HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday (January 17, 2025), pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation ...

China said Friday that President Xi Jinping would send Vice President Han Zheng to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, vowing to "enhance dialogue" with the new administration.

And while a number of countries have run persistent trade surpluses as a result of policy choices (including Germany and Japan), the biggest imbalance today is between the United States and China ...

Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. CORRECTS DATE - Workers inspect items at a chip maker in Binzhou city in east China’s Shandong province on ...

China has released a slew of economic data this morning, showing its economy grew last year by a solid 5% percent, meeting the government's target. Other annual figures released show that total ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...

Thanks for joining us. Here are the key takeaways from China’s 2024 economic figures, the last big data release for the year. The numbers show the world’s No. 2 economy has picked up in the ...

Vladimir Putin timed the latest bombardment on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for Sir Keir Starmer’s visit. The British prime minister arrived in the city for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky this ...

BEIJING: Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17 per ...