Xi Jinping
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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Inside China
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
‘Two bowls of poison’: Why China dreads both Trump and Harris
The future of the US relationship with Beijing has been a backseat issue in the presidential campaign, but neither result bodes well for Xi Jinping.
- by Lisa Visentin
‘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
Opinion
Inside China
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
Opinion
Earnings season
BHP’s multibillion-dollar cash machine will survive any China meltdown
In a highly volatile environment, BHP has shown there is nothing wrong with being boring.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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
Opinion
Inside China
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 relations
Albanese wants a ‘stable’ relationship with China. This expert thinks he’s smoking dope
As China continues to extend its programs of global reach, even into Latin America, democracies need to be alert to Beijing’s active exploitation of chaos.
- by Peter Hartcher