Economy Watch

Editor: China’s May Day holiday, one of the country’s largest annual holidays, concluded on May 5. As expected, the five-day break triggered a nationwide travel boom. Yet beyond the bustling crowds, several new tourism trends have emerged, indicating potential new drivers for China’s economic growth. On the

China’s state media Xinhua News Agency on Monday published a Chinese version of a commentary on the just-concluded China-U.S. Trade Talks. The commentary is titled China-U.S. Trade and Economic Talks Bring Relief and Confidence to Global Economy(新华时评丨中美经贸会谈为全球经济纾压增信). The following is a translation of the article. China-U.

By Guan Xin A Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson on Wednesday commented on an upcoming high-level economic and trade meeting with the United States by Vice Premier He Lifeng during his visit to Switzerland from May 9 to 12. Recently, the U.S. side has expressed willingness to engage in dialogue

China's mainstream media are closely following the upcoming high-level China-U.S. economic and trade dialogue to be held in Switzerland, with several official outlets publishing commentary articles in recent days.  The Chinese mainstream media exhibit a cautious stance regarding the upcoming China-U.S. talks. The commentaries published by

By Ryan Yeh In recent days, amid expectations of a new round of high-level economic and trade talks between China and the U.S., the two sides have engaged in subtle interactions in public discourse.  On May 8, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the United States delivered a

In 2015, China set out to achieve global leadership within a decade in 10 key industrial sectors. The result was outstanding in cases such as electric vehicles (EVs), robotization, solar panels, shipbuilding and high-speed trains. In the context of the current trade war, China's great challenge is to

By Ryan Yeh In recent days, the U.S. government has indiscriminately wielded tariff measures, imposing "reciprocal tariffs" on its global trading partners, including China. The coercion severely violates China’s legitimate rights, breaches World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, undermines the multilateral trading system, and destabilizes the global

Recently, in conversations with professors and students from Harvard Business School and the Harvard JFK School of Government, I found that many still view the “China dividend” through a lens shaped decades ago. Understandably, such outdated perceptions can no longer capture the full, complex reality of today’s China. So,

By Ryan Yeh For years, Western narratives about China's economy have often swung between extremes — "China threat" or "China collapse." This dichotomy usually stems from a fundamental disconnect: evaluating China's unique, long-term, people-centered economic model through the narrow lens of Western shareholder