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China must trade in its export model to survive

March 22, 2026February 19, 2026 by China Factor Staff

IMF warns that the world’s second-largest economy needs to increase consumption and domestic demand

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, Export Boom, News, State Subsidies, Trade Tensions, US$1.2 Trillion Surplus Leave a comment

China is stretching shrinking growth to the limit

February 5, 2026February 4, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Disappearing data has only added to the mind-numbing numbers coming out of the country

Categories Talking Point Tags Economic Crisis, Export Boom, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China’s crying horse trend a tale of economic misery

February 3, 2026February 2, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Cuddly toy’s inverted smile has become a downtrodden symbol of a nation mired in problems

Categories Talking Point Tags Chinese Lunar New Year, Economic Discontent, News, Stagnating Salaries Leave a comment

Trump to freeze out China in Cyberspace Cold War

January 29, 2026January 28, 2026 by China Factor Staff

But his new strategy might have fundamentally misunderstood the threat posed by Xi’s regime

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, Cyberattacks, News, President Xi Jinping, United States Leave a comment

Taiwan looks on amid Xi’s war on his own army

January 28, 2026January 27, 2026 by China Factor Staff

How this will affect the escalating threat facing the island democracy is impossible to predict

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Communist Party of China, News, PLA Purges, Taiwan Threats Leave a comment

Power, paranoia and the threat to ‘Emperor’ Xi’s reign

January 27, 2026January 26, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Was the decision to fire top general Zhang sparked by speculation of a planned coup to topple his boss?

Categories Talking Point Tags China, News, Nuclear Secrets, PLA Purge, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

‘Comrade’ Trump goes on another Greenland rant

January 22, 2026January 21, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Not even China’s Xi could have predicted the diplomatic destruction emerging from the Oval Office

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Davos Speech, NATO, News, Tariffs Threat Leave a comment

China’s record trade surplus fuels global jitters

January 16, 2026January 15, 2026 by China Factor Staff

The loudest complaints about Beijing’s surplus are expected from the European Union

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, Export Flood, News, Tariffs War, Trade Tensions Leave a comment

Succession and the fate of ‘Chairman of Everything’ Xi

January 15, 2026January 14, 2026 by China Factor Staff
Double take … “Yalta 2.0” depicting Trump, Putin and Xi in Crimea. Image: Social Media / X / YouTube

‘The delicate issue of the transition of power has been under discussion for over a year’

Categories Talking Point Tags Communist Party of China, News, Power Politics, Various Scenarios Leave a comment

Tech export boom will not cure China’s sick economy

January 14, 2026January 13, 2026 by China Factor Staff

State-of-the-art industries such as AI, robotics and EVs are unlikely to solve growth problems 

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Economic Stagnation, Export Flood, News, Trade Wars Leave a comment
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