TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China kicks off its biggest political meetings of the year this week as additional tariffs from the United States loom and the leadership in Beijing looks to address what Chinese President Xi Jinping has called “complex and multifaceted” economic challenges. Starting on Tuesday, thousands of Chinese elites and lawmakers will begin gathering…
As President Xi Jinping prepares for China’s largest political event of the year, the National People’s Congress, the country shows signs of economic recovery. Key breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and a new embrace of private entrepreneurs have sparked a strong equity rally. However, looming tariffs from former President Donald Trump threaten to derail momentum, putting…
As China’s political elite gather for the country’s annual legislative sessions in March, we examine the broader forces likely to influence policies for the coming year – and how decision-makers will respond to the unpredictable second term of US President Donald Trump. In the first part of this series, Frank Chen surveys the status of…
For years, Shenzhen has been synonymous with Chinese innovation. The southern megacity – and the firms it has spawned over the decades – have become the indisputable champions of the country’s drive for technological self-reliance, as well as its struggle against containment efforts led by the US. But as the tech race expands from chips,…
President Xi Jinping has reiterated his view of China’s inevitable rise – a belief that continues to drive policymaking at the highest level – at a closely watched symposium with prominent entrepreneurs, held to boost private-sector morale and shore up economic momentum. He told the assembled business leaders on Monday that the East still holds…
China condemned tariffs launched or threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump at a World Trade Organization meeting on Tuesday, saying such “tariff shocks” could upend the global trading system in a warning dismissed as hypocritical by Washington.President Trump has announced sweeping 10 per cent tariffs on all Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to respond with retaliatory…
One day after a high-profile symposium hosted by President Xi Jinping and attended by China’s leading entrepreneurs, Beijing has unveiled new measures in support of the private sector – an act the president explicitly backed in his speech. Legislation to promote the private economy is also set for a second review later this month, both…
The thesis for investing in China is improving underpinned by a combination of market performance and tailwinds from DeepSeek‘s AI breakthrough to better-than-expected U.S. relations, according to analysts at Bank of America Securities. Under the sub-heading “From ‘tradable’ to ‘investable’” the investment bank’s China equity analysts noted that long-term reforms such as rising dividend payments…
BEIJING -China’s President Xi Jinping has attended a symposium on private enterprises, official news agency Xinhua said on Monday, a rare move that comes as Beijing grapples with a slowing economy and growing tensions with the United States. China’s Xi meets with private business leaders in Beijing The Xinhua report said Xi delivered a speech…
State Of China’s Economy Just how badly is China’s economy doing? More than half of China’s provinces have missed their self-set growth targets. That includes the so-called prosperous province of Hainan, says former intelligence officer and China watcher Jayadeva Ranade. At least 100 protests have been recorded across China and some of them have escalated….