Keith Bradsher
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China’s Plan to Spur Growth: A New Slogan With Familiar Ideas
As China’s leaders promote their strategy, other countries worry the country is increasing factory overcapacity and plans more exports.
Hong Kong Security Law Could Damage City’s Image as Financial Hub
Some firms have already moved staff out of the city since the Chinese government took a heavier hand in 2020.
China’s Exports Surge Are Drawing a Global Backlash
Increasing overseas sales of manufactured goods are helping China’s economy and creating employment, but countries from Europe to South Asia may lose jobs.
How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy
Beijing is set to further increase its manufacturing and installation of solar panels as it seeks to master global markets and wean itself from imports.
China’s Country Garden Faces Winding Up Petition In Hong Kong
Country Garden was once China’s biggest developer but ran out of money. A lender is taking it to court in Hong Kong, a sign of...
Volkswagen and BASF Are Reconsidering Ties to Xinjiang, China
Volkswagen and BASF, two German giants, are reassessing their activities in the region, where the Chinese government has cracked down on Muslim minorities.
How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
The leading Chinese electric vehicle company, with origins as a battery maker, has posted two years of million-car growth in sales.
China Deflation Alarms Raised by Falling Prices for Food and Cars
In addition to consumer price declines in January, wholesale prices fell last month, and have been down in every month since October 2022.
China’s Economy Grew Last Year, but Strains Lurk Behind the Numbers
Gross domestic product expanded 5.2 percent, as China worked to export more to make up for weak demand, high debt and a steep property contraction...
China Premier Li Qiang Says Economy Grew ‘Around 5.2 Percent’
Speaking at the Davos global forum a day before China is set to release economic data, Premier Li Qiang said the economy grew “around 5.2...