China’s economy expanded five percent in 2025, Beijing said Monday, one of its slowest rates of growth in decades as it struggles with persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in its property sector. Leaders set a growth target of “around five percent” for last year, following a five percent rise in 2024. (Unsplash/Representational…
Trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have intensified. China announced increased export controls on rare earths, while the U.S. threatened to raise tariffs to 100% and tighten software export restrictions. The Fourth Plenum, scheduled from 20 to 23 October, will outline China’s economic, political, and social agenda along with its development plans for the next…
Rachel Reeves raised taxes by £40bn in last October’s Budget, and now she is hinting at even further increases – Jordan Pettitt/AFP Sir Keir Starmer, to his party faithful in Liverpool for last week’s annual conference, said: “A Labour party that cannot control spending is a Labour Government that cannot govern. “This is why the…