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State of the Nation
10 stories
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Driven to despair by China’s perilous gig economy
Low wages and deep structural issues illustrate the plight of 12 million Chinese delivery drivers
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Beijing plays the victim while backing Putin’s war
President Xi ramps up state-media propaganda push to paint China as a “peace-loving” country
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Only feel-good consumers can save China’s economy
Low wages and long hours have hobbled spending amid President Xi’s ‘export-first’ policy push
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Sparks flying amid China’s high-tech export boom
Shipments of electric vehicles, ships, and steel carry a heavy discount to ‘undercut overseas competitors’
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Economic crisis gives Beijing a birthday bash hangover
Threat of austerity hovers over the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China
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China goes back to the 1970s amid economic chaos
Deflation, debt and despair stalk the country as Beijing grapples to solve a ‘crisis of confidence’
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‘Zigzag’ policies meet China’s ‘wave-like’ economy
Confused? Beijing ramps up the propaganda to turn a crisis into a recovery as confidence drains away
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China’s economic tricks conjure a grand illusion
Manipulated official data fails to hide the true state of the world’s second-largest economy
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Unemployment crisis is China’s ‘wake-up call’
Economic slowdown and the Covid-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc among young job seekers
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Why China risks heading into a winter of discontent
Food chain problems, power shortages and ‘pandemic fatigue’ stalk the world’s second-largest economy
