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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicChinese economy

Topic: Chinese economy

First into the Covid slump, China now proving to be the economy fastest to recover

China's July data showed industrial output rose 4.8% in the month from a year earlier, the same as in June. Sales abroad also jumped as factories and retailers elsewhere re-opened.

Xi Jinping focuses on domestic economy as China maintains steady recovery from Covid slump

Xi said China should speed up its 'dual circulation' growth model with a focus on boosting local output, while drawing in foreign investment and stabilising trade.

How China is supporting its markets during coronavirus pandemic

China’s policy makers are seeking to cushion the economy, support financial markets and bolster investor confidence.

Clashes at Hubei-Jiangxi border reveal cracks in China’s road to recovery after Covid-19

Among other issues, officials are under the pump to get migrant workers back to work as quickly as possible, after the lockdown drained them of cash and disrupted their lives.

World economy watches and waits for China’s great reboot

The wait-and-see approach is being fed by govt statistics indicating that the epidemic itself is being brought under control, which may save China the need to spend big.

Both China and India opted for SEZs. But here’s why China raced ahead and India lost track

In 'All the Wrong Turns', T.C.A Ranganathan and T.C.A Srinivasa Raghavan explain how Deng Xiaoping's SEZ project in 1970s set the pace for China's economic rise.

Chinese firms are issuing ‘anti-coronavirus bonds’ — what they are and how they will help

China has allowed private firms to issue bonds at a lower interest rate as it looks to provide stimulus to its economy. Companies are, in turn, using them to pay off their debts.

How China’s economic might is coming in the way of fighting coronavirus

Developing countries reliant on China are taking softer approach to fighting coronavirus as they balance health concerns and the potential economic fallout.

China’s GDP dips to 29-year lowest at 6.1% amid prolonged trade war with US

The number is significant as China's GDP expanded to $14.38 trillion from $13.1 trillion in 2018 and stayed above the psychologically important 6% mark.

Politics top on Xi’s agenda as China’s Communist Party holds biggest annual meeting

This is the first meeting of China’s ruling party since February 2018 and President Xi Jinping looks set to solidify control over the party & the country.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.