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Sinographs

Mar 12, 2025

China’s economic plans prioritize consumption—but only on paper

By Jeremy Mark

At last week's meeting of the National People's Congress, China declared consumption as the number one priority. But will the spending plans actually support consumers and businesses?

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Feb 13, 2025

Beijing fails to reassure skeptical investors and responds with more regulation

By Jeremy Mark

Beijing has tried to stabilize its struggling, volatile stock market by building up institutional investors, but it will take more than rules and action plans to change China’s market psychology.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Jan 29, 2025

Is DeepSeek a proof of concept?

By Jessie Yin

Understanding how Deepseek emerged from China’s innovation landscape can better equip the US to confront China’s ambitions for global technology leadership.

Artificial Intelligence China

Sinographs

Jan 16, 2025

China’s economic performance: New numbers, same overstatement

By Daniel H. Rosen and Jeremy Smith

Is China's economic slowdown more severe than reflected in official data? Here's a cheat sheet for looking at actual economic performance in 2024 and 2025.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2024

Once again, China pushes for economic stimulus, hoping for a different result

By Jeremy Mark

Chinese leader Xi Jinping continues to adopt stimulus measures that fail to confront the country’s structural economic challenges.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Nov 22, 2024

The United States has trade leverage with China, but not as much as Washington thinks

By Josh Lipsky, Mrugank Bhusari

Diversification away from China is proving far more difficult for high value-added goods such as electronics - and the incoming Trump administration knows that.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Oct 7, 2024

China’s recent monetary easing measures are useful, but not enough

By Hung Tran

Beijing's September monetary and financial measures need to be matched by forceful fiscal actions to revitalize China’s lackluster economic prospects.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Oct 2, 2024

China’s sputtering engine of growth leads its imports to downshift

By Jeremy Mark

China's slowing economic growth, declining imports, and rising emphasis on import substitution are reverberating globally, impacting trade partners and reshaping geopolitical and economic dynamics.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Sep 18, 2024

Stabilizing the US-China trade conflict

By Andrea Wong

Both China and the US can still find negotiation space for positive-sum outcomes which advance their economic and national security interests.

China Economy & Business

Sinographs

Aug 22, 2024

Why the next trade war with China may look very different from the last one

By Mrugank Bhusari

Far more countries share concerns over the impact of an expansion of Chinese exports. This time, they will likely target finished consumer goods over intermediary inputs.

China Economy & Business