Inside China
China’s population keeps falling. This is why
The generation of women born in the era of the Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy are having few, if any, children.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Iron ore slump shows that China’s deflation risk is rising
If the iron ore price is a barometer of the health of China’s economy, then it is signalling a level of weakness that ought to galvanise China’s policymakers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
China’s foreign minister who ‘disappeared’ amid scandalous rumours re-emerges
When China’s foreign minister Qin Gang mysteriously disappeared from public view his fate became the subject of intense speculation and wild rumours. None was true.
- by Ellen Nakashima and Christian Shepherd
‘Doom loop’: China is facing a lost decade
China’s economic problems are spiralling as its citizens tighten their belts and investors pull billions of dollars out of the country.
- by Szu Ping Chan
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Xi Jinping has no plan B as the mood in China darkens
China’s economic mess is weighing heavily on Australia and the rest of the world. Added to Beijing’s concerns is the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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World markets
China’s new bubble has sent tremors through Beijing
Beijing is panicking and making some increasingly unusual moves as it struggles to avoid a major financial crisis.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The 44-year-old behind Temu loses crown as China’s richest person after $21 billion wipeout
Colin Huang’s reign as China’s richest person only lasted about two weeks.
- by Venus Feng and Diana Li
China’s ‘harsh winter’ spells turbulent economic times for Australia
President Xi Jinping’s push to end reliance on property-led growth has profound implications for the steel industry and is sending out global shockwaves.
- by Lisa Visentin
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China has a ‘vicious’ problem and even Xi Jinping will struggle to fix it
Chinese companies continue to churn out more products than the world may need. Even Xi Jinping may be powerless to slow them down.
- by Shuli Ren
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China
What Australia needs from China – more building, more babies
China’s deflating property bubble and declining birth rate are, at last, grabbing the attention of Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Why are China’s youth pretending to be birds on social media?
In a quirky viral trend, young Chinese people are flocking online to impersonate birds and escape an uncertain future. One problem is that they can’t actually fly.
- by Yan Zhuang