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CHINESE ECONOMY

Takayuki Kobayashi speaks to fellow Liberal Democratic Party members in Gifu Prefecture on Nov. 1.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Nov 30, 2025
LDP¡¯s Kobayashi advocates Japan¡¯s economic independence from China
The remark came during discussions on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s parliamentary remark on a potential Taiwan contingency and subsequent Chinese pressures on Japan
The People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng addresses the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai on June 18. The nation's central bank is resisting the global habit of cutting rates as insurance against economic risks.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2025
Don¡¯t fight the fed. But is China worth a shot?
While the PBOC can¡¯t shake the global economy in quite the same way, and doesn¡¯t have the same independence as the Fed, its sway is significant.
Declining birth rates in China are driven by a myriad of causes, such as a shrinking childbearing-age population, lifestyle changes, the one-child policy¡¯s lasting effects, an oversupply of men and high youth unemployment.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2025
Why China¡¯s marriage crisis matters
According to China¡¯s 2020 census, 61% of babies are born to women aged 20 to 30. But the number of women in this cohort dropped from 111 million in 2012 to 73 million in 2024.
Behind Mixue¡¯s growth is an army of franchisees. The company barely manages any stores itself. Rather, almost all of its revenue came from selling store supplies.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2025
How to make billions selling $1 lemonade
Behind Mixue¡¯s growth is an army of franchisees. The company barely manages any stores itself. Rather, almost all of its revenue came from selling store supplies.
Amid a slowing economy, Beijing has avoided large-scale fiscal stimulus to prevent further debt buildup, focusing instead on modest measures to alleviate regional financial stress without adding new borrowing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 21, 2024
No, China doesn¡¯t really have a debt crisis
Beijing is gun-shy about fiscal stimulus due to concerns more debt will build up. This thinking is muddled.
The U.S. Federal Reserve's cutting of the federal funds rate from 5.3% to a range of 4.75-5%, its first monetary-easing cycle in over four years, has provided China with greater flexibility to stimulate its struggling economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2024
What U.S. interest-rate cuts mean for China
The Fed¡¯s easing cycle means lower debt burdens and higher liquidity, allowing countries to cut rates without fearing excessive capital outflows.
The lapse of the historic U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement, coupled with escalating tariffs and trade restrictions, has exacerbated economic tensions between the two countries and impacted global stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2024
Resetting U.S.-China economic relations
To address global challenges, active cooperation between the two economic powers is indispensable.
Joe Biden¡¯s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other imports are more than symbolic ¡ª they are a signal that the U.S. won¡¯t accept a surge of imports that could undermine crucial parts of his administration¡¯s agenda.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2024
The U.S. is preparing for a second ¡®China shock¡¯
The immediate impact of these tariffs will be small, because the United States currently imports very few of the affected goods from China.
The Hong Kong market's recent rally has been fueled by a reassessment of investment strategies, with previously favored markets such as Japan and Taiwan losing appeal. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2024
What is behind the Hong Kong market¡¯s fast and mysterious rally?
The reallocating of investments toward Chinese assets is likely to continue, despite the historical volatility associated with the Chinese market.
Despite vast coal reserves, China has always been geopolitically vulnerable on the energy front.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2024
China navigates myriad of energy-driven challenges
Rising fuel prices are a thorn in the China¡¯s side amid deflation concerns.
China¡¯s greenhouse footprint can be boiled down to three factors: its economic growth, the energy intensity of that growth and the carbon intensity of that energy.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2024
China¡¯s growth ambitions will erase the world¡¯s climate gains
Global greenhouse pollution hit a record and increased 1.1% last year, the International Energy Agency reported. That was almost entirely a China story.
As a small open economy, Hong Kong is vulnerable to financial contagion and capital flights to and from China.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2024
Hong Kong is facing a repeat of 1998 Asia financial crisis
As the Hang Seng Index selloff deepens, bankers and traders are preparing for the worst.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the China-Africa leaders¡¯ roundtable on the closing day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on Aug. 24
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2023
China and doubling of BRICS size challenges the U.S.-led global order
Although China is the world¡¯s second largest economy, it still claims to be a developing country and depicts itself as the champion of the Global South.
China and India both began liberalizing their economies around the same time in the 1980s. But China invested more in human-capital and is now benefiting from that decision.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2023
Unlike China, India cannot be an economic superpower
In the 1980s, the belief among observers was that an authoritarian Chinese regime would mismanage its economy while a democratic India would thrive.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 16, 2022
Markets¡¯ magical thinking on China has extended to the BOJ
After tying themselves in knots over Xi Jinping¡¯s ¡®COVID zero¡¯ policy, it looks like investors are doing the same with Japan¡¯s central bank.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2022
China girds for tough times
Historically, China has carried out its most important reforms in times of crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2022
China¡¯s bad debt funds are no white knights in property crisis
Aggressive lending to embattled developers has beset the $730 billion funds with heavy credit losses, forcing Beijing to weigh a preliminary plan to restructure the sector.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2022
Don¡¯t believe the grim forecast ¡ª China is just fine
Beijing¡¯s poor headline numbers aren¡¯t the only story ¡ª and that means investors need to use a new lens to assess the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2022
Why might China avoid strong inflation?
The Chinese government knows an overly strong stimulus would entail excessive monetary expansion and a surge in inflation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2022
Property crisis traps China into a market paradox
The effort to halt the spread of mortgage boycotts risks fueling the behavior officials are trying to prevent.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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