Skip to content
China Factor
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Analysis
  • China-US Tension
  • Geopolitics
  • Between The Lines
  • Deep Dive
  • About

News

China dumps explosive ‘youth’ jobless numbers

August 16, 2023August 15, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Beijing suspends crucial data release as the world’s second-largest economy takes another massive hit

Categories Economic Fallout Tags Communist Party of China, Local Government Debt, News, President Xi Jinping, Property Meltdown, Youth Unemployment Leave a comment

China’s military spending has hit US$700 billion

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Beijing has underreported the true cost of its rapid build-up in the East and South China Seas

Categories Security Risks Tags Communist Party of China, Defense Funding, Military Tension, News, President Xi Jinping, South China Sea Tension, United States Leave a comment

Is this the end of the road for Italy’s China gambit? 

August 21, 2023August 11, 2023 by David Sacks

Rome’s signals to exit the BRI should be seen in the light of the ‘new geopolitical reality facing Europe’ 

Categories Analysis Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, EU Risks, Geopolitical Tension, Italy, News, President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, The Long Read Leave a comment

China bytes back after Biden confirms tech funding ban 

August 11, 2023August 10, 2023 by China Factor Staff
The photo shows Joe Biden in a blue suit standing in front of a US flag. He has issued a veiled warning to China.

Limits on American investment in the world’s second-largest economy trigger Beijing backlash

Categories Between The Lines Tags China, Graffiti Row, Military Risks, News, Philippines, Propaganda, South China Sea Row, Tech Investment Ban Leave a comment

How the Xicophants cover up China’s economic crisis

August 10, 2023August 9, 2023 by China Factor Staff

Statistics are repackaged in sleight-of-hand sound bites to hide the true cost of the Party’s incompetence

Categories Business Risks Tags Communist Party of China, Economic Meltdown, News, President Xi Jinping, Shrinking Exports, Spiraling Unemployment Leave a comment

London calling with China’s great wall of graffiti

August 9, 2023August 8, 2023 by Kris Cheng

Big red characters painted on a white background extoll the ‘core socialist values’ of the CCP

Categories Propaganda or Art Tags Brick Lane, Communist Party of China, Graffiti, London, News, President Xi Jinping, Slogans, Voice of America Leave a comment

Sun, sea and stagnation at the Party’s beach party

August 8, 2023August 7, 2023 by China Factor Staff

China’s political elite face a myriad of challenges as they gather in Beidaihe amid devastating floods

Categories Political Bash Tags Beidaihe, China Floods, Communist Party Elite, Economic Stagnation, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China and the US struggle to bridge ‘great power’ gap

August 14, 2023August 4, 2023 by Anthony Toh Han Yang

‘Healthy competition’ turns into the complete opposite in the diplomatic game between Beijing and Washington

Categories Foreign Policy Tags Big Power Rivalry, China, East Asia Forum, News, President Joe Biden, President Xi Jinping, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Chinese citizens are ordered to spy on the spies

August 4, 2023August 3, 2023 by China Factor Staff

‘Anti-espionage requires the mobilization of the whole society,’ the Ministry of Security warns

Categories Between The Lines Tags Communist Party of China, Counterespionage Law, Kids Crackdown, News, President Xi Jinping, Propaganda Push, Solar Flare-Up, Spies Leave a comment

Xi has suffered yet ‘another embarrassing setback’

August 3, 2023August 2, 2023 by Ian Johnson

His judgment at the top of the Party has again been called into question after the Qin Gang fiasco

Categories Commentary Tags Communist Party of China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, President Xi Jinping, Qin Gang, Zero-Covid Policy Leave a comment
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page61 Page62 Page63 … Page130 Next →

Top Stories

  • ‘Toothless’ ASEAN is losing its faith in the US
  • Trade tensions with Beijing reach a ‘breaking ‘point’
  • China and the US draw up the final frontier battle lines
  • Reflections on the face-off between China and the US
  • Global race is on to meet the Climate Clock deadline
© 2026 China Factor • Built with GeneratePress