Yale's Stephen Roach says China may have run out of imaginative solutions to its tough problems
China did not hold its so-called "Third Plenum" meeting in the fall of 2023 and has not yet set a date for the highly anticipated plenary session.
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China says military spending growth in 2024 to stay the same as last year at 7.2%
China is set to increase its defense spending by 7.2% in 2024, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an official government work report released as part of the country's annual parliamentary meetings in Beijing.
China's legislative sessions start with stimulus in the spotlight
BEIJING -- China's annual legislative season kicked off Monday, with expectations running high for top officials to serve up additional measures to buttress an uneven post-pandemic economic recovery.
Time for China to move past GDP growth targets
Sometimes, good news on China’s economy is actually bad news for the broader global economy and financial system. The reference here is to the suspense surrounding Beijing’s highly anticipated annual gross domestic product (GDP) target.
China Scraps Premier’s Annual News Conference in Surprise Move
China’s premier will no longer hold a news conference after the country’s annual legislative meeting, Beijing announced on Monday, ending a three-decades-long practice that had been an exceedingly rare opportunity for journalists to interact with top Chinese leaders.
‘Two sessions’: China scraps a decades-long political tradition as Xi tightens control amid economic woes
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Former Bank of Beijing chairman under investigation, part of China’s crackdown on corruption
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft investigations focused on the country’s financial sector.
What to watch for as China’s major political meeting of the year gets underway
BEIJING (AP) — One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China’s legislature gets underway this week: the economy.