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Back to news homeChina’s Biggest Homebuilder Fights to Survive as Economic Crisis Deepens
When Country Garden, the biggest developer in China’s increasingly troubled real estate sector, published its annual report in April, the cover design exuded hope: a phoenix spreading its wings.The company […]
How Montana’s Attorney General Made Banning TikTok a Top Priority
On a recent summer day, Austin Knudsen, Montana’s attorney general, drove his red Buick from Helena, the state’s capital, to Boulder, a tiny town about a half-hour away whose main […]
The U.S. and China Are Talking Again. Where It Will Lead Is Unclear.
When Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, visited China this week, she joined a long line of U.S. politicians who have come to the country to try to sway Chinese officials […]
Factories May Be Leaving China, but Trade Ties Are Stronger Than They Seem
The United States has spent the past five years pushing to reduce its reliance on China for computer chips, solar panels and various consumer imports amid growing concern over Beijing’s […]
She Rose From Poverty as China Prospered. Then It Made Her Poor Again.
Two years ago, as she walked through a hospital hallway in handcuffs and shackles to get tested for Covid, Sun Junli felt ashamed and defeated. At 45, she had come […]
U.S. Does Not Want to ‘Decouple’ From China, Raimondo Says
Gina Raimondo, the U.S. secretary of commerce, told Chinese officials on Tuesday that the United States was not seeking to sever economic ties with China, but she expressed a litany […]
China’s Property Crisis Is Rippling Through the Economy
Once a beneficiary of China’s property boom, Lan Mingqiang is now an unwitting casualty of its unraveling.The financial troubles at one real estate company, Country Garden, have left him unable […]
Tesla’s China rival Xpeng buys ride hailing giant Didi’s smart EV assets for $744M
Chinese electric vehicle upstart Xpeng is acquiring the smart EV assets of ride hailing giant Didi for $744 million, marking another significant alliance that the Tesla challenger has struck in […]
What China’s Economic Woes May Mean for the U.S.
The news about China’s economy over the past few weeks has been daunting, to put it mildly.The country’s growth has fallen from its usual brisk 8 percent annual pace to […]