State money covers up China’s economic calamity
Behind the figures lies a ‘different picture – financing efficiency that would hardly exist without it’
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China’s Middle East building boom comes at a price
Cut-throat competition in Saudi Arabia and the UAE eats into ‘thin profit margins’ for Chinese companies
Japan warns that China is an existential ‘threat’
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments spark war of words amid Beijing’s military buildup
China’s winds of change swirl over climate crisis
Green energy push takes center stage as President Trump turns his back on COP30 amid ‘con job’ comments
China targets trillions of dollars in ‘hidden debt’
Budget czar Li to comb local government books amid borrowing binge and property collapse
China launches ‘biggest military build-up in the world’
Defense Minister Marles warns of the geopolitical threats posed by Beijing to the Indo-Pacific region
China shocks set in motion manufacturing ‘doom loop’
Factory activity is now entrenched in its longest slump in more than nine years as deflation takes hold
Trump has the ‘superlatives,’ but Xi has that ‘truce’
‘It’s clear that rare earths’ are ‘the ace in the hole that China is able to wield over’ the US
Beijing puts the brakes on EV race to the bottom
Cut-throat competition has sparked a ‘brutal’ battle for sales and ‘oversaturated’ markets
Trump flies out and China flies in with a trade deal
Beijing’s pact with ASEAN highlights the fallout from the tariff wars being waged across the world