With his nomination of China hardliner Marco Rubio for secretary of state, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has signaled his policy toward Beijing could go beyond his focus on tariffs and trade to a more hawkish stance towards China as the United States' top strategic rival....
Radio Free Asia has exclusively obtained U.S. government documents revealing that, starting Tuesday (the 4th), the United States will impose a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports. For the first time, the documents explicitly state that all goods manufactured in, imported from, or transshipped through Hong Kong will be subject to the same tariff requirements as Chinese products....
CHINA-ECONOMY-PBOC:Analysis-China central bank is moving faster towards its policy limits...
Despite the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership’s vow to revitalize the world’s second-largest economy, China’s economy is clearly underperforming. In September, China’s industrial profits recorded the steepest decline since the pandemic. China’s economy has been severely impacted by the CCP’s stringent “Zero-COVID” policy and other policy missteps....
Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) abruptly abandoned its nearly three-year-long "zero-COVID" policy, China’s economic growth has struggled under the negative impact of that policy and other measures that are promoted as boosting the economy but, in reality, hinder it....
According to a report from Chinese state media, on October 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) Politburo, had a phone call with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. In the report, Cohen "shared Israel's views and concerns on the regional situation," stating that "developing relations with China is a consistent Israeli policy and aligns with the mutual interests of both nations. The Israeli government upholds its long-standing position on the Taiwan issue."...
Under the immense pressure of a slowing economy and high unemployment, China’s three-year implementation of the “Double Reduction” policy has stalled....
USA-CHINA-SCIENCE:Trump science policy nominee calls China most formidable technology, science competitor...
With China's traditional economic pillar—the real estate sector—slumping, local governments reliant on land sales for revenue and various related industries are facing mounting debt and operational difficulties. Amid this economic downturn, the new energy sector, including wind and solar power, has seemingly become a key focus of government policy support in recent years....
Graduates from prestigious overseas universities were once sought after in China’s civil service recruitment programs. However, recent policy shifts have increasingly excluded these returnees....
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently announced a comprehensive relaxation of its visa-free transit policy, expanding eligible regions and increasing flexibility....
Despite the CCP relaxing the one-child policy nearly a decade ago, China’s birth rate continues to decline, and the number of young people registering for marriage has also reached new lows....
The CCP's decades-long one-child policy has backfired, with China's labor force drastically shrinking, and an aging society emerging sooner than expected in recent years....
On October 14, Tsinghua University professor and government policy advisor Li Daokui revealed in a Bloomberg TV interview that debt owed by local governments to companies and employees amounts to 10% of China’s GDP....
On September 24, the People's Bank of China announced the creation of two new structural monetary policy tools to support the capital market...
