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Debt Mountain

There is something ‘rotten in the state’ of China

August 20, 2024August 19, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Behind the glitzy facade of high-tech supremacy, Beijing is suffering an economic breakdown

Categories Data Dilemma Tags Communist Party of China, Debt Mountain, Economic Turmoil, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Chinese ‘tea leaves’ fail to reveal economic fix

December 15, 2023December 13, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Beijing’s ability to deal with ‘hidden risks’ and shore up confidence is still shrouded in secrecy

Categories State of Play Tags Communist Party of China, Debt Mountain, Economic Chaos, Hidden Risks, News, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China needs to defuse its economic ticking time bomb

August 29, 2023August 28, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Crumbling confidence in the construction sector is just the tip of a gigantic iceberg of bad debt

Categories Business Gloom Tags China, Debt Mountain, Economic Crisis, News, President Xi Jinping, Property Bubble, Rising Unemployment Leave a comment

For ‘de-risk,’ read ‘decouple’ in the war of words

May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 by China Factor Staff

It is time to ‘not kid ourselves’ when it comes to the relationship between the United States and China

Categories Between The Lines Tags China, Communist Party, Debt Mountain, Decoupling, News, Unemployment, United States Leave a comment

Economic jitters continue to vibrate across China 

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Industrial profits sink as Beijing struggles with debt, anemic consumer confidence and a property crisis

Categories Business Flash Tags Communist Party of China, Debt Mountain, Debt Risks, Economic Fallout, Evergrande, News, Profits Slump Leave a comment

Hidden debt risks stalk China’s stalling economy

March 6, 2023March 3, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Excessive borrowing casts a giant shadow over the country’s political elite at the National People’s Congress

Categories Economic Crisis Tags ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Debt Mountain, News, Political Minefield, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Why it is life or debt for China’s economic miracle

January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Real estate risks threaten to create a nightmare scenario for Xi and the Party elite

Categories Economic Risks Tags ChinaFactor, Debt Mountain, News, President Xi Jinping, Property Bubble, Property Risks Leave a comment

HNA collapse fuels China’s rising corporate debt fears

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Bankruptcy looms large for the group that went on a global spending spree

Categories Business Tags Bankruptcy, Debt Mountain, HNA Group, News, Restructuring Leave a comment

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