CDT’s year-end roundups of memorable quotes and censored terms have both highlighted public frustration with the state of the economy and the government’s efforts to enforce positive perceptions of it. The trend...
A 2016 People’s Daily article predicting that China would enter the club of “high-income” nations by 2024 was recently deleted from People’s Daily Online. The deletion was likely due to the article being “maliciously reposted”...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All previously posted content on...
China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported disappointing first quarter GDP growth of 7.7 percent on Monday, according to Reuters: Many investors had anticipated a possible surprise on the upside, with growth faster...
Yiwu, known as “the Sock City”, is suffering amidst a broader slowdown in Chinese manufacturing, despite windfall orders from the Syrian army. From Tania Branigan at The Guardian: The foolish man built his house upon...
Despite claims that China’s economy would continue to decline, reports indicate that there has been a slight increase in manufacturing in December. Figures from the purchasing manager’s index (PMI) indicated an...
In his new year’s speech, President Hu Jintao addressed concerns about uncertain economic growth and global economic recovery in 2012. Although Hu did not give any specific details, he claimed that he would give priority...
From Bloomberg: Yuan forwards climbed for a third day after the government reported record exports in June and the largest trade surplus in eight months. Overseas sales jumped 43.9 percent from a year earlier to $137.4 billion...
From CNN Money: Concerns about the global economy roiled world financial markets Tuesday after a report on leading indicators in China was revised lower. The Conference Board, a New York-based research group, said its Leading...
From Bloomberg: China’s gains in retail sales, consumer prices and industrial production countered the government’s assessment that the recovery isn’t “solid,” and put more pressure on policy makers to let the yuan rise....
From theForbes blog: On Thursday China announced that its exports in May surged 48.5% compared to the same month last year. Imports into China rose by nearly the same percentage, 48.3%, but overall, China’s trade surplus...
Global Times interviews Xu Xiaonian, a professor at China Europe International Business School: NE: Year-on-year GDP rose by 11.9 percent in the first quarter of 2010. Some believe that China has entered the fast track of...
The New York Times reports: China’s accelerating economic recovery without signs yet of a surge in inflation may give the government some leeway in making two crucial decisions: raising interest rates and revaluing the Chinese...
The Financial Times reports on China’s upswing in manufacturing output: Chinese manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in the first quarter of this year in another sign of the country’s strong recovery on the...
In his new column, Paul Krugman calls China’s refusal to reevaluate the currency “a significant drag on global economic recovery”: To give you a sense of the problem: Widespread complaints that China was...
A 10% growth rate in China is helping fuel a global economic recovery, though developed economies such as the U.S. will recover more slowly, the IMF says. From the New York Times: The monetary fund expected growth of 10 percent...
From Reuters: The Chinese government will deliver on its commitment to spend 1.18 trillion yuan ($173 billion) before the end of 2010, the core of the country’s stimulus package, a deputy finance minister said on Thursday....
The Financial Times reports: China will take steps next year to boost rural demand while trying to curb overcapacity in numerous industrial sectors, the government said on Monday at the end of its annual closed-door gathering to...
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