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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicChinese economy

Topic: Chinese economy

China’s manufacturing isn’t declining, it is moving from scale to value creation

Within Chinese discourse, manufacturing is portrayed as facing real but manageable challenges.

Beijing’s growth strategy hit by tariffs & slow domestic demand, says former ambassador

Institute of Chinese Studies held discussion on 'Two Sessions' meeting of China’s domestic political bodies, where Beijing outlined its domestic framework for future economic growth.

Why Elon Musk has got his wires crossed in India & an ‘epidemic’ of unique IDs

International media also reports on the latest data from Carnegie Endowment that shows that Indian Americans are still wary of Trump, despite his efforts to woo them.

1990 was the last time India was ahead of China. Look at the per person income data

In 'Tarmac to Towers', Pratap Padode attempts to inform, explain, and give expert insight into how realistic India's aspirations of global power are.

The world isn’t heading to a new Cold War. It’s closer to the 1930s world order collapse

The Great Depression was not simply the stock market crash of 1929. It brought profound cultural, social, and political changes to the world, from Minneapolis to Mumbai.

SubscriberWrites: Assessing Xi Jinping’s contemporary economic, foreign policy

Unemployment is high in China. In order to solve this economic problem, Xi has sought to rely on Mao style non-conventional ideological wisdom.

Xi admits ‘headwinds’ staring down Chinese economy — slowdown, unemployment

Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year's Eve speech said these issues remained at ‘forefront’ of his mind & that his govt would ‘deliver a better life’ for the Chinese people.

‘Shadow banking’, ‘rotten tails’ & mortgage boycotts — how China’s housing market unravelled

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Episode 1363, published on 7 December 2023, on China’s housing crisis & ‘shadow banking’ sector.

As China’s slowing economy faces capital flight, focus is on ‘managing the crisis’

July-September quarter saw China record 1st FDI deficit. It's also grappling with exit of individual wealth triggered by factors like loss of faith in real estate sector, say experts.

Chinese EV maker sold 5x what India’s whole industry did, and in 1/3rd time. What’s behind this gap

With its own EV market in a nascent stage, India could be an attractive investment destination because China's economy is slowing and Europe is looking to curb Chinese imports.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.