavily indebted local governments, as the world’s second-largest economy faces new risks from Donald Trump.
- Jessica Sier
Consumer giants sceptical of China’s economic recovery
Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence.
- Richard Milne, Madeleine Speed and Oliver Ralph
October
Why Xi Jinping changed his mind on China’s fiscal stimulus
After resisting calls to intervene, Beijing has made a sudden U-turn. But will the package be enough to get the economy back on track?
- Joe Leahy, Edward White and Cheng Leng
China’s lacklustre growth drags on as stimulus ramps up
The lowest growth figure in 18 months comes as Beijing increases stimulus promises to try to boost China’s sluggish economy.
- Fran Wang
Hong Kong slashes tax on alcohol to revive city
The Chinese territory’s chief executive John Lee is trying to turn around the economy amid a fall in tourism and consumption.
- Kiuyan Wong and Shirley Zhao
- Analysis
- China
China’s new stimulus underwhelms as ‘big fat’ numbers missing
Chances of China rolling out a massive stimulus package to boost its faltering economy are fading after Saturday’s announcement failed to reveal details.
- Jessica Sier
More vague promises as China scrambles to reignite growth
China will allow local governments to use bonds to buy unsold homes in a bid to prop up the struggling economy.
- Jessica Sier
‘Not investible’: The clamour for deeper reforms in China
China has been slow to adjust its economy after COVID-19 and consumers are still hoarding cash, hit by a huge slump in the property market.
- Jessica Sier
Fresh hopes for China stimulus and private sector reform
Foreign investors say China’s moves to free up private business might reduce unemployment, encourage investment and boost consumer confidence.
- Jessica Sier
China demands schoolteachers hand in their passports
The passport collection drive allows local government officials to control and monitor who can travel abroad, how often and to where.
- Ryan McMorrow, Nian Liu, Sun Yu and Gloria Li
September
- Analysis
- Consumer confidence
China’s stimulus no bazooka, but urgency has arrived
China’s efforts to stimulate its economy this week were welcomed and the fight against a slowing economy appears to be on.
- Jessica Sier
China’s newest nuclear sub sinks in blow to modernisation
China’s newest nuclear attack submarine has sunk in a shipyard accident, in a setback to the country’s attempts to overtake the US in a naval arms race.
- Idrees Ali
China tests ballistic missile in Pacific in ‘provocative’ move
China fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, its first such major missile launch in years.
- Alistair Gale
The travel bloggers ‘sugarcoating’ China’s Uyghur problem
Some influencers claim to be exposing Western media lies about Xinjiang, saying they have not seen human rights abuses taking place.
- Nicola Smith
