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IMF says China's economic growth of 5% in 2024 was 'positive surprise'
China notified the International Monetary Fund on Thursday that its economy grew by 5% in 2024, IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told reporters, calling the development a "positive surprise" compared to the IMF's forecast of 4.
Is China’s GDP Growth Only 2%? Donald Trump Might Want To Find Out
Gao’s sin? Saying that China may have grown just 2% over the last two or three years, less than half the rate Xi’s government claims. The reason Gao is allegedly being silenced is for shining a brighter-than-usual spotlight on one of the biggest perception problems facing Xi’s Communist Party: that China routinely cooks the GDP books.
Trump Tariffs Will Not Tame China’s Trade Surplus
Correcting the major imbalances in the global economy will require collaborative international action. If he wants results, Trump will need to rein in his penchant to go it alone.
China's economic growth among slowest in decades
BEIJING: China recorded one of its slowest rates of economic growth in decades last year, data showed Friday (Jan 17), as leaders nervously eye a potential trade standoff with incoming US president Donald Trump.
China’s economy grows more than expected. But fears of Trump tariffs loom
China’s economy grew more than expected in the last three months of 2024, official data showed on Friday, as it awaits the likely imposition of fresh tariffs by US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office next week.
US importers rush in goods from China as Trump tariff threat looms
US seaports handled the equivalent of 451,000 40-foot containers of goods from China in December, a year-over-year increase of 14.5%.
China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs
When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States’ supremacy in technology.
China’s economy grows by 5.4% in fourth quarter
China’s economy expanded by 5.4% in the last three months of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.
Trump tariff threats fuel frontloading of trade shipments into U.S., led by China
Companies are expediting cargo shipments into the U.S. ahead of new tariffs from President-elect Trump, with Chinese trade the biggest on the move.

China's Population Falls for a 3rd Consecutive Year

China's Economy Faces Historic Setback Not Seen in Over Half a Century
Beijing hit its GDP growth target of 5 percent in 2024, according to its statistics bureau—but deflationary pressures remain.
China's economy meets official growth target, but many feel a downturn
China's economy matched the government's ambitions for 5% growth last year, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people ...
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports ...
China's economy expands 5% in 2024, hitting target helped by strong exports, stimulus measures
China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, slower than the year before but in line with Beijing’s target of ...
China Meets 2024 Growth Target Of ‘Around 5%’ After Stimulus Measures
China’s economy expanded 5% in 2024, meeting the official target of “around 5%” growth after stimulus measures introduced ...
Trump's China Trade Surplus Challenge
On the eve of Donald Trump’s White House return, the Chinese government announced that last year it recorded a trade surplus ...
China counts on microwaves, rice cookers to revive economic growth
China has added more home appliances to the list of products that can be used in its consumer trade-in scheme and will offer ...
China’s economy expands 5% in 2024, hitting target as strong exports, stimulus measures help
China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, achieving Beijing’s target of “around 5%” growth helped by strong ...
China logs 5% GDP growth in 2024 as exports, stimulus provide year-end boost
Driven by stimulus, an economic rebound in the last quarter helped China hit its GDP target, and signs point to a similar ...