Luxury labels caught in China’s ‘gray’ zone economy
Global fashion brands feel the heat as economic malaise hits cash-strapped Chinese shoppers
Economic Fallout
China’s big vanishing act claims another Xi victim
High-profile economist Zhu Hengpeng has been purged after criticizing the president’s economic policy
China’s crisis risks triggering a ‘global meltdown’
This is ‘the biggest story in the world right now – everything else is secondary’
China’s entering the age of a shrinking workforce
‘The country will be half as large as it is today if an active immigration policy is not implemented’
Risk factor haunts major foreign firms in China
Beijing’s increased scrutiny of Western companies has alarmed international investors
China dumps explosive ‘youth’ jobless numbers
Beijing suspends crucial data release as the world’s second-largest economy takes another massive hit
Recession fears are looming on China’s horizon
‘Economic numbers can be fudged but ultimately people know they have less money in their pockets’
Changing face of China’s muted poverty policy
President Xi Jinping now considers the subject taboo after his high-profile address in 2021