Nikkei Asia17d
China posts 5% growth for 2024 as challenges pile up
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...
The New York Times17d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
The Washington Post17d
In a first, China will send vice president to Trump’s inauguration
China is for the first time sending one of its highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials to Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, illustrating Beijing’s two-pronged strategy of ...
Business Insider17d
China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...
Wall Street Journal18d
China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...
Reuters18d
Mideast oil prices jump on robust China, India demand post-sanctions
SINGAPORE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Spot premiums for Middle East crude rose to their highest in more than two years as strong demand from top importers China and India to replace sanction-hit supplies ...
The Economist18d
An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan ...
Reuters19d
China, Sri Lanka agree more investment and economic cooperation
China and Sri Lanka sign 15 cooperation documents China is Sri Lanka's biggest bilateral lender New Sri Lankan president also courting regional rival India BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) - China and ...
scmp.com20d
Trump eyes Washington trade lawyer for key China post at Commerce Department
a key post in the US-China tech war. Kessler, a partner at the law firm of WilmerHale, served as assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance during Trump’s first term, which made him the ...
The Phnom Penh Post20d
Cambodia, China bilateral trade hit record high in 2024
vice-president of the Cambodia Chinese Commerce Association (CCCA), told The Post on January 14 that the growth in bilateral trade could be attributed to several factors, including improved diplomatic ...
The New York Times21d
China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion
China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who began covering ...