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News Articles: Chinese economy

People walk past an Evergrande Group residential complex a day after a Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of China's property giant Evergrande

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  • Economy

What's really happening with the Evergrande liquidation

China is in the economic doldrums in part due to its slumping real estate market. And one of the largest property developers in mainland China is a huge part of the story. Evergrande is drowning in about $300 billion of debt. And after months of attempting to restructure, one of its entities is now being forced to liquidate. We look at what that means and how the Chinese economy will be affected.

Related episodes:
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February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Darian Woods,
  • John Ruwitch,
  • and 2 more
An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Fuyang in China's eastern Anhui province on Jan. 17.

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  • World

Question marks over China's economy have stocks on a long downward slide

Benchmark indexes are near a five-year low, after a rough start to the year. China's CSI 300 index is down nearly 20% over the past 12 months. Analysts say the malaise is a symptom of bigger problems.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
At a partially operating Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing on Monday, a man walks past a map of China that shows Evergrande's commercial complexes throughout the country. Evergrande was once listed as the world's most valuable real estate company, but on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated.

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  • Asia

Here's what to know about the collapse of China's Evergrande property developer

In 2018, Evergrande was listed as the world's most valuable real estate company. But on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A worker at Munk Group in Günzburg, Germany, punches holes into a part that will be used to construct a ladder. After years of using Chinese suppliers, Munk Group recently decided to cut off all business with China. Germany's government has cautioned all German businesses to be careful about not depending too heavily on China, a strategy known as "de-risking."

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  • World

German government wants companies to 'de-risk' from China, but business is reluctant

Tough new rhetoric on China from some members of Germany's governing coalition has led to disagreement rather than unity on what the government's policy should be.

January 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Construction workers build a housing compound in Beijing.

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  • Asia

They flocked to build China's cities. Now builders are aging with little retirement

A booming migrant workforce helped propel China's growth in the past four decades. Now those workers are approaching retirement age and straining local governments and social services.

January 18, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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  • Asia

Affluent Chinese have been moving to Japan since the COVID lockdowns

Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn

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  • World

China's millennial and Gen Z workers are having to lower their economic expectations

Their parents saw decades of significant economic expansion. But today, China's young workforce faces the prospects of slower economic growth.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
An appliance market in Xi'an, China, where Jiang has a construction equipment rental company. He says economic conditions are worse now than during the pandemic, when he started the appliance business, and he isn't selling as much as he used to.

Tagged as: 

  • World

A year after China ended its harsh COVID policies, it's struggling to rebound

A year ago, China lifted its draconian COVID restrictions. Many expected the country to bounce back quickly. That hasn't happened.

December 31, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
A person sits near a construction site of residential buildings by Chinese developer Country Garden, in Beijing, Aug. 11. Country Garden is facing major financial challenges.

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  • Asia

China's economic woes keep getting worse. Here's why

China has seen a series of disappointing economic data this year. UBS' Tao Wang explains what went wrong with the anticipated recovery after China's tough COVID restrictions, and what could come next.

August 16, 2023
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By:
  • Vincent Ni
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 17, 2023. Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday after China reported weaker growth than forecast in the last quarter.

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  • Asia

China's second quarter GDP figures show a faltering post-COVID economic recovery

The disappointing numbers come amid dropping property sales, weak exports and a stagnant retail environment in the world's second-biggest economy.

July 17, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Chinese State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Xiao Jie bows to delegates before delivering a speech during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

China is restructuring key government agencies to outcompete rivals in tech

China is proposing to overhaul its science, technology and finance regulators as part of a stiff competition with rivals while also tamping down risk at home.

March 07, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
A man uses his smartphone flashlight to light up his bowl of noodles as he eats breakfast at a restaurant during a blackout in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Wednesday. People ate breakfast by flashlight and shopkeepers used portable generators as power cuts imposed to meet official conservation goals disrupted manufacturing and daily life.

Tagged as: 

  • Asia

Why China has to ration electricity and how that could affect everyone

China has more than enough capacity to generate energy. Here's why it is having to ration power, causing effects for consumers and supply chains around the world.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Feng
A courier delivers goods at night on a street in Beijing in February.

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  • Asia

He Tried To Organize Workers In China's Gig Economy. Now He Faces 5 Years In Jail

The arrest of food delivery worker Chen Guojiang dealt a blow to nascent efforts to promote couriers' rights as they've gained broader public attention during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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