Flawed figures mask China’s economic time bomb
Unemployment numbers leave analysts baffled as the world’s second-largest economy defies gravity
Economy
Is China’s relationship with the EU kaput?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s telephone chat with President Xi Jinping is unlikely to repair the damage
China struggles to break free from a wealth trap
The media hype surrounding President Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ policy is not about redistribution of wealth at all
Coal fires economy but singes China’s green deal
Emissions from the dirty fossil fuel are projected to rise in the world’s second-largest economy this year
China’s economy hits a row of speed bumps
Official numbers put the brake on recovery as raw material prices, environmental curbs and power shortages bite
Money and morals make a toxic mix when doing business in China
Global corporations in the country tend to stay silent when it comes to Beijing’s human rights record
China’s struggling to be a ‘great manufacturing power’
It could take 30 years for the country to catch up with the United States, Germany and Japan
Unemployment fears lurk behind China’s economic data
Manufacturing numbers illustrate the challenges ahead before the National People’s Congress
China’s sugar-coated stats a bittersweet pill of economic lies
Beijing will do everything possible to put a positive spin on the economy by releasing a raft of dodgy data