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Keith Bradsher
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Chinese Warnings on iPhones Tap Deep Strain of Security Concerns
For years, officials in China have been told to shun foreign devices. Now reports of renewed curbs have unnerved Apple’s investors, heightening geopolitical tensions.
China’s Exports Fall for Fourth Straight Month
New data on trade showed continuing declines in both overseas sales and imports, signs of China’s economic struggles.
China Is Flooding the World With Car Exports
Even as China’s other exports falter, its carmakers are seeing big increases in overseas sales, mainly for gasoline-powered models.
How China Made Its Housing Crisis Worse
Years of inattention to building an adequate safety net for seniors, the jobless and others in financial stress have left Chinese consumers afraid to spend.
China’s Property Crisis: Why It’s So Hard for Beijing to Fix
Beijing has often addressed economic troubles by boosting spending on infrastructure and real estate, but now heavy debt loads make that a hard playbook to…
China Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate on Bank Lending
The action by the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, the latest in a series of steps to try to spur lending, was more…
Deflation Becomes a Threat to China’s Economy
A deepening slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy has now raised fears of deflation, which could be crippling for heavily indebted China.
Anger in China Over Flooding of Towns, in Part, to Save Beijing
A provincial leader set off an outcry by urging cities to serve as a “moat” for the capital, as diverted floodwaters sent scores of residents…
China Details Plans to Stimulate Consumer Spending
The central government listed measures aimed at prodding people to open up their wallets, but absent was how much it will spend to support the…
Pan Gongsheng Named Head of Chinese Central Bank
Pan Gongsheng, who was named governor of the People’s Bank of China after overseeing $3 trillion in reserves, stopped a currency plunge in 2016.