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Economic Chaos

China needs to sort out its economic crisis at home

February 24, 2026February 23, 2026 by China Factor Staff

‘Household wealth destruction’ is ‘on par with America’s 2008 crash, except it is still accelerating’

Categories Talking Point Tags Economic Chaos, Household Debt, National People’s Congress, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Welcome to ‘zombie land’ and China’s economic crisis

July 1, 2025June 30, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Beijing ‘is saving jobs at all costs – even if it means artificially keeping companies alive’

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Economic Chaos, News, Tariff Tensions, Trade War, United States Leave a comment

China is sitting on a US$18 trillion time bomb

February 6, 2025February 5, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Trump’s Trade War 2.0 comes at a time when Xi is struggling with an economy in free fall

Categories Talking Point Tags China, Economic Chaos, News, Trade War 2.0, United States Leave a comment

Economic crisis gives Beijing a birthday bash hangover

October 1, 2024September 30, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Threat of austerity hovers over the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China

Categories State of the Nation Tags 75th Anniversary, Communist Party of China, Economic Chaos, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China’s big vanishing act claims another Xi victim

September 26, 2024September 25, 2024 by China Factor Staff

High-profile economist Zhu Hengpeng has been purged after criticizing the president’s economic policy

Categories Economic Fallout Tags Communist Party of China, Economic Chaos, Economist Zhu Hengpeng, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China’s ‘rotten-tail kids’ face rotten job prospects

August 27, 2024August 26, 2024 by China Factor Staff

College graduates are being forced to accept low-paid work as the unemployment crisis deepens

Categories College Crisis Tags Communist Party of China, Economic Chaos, Jobless Data, News, Trade Tariffs Leave a comment

Giraffes, angry red dragons and stock market gloom 

February 6, 2024February 5, 2024 by China Factor Staff

US Embassy in Beijing ‘has become the Wailing Wall of Chinese investors’ in a move to beat the censors 

Categories Censorship Tags China, Communist Party Propaganda, Economic Chaos, Market Crash, News, Property Meltdown Leave a comment

Crazy censorship fails to hide China’s big meltdown

February 1, 2024January 31, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Property crisis fallout has wiped out $6 trillion from the market value of Chinese and Hong Kong stocks 

Categories Economic Gloom Tags China, Economic Chaos, Market Crash, News, President Xi Jinping, Property Collapse 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

Fixing China’s crisis will take more than sweet talk

November 22, 2023November 21, 2023 by China Factor Staff

President Xi’s serenade to America’s business elite shows the problems facing the Communist Party

Categories Geopolitical Risks Tags APEC Summit, Communist Party of China, Economic Chaos, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

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