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China’s Politburo pledges support, sending stronger-than-expected signal to boost economy

China has vowed to step up macro policies and stabilise market confidence to ensure it achieves leaderships’ full-year economic growth…

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China seeks ‘unified market’ to surmount regional barriers, boost consumption

Beijing has made a “unified national market” crucial to its goal of “building a high-standard market economy” by 2035, counting…

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Has China, after long-awaited third plenum, given its market a demotion?

The use of “better leverage” in reference to the role of the market at the twice-a-decade event – formally known…

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China’s youth-jobless rate improves as challenges still threaten stability: NBS

China’s jobless rate for the 16-24 age group dipped to 13.2 per cent in June, excluding students, and has gradually…

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C919: what is China’s home-grown alternative to Airbus, Boeing duopoly, and why is it important?

However, most of the parts are imported from foreign manufacturers, including the engine, avionics, control systems, communications and landing gear.…

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Exclusive | China’s third plenum: US executives eye first-hand insights from economy-centric conclave

A group of heavyweight US executives will head to Beijing next week, hoping to meet with Chinese officials to obtain…

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More bumps on China’s road to 5% economic growth in 2024: 7 data takeaways

Quarter on quarter, China’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the second three months of the year, down from…

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Deaths in China to reach ‘an unprecedented scale’, peak at 19 million in 2061

China is poised to face mortality on an “an unprecedented scale” in the coming decades, adding woes to its demographic…

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4 Chinese economists and academics advising Beijing on capital, employment and finance

Since the third plenum of China’s 19th Central Committee’s in 2018, economists and academics have offered advice on how Beijing…

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China’s exports surge, but sustainability questioned: 5 takeaways from June’s trade data

“After accounting for changes in export prices and for seasonality, we estimate that export volumes edged up, reaching record highs,”…

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