Luna Sun

Two Chinese economists have seen account restrictions after transcripts of speeches questioning official data garnered attention online.

Urban infrastructure projects in the coming years will be worth trillions of yuan and provide a means of boosting jobs and stabilising China’s economy.

Despite a bevy of US restrictions on China’s semiconductor trade, chip shipments remain high even as overall exports miss expectations.

Concept of ‘bold capital’ has emerged amid national efforts to improve policy environment for investors that both encourages and forgives their attempts.

Relocating operations or restructuring supply chains remain costly and complex challenges.

To avoid the pitfalls of overambitious spending, heavily indebted authorities must ‘know where to hit the brakes’, think tanks says.

US has highest index for trade friction with China, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade says.

Fears expressed that heavier burdens stemming from a focus on finding a job and making money could add to China’s demographic crisis.

Latest report from EU Chamber of Commerce in China also flags increased costs and market barriers that are ‘stripping away global competitiveness’.

China is facing a rocky road to reflation after its actual CPI growth stayed far below annual control targets, and regional governments appear less hopeful that consumer demand will markedly rise this year.