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A nascent recovery in Chinese oil demand has begun to falter, as continued fighting in the Middle East and limited Iranian supply keep crude prices too high for private refiners, prompting some analysts to trim forecasts for the coming months.
For the first time, China’s spending on research and development as a share of gross domestic product has surpassed the average for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members – a trend one analyst expects to continue as Beijing seeks to strengthen technological self-reliance amid intensifying global competition. R&D expenditure exceeded 3.92 trillion yuan (US$584.8 billion) in 2025, accounting for 2.8 per cent of GDP, Science and Technology Minister Yin Hejun said at a...
China’s corporate sector remains considerably weaker than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the country is emerging as a key beneficiary of the global artificial intelligence boom thanks to its ample power capacity, according to a Natixis survey of thousands of firms and a separate research report. Profit margins at Chinese firms had stabilised at about 4.5 per cent for the first half of 2026, but remained well below the nearly 9 per cent recorded by their global peers, according to the...
“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and David Ingles give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)
Political strategist Celinda Lake says that young voters don’t usually cast their ballots in midterm elections.
Chinese lithium futures have shed a quarter of their value this month, pummeled by concerns over flagging demand.
China’s effort to help global investors borrow against their 3.2 trillion yuan ($477 billion) in domestic bond holdings is gaining traction, even as legal friction and low yields limit broader participation.
China’s longstanding two-speed economy is creating ever greater divergence in its financial markets, with stocks and bond yields sinking to more than one-year lows this month while the yuan has powered higher.
China vowed to retaliate if the European Union adopts broad tariffs on Chinese goods modeled on previous US measures, warning that such action could undermine trade negotiations with the bloc.
China’s factory activity expanded for the first time since June, ending the third quarter on a bright note as policymakers moved to deploy new measures to support the economy.
China's latest economic stimulus package is designed to keep economic growth on target rather than deliver a broad revival, leaving the country's underlying demand weakness largely unaddressed. Bloomberg's Minmin Low breaks down the measures. (Source: Bloomberg)
Citi Research has turned bullish on China’s 30-year government bonds, projecting that yields will fall further even as US Treasury yields climb. In a Monday research note, analysts at the Wall Street bank recommended that investors go long on China’s 30-year sovereign debt, saying they expected the yield to fall towards 1.8 per cent while the 10-year yield could edge towards 1.6 per cent. The analysts attributed the outlook to easing supply pressures and improved market dynamics for China’s...
Shares of Akeso surged after British drug maker AstraZeneca moved to advance the Chinese biotech firm’s flagship cancer drug, while a new deal from US giant Merck further underscored the sector’s global momentum amid easing fears of US curbs. AstraZeneca on Tuesday announced a US$2 billion equity investment in Florida-headquartered Summit Therapeutics, which holds the exclusive rights to develop and commercialise Akeso’s immunotherapy drug ivonescimab outside China. Summit and AstraZeneca would...
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a video call with German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday, just over a week before the next round of trade talks between Beijing and Brussels, amid reports that Germany and France are pushing for a new tool that would enable the EU to swiftly shut China out of the European market. Wang and Reiche “exchanged opinions on the Sino-German and Sino-European economic and trade relations”, according to a short statement published by the Chinese side...
Dalian iron ore touched its lowest level since 20 August on Monday, 28 September 2026, as China's crude-steel output kept shrinking. Vale slipped 0.15% to US$13.59 in New York, while CSN Mineração rebounded 2.02%. The post Iron Ore Slips to Five-Week Low as China Steel Cuts Weigh on Vale appeared first on The Rio Times.
China’s government bond supply is poised to pick up next quarter as the authorities look to speed up debt issuance to fund stimulus, potentially challenging the market’s rally.
China's government will introduce new measures to support the economy and study policies to stabilize the property market. Bloomberg Economics Chief Asia Economist Chang Shu says the acceleration will likely target investment rather than purely addressing flatlining consumption. (Source: Bloomberg)
China’s liquefied natural gas imports are set to decline for a second month as surging prices triggered by the Middle East conflict curb demand.
Jamie Dimon’s recent whirlwind visit to Hong Kong followed a similar script: a schedule packed with meetings involving the entrepreneurs and business leaders connecting China with global markets. But it was his increasingly visible stance on global issues that appeared to extend his career beyond market strategy and financial industry leadership as CEO of JPMorgan Chase. His preoccupation with economic growth and world affairs drew particular attention in Hong Kong last week, shortly before...
The global electronics industry is entering a structural transition. For over two decades, China served as the dominant manufacturing centre, with an unmatched concentration of suppliers, skilled labour, infrastructure, logistics and engineering capabilities. That concentration is being diluted. But interpreting this as the decline of Chinese manufacturing would be a mistake. China is exporting parts of its manufacturing process while retaining the industrial capabilities that matter...
Citigroup Inc. is advising investors to buy 30-year Chinese government bonds as it expects lingering weakness in the economy and tapering supply of longer-term debt to boost demand for the paper.
Shanghai, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Duskin Co. on Monday opened a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai, returning to the Chinese market after a hiatus of some seven years. The company withdrew from mainland China in 2019. The new take-away outlet is located in a shopping mall in the city. In addition to regular items, products exclusive for the Shanghai store are available, including bana...
China agreed to import at least 10 million tonnes of US coal in each of the next two years, marking one of the few concrete results from President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States. The country will also lower tariffs on 1,619 US products, including coal, under a deal to reduce levies on US$30 billion of non-sensitive goods shipped in each direction, according to a White House statement. Other items include agricultural goods, cosmetics and medical devices. The US will cut levies on...
Chinese shares touched a one-year low, led by a selloff in technology firms after a report that authorities may allow purchases of Nvidia Corp.’s new chips and proposed US sanctions on foreign optical producers.
Copper and other base metals retreated ahead of a weeklong holiday in China, as traders assessed the country’s demand outlook following slower growth in industrial profits.
As AI becomes an increasingly important part of China’s economic transformation, economists and industry leaders are raising concerns about two potential risks: inflated valuations for humanoid robotics companies and the technology widening the wealth gap between rich and poor. Daniel Zhang, managing partner of FirstLight Capital and former chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group Holding, said the sharp fall in some Chinese humanoid robotics stocks reflected expectations that had become...
Washington and Beijing have spent nearly a decade trading tariffs, export controls and blacklists, with each round threatening rupture. Yet they keep recovering from the brink. Tensions soared before summits and plunged immediately after. For example, in 2019 at Osaka, Trump walked back threats to impose tariffs on US$300 billion of Chinese goods and eased curbs on Huawei after Beijing reportedly agreed to buy American farm goods. In Busan last October, he lowered tariffs and shelved export...
Beijing and Brussels remain “deadlocked” on trade in medical devices following discussions in Beijing this week, a source said, adding that “intensive consultations” were under way about Brussels’ plan to launch import safeguards against made-in-China plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Vice-Minister of Commerce Ling Ji – China’s deputy international trade representative – held discussions with Ditte Juul Jorgensen, the European Commission’s director general for trade and economic...
China’s outbound direct investment reached a record high of US$214 billion last year, even as investment in the United States plunged to its lowest level in more than a decade amid growing geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty, latest official data showed. Outbound direct investment was up 11.1 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, making China the world’s second-largest source of global capital, behind only the US and ranking ahead of Japan, according to an annual report jointly...