China Business & Economy

Leaked notices and insider accounts suggest officials in northeastern China mobilized government workers to boost attendance at state-backed tourism campaigns.

Analysts say the shift reflects mounting fiscal pressure on local governments as weak housing demand and demographic decline reshape China’s urban economy.

Ministers called for unity and open trade amid imbalances between major economies.

The clampdown hits a route that Chinese investors use to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, raising capital-control and other concerns.

Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Lithuania are pressing Brussels for faster tools against unfair trade and Chinese overcapacity.

The CCP intends to use the UN meeting as a platform to criticize the United States and use the visit to put a wedge in U.S.–Canada relations, analysts said.

Amid sluggish demand and low profit margins at home, Chinese companies favor exports over direct investment in the continent, a report finds.

It’s the country’s worst mine disaster in over 16 years.

‘Too few businesses in Europe integrate the geopolitical risk of supply chain risk into their thinking,’ an EU official said at a council press conference.

The G7 sees China’s export of overcapacity and its economic model as a systemic challenge to Western industrial security and the global order, an analyst says.

A lack of clear benchmarks outside China is holding back European investment in the essential materials, the CEO of EIT RawMaterials says.

Russia’s president left Beijing without reaching a deal on the proposed major gas pipeline project that ships natural gas from Russia to China.

Clashes over subsidies, market access, and industrial policy underscore deepening economic and strategic divides.

Nike stock has lost more than 75 percent of its value from its 2021 peak.

The International Energy Agency says electric vehicle sales are expected to reach 23 million this year despite a slump in the first quarter.

Foreign investors trimmed U.S. Treasury exposure during a volatile month for global markets.

The U.S. met coal producer reported a $18.3 million loss as weak global steel prices weigh on demand and margins.

Foreign investors will likely be scared off after Beijing blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of an AI startup based in Singapore, analysts say.

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has urged the G7 to urgently diversify to counter China’s dominance in rare earth supplies.

Retail sales and industrial production missed expectations while investment moved back into negative territory.