By some measures, China's economy is looking resilient, with strong exports and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.

Traveling across China this year, the Monitor’s Beijing Bureau Chief found optimism, nimbleness, and resilience – even in the ...

China’s long-projected momentum collided with hard limits at home and abroad. A deepening real-estate slump continued to ...

China's economy grew by just 2.5% to 3% in 2025, the Rhodium Group think tank estimates, roughly half the pace implied by official data, driven by a collapse in fixed-asset investment in the $19 ...

A self-sufficiency push has made China a tougher competitor to the U.S., but it comes with enormous waste.

Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy ...

The broad-based weakening spans consumer spending, investment and real estate.

Arthur Kroeber, Michael Hirson, and Xiangwei Wang, join Lizzi C. Lee to examine the policy priorities outlined in China's ...

China’s export surge and record trade surplus mask a fragile domestic economy, as weak consumption, a property slump, and ...

Profits at China's industrial firms in November fell at their fastest pace in over a year, as weak domestic demand offset ...