China’s economy is being distorted by fake figures
President Xi’s warning comes after ‘Beijing has massaged so many numbers that they lack shape or form’
Rising Unemployment
China needs to defuse its economic ticking time bomb
Crumbling confidence in the construction sector is just the tip of a gigantic iceberg of bad debt
China’s crazy numbers fail to ease the jitters
Like everything else in Communist Party-run institutions, the economic line blurs between fact and fiction
China faces an economic headache after the Party
Disappearing data is unlikely to pop up until after the 20th National Congress big bash in Beijing
Unemployment crisis is China’s ‘wake-up call’
Economic slowdown and the Covid-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc among young job seekers
China’s economy risks being the big loser
President Xi’s government faces intense challenges in this new era of strategic competition
Economic meltdown haunts China’s Party comrades
Bungled Covid-19 policies, banking scandals and a property crisis shatter the CCP’s myth of competency
China’s ailing economy ends up on life support
Covid-19 lockdowns across the country have snuffed out business activity and fueled an unemployment crisis
China’s economy in intensive care after catching Covid
A toxic dose of never-ending lockdowns triggers an economic meltdown as Beijing grapples with a raft of problems