‘Fantasy figures’ blur China’s economic reality
Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month will only increase the pressure on Beijing
Property Crisis
China’s ‘transformation’ will not be ‘easy’
Boosting ‘spending power’ and getting to grips with the property crisis have become priorities for Beijing
China’s economic tricks conjure a grand illusion
Manipulated official data fails to hide the true state of the world’s second-largest economy
Crumbling facade of China’s real estate sector
Housing prices are falling in more than half of China’s cities and new home sales are also plummeting
Economic meltdown haunts China’s Party comrades
Bungled Covid-19 policies, banking scandals and a property crisis shatter the CCP’s myth of competency
Flawed figures mask China’s economic time bomb
Unemployment numbers leave analysts baffled as the world’s second-largest economy defies gravity