As a proportion of China’s GDP, household debt has risen from less than 11% in 2006 to more than 60% today, close to ...

W HEN CHINA’S prime minister, Li Qiang, announced in March that the country’s GDP growth target for the year would be “around ...

China’s ultimate goal appears to be to create an integrated national data ocean, covering not just consumers but industrial ...

In response, Xi Jinping, China’s ruler, introduced a policy called “supply-side structural reform”. Its original aim was to ...

In the spring of 2024 China’s prime minister, Li Qiang, and his colleagues will face an awkward dilemma. They will have to choose between reviving the morale of entrepreneurs or safeguarding the ...

The clearest answers yet are expected in a video message from the Dalai Lama on July 2nd, four days before his birthday. By ...

In at least one key respect this is true: China’s trade in dollar terms is 31% higher than in 2019. But The Economist has looked at a range of other measures, from the number of flights and ...

Total trade between China and Africa was worth $296bn in 2024. Yet the value of what China exported west ($179bn) was much ...

Over half of China’s young people now complete some form of higher education, which is provided by 3,000-odd institutions. In ...

By Sue-Lin Wong: Correspondent, The Economist. I N JUNE 2021 one of China’s most respected scientists tentatively suggested that the country might want to begin relaxing its zero-covid policy in ...

Lula’s personal approval ratings hover around 40%, the lowest at any point during his three terms. Only 28% of Brazilians say ...

IN MARCH LAST year China’s leader, Xi Jinping, paused at the door of the Kremlin. Before bidding farewell to Vladimir Putin, he offered him a final thought. Using the phrase bainian bianju ...