China Economy

A "Green Lining" in China's Economic Stimulus Plan

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green


Deborah Seligsohn

From the perspective of climate change, it is encouraging to see that a cleaner, more efficient approach continues to be a priority within China's overall industrial and employment goals.

Chinese President Warns Nation Losing Its Economic Edge

AP | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business


BEIJING — Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis, as h...

China Announces $586 Billion Stimulus Plan

AP | SCOTT McDONALD | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business


BEIJING — China unveiled a $586 billion stimulus package Sunday in its biggest move to inoculate the world's fourth-largest economy against the ...

China's Economy Shows Signs Of Severe Slowdown

New York Times | David Barboza | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business


Each new forecast of China's economic fortunes predicts slower growth than the forecast that preceded it. Just as China attained supercharged growth ...

World Hurting As Chinese Economy Slows

Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business


China's booming economy is cooling more rapidly than most forecasters had expected, undermining hopes that Chinese demand could help keep the global e...

China is Not Going to Bail You Out

Michael Standaert | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business


Michael Standaert

China is in an advantageous position thanks to its $1.81 trillion in foreign reserves and could emerge as a provider of loans, but it's hard to foresee any messianic bailouts.

Senator McCain: One More Such 'Victory' and We're Ruined

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

McCain's insistent claims that the US is winning the war in Iraq thanks to his "surge" strategy is the military-political equivalent of the junk securities that Wall Street's shady financiers have been peddling.

Downturn Begins To Hit Emerging Economies

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Developing countries including China and India, where red-hot growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in recent years, are sho...

Chinese Antitrust Law: The New Face of Protectionism?

Anu Bradford | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business


Anu Bradford

China's new antimonopoly law reflects the resurgence of protectionist sentiments in China following the increase in foreign acquisitions of Chinese corporations. How should the US respond?

The Transformation of the Beijing Olympics from National Pride into Beijing Anxiety

Hongmei Li | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Hongmei Li

Hu Jintao, at many occasions stressed the importance of hosting a successful Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese government sees the Games as a war that must be won.

Sichuan Earthquake Silver Lining

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business


Jeremy Haft

If the U.S. economy is slipping into a recession that will ripple out into the global economy, then that ripple will stop at China's shore. China's demand will help absorb the shock of our solvency crisis.

China's Economy To Overtake U.S. By 2035

AFP | Rob Lever | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business


China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organiz...

Our Enduring Competitive Edge

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business


Jeremy Haft

The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.

China Gains Tech Trophy; Wake-up Call to the West

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business


Rebecca Fannin

Once it was Japan that threatened to be the major technological rival to the U.S. Now that trophy goes to China and its rapid climb from a low-cost producer to a high-tech inventive nation.

Wake up, Silicon Valley! Chinese Lessons for American Entrepreneurs

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business


Rebecca Fannin

For energy, motivation and raw talent, American entrepreneurs cannot compare to their Chinese counterparts. No wonder investors from the U.S. are looking for the next Steve Jobs in the Middle Kingdom.

China Reports Pollution Progress, Experts Say Smog Still Seriously Dangerous

New York Times | Keith Bradsher | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green


HONG KONG -- After rising steeply for many years, emissions of three important pollutants began to decline last year, China's Ministry of Environmenta...

China Labs

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business


Rebecca Fannin

China is becoming a lab for the world; by 2009, China's position will rise to 4th globally for new patent applications, right after the US, Japan and Germany.

China establishes company to make its own jumbo jets

AP | Posted 05.19.2008 | Business


BEIJING — China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday _ a step forward in the country's ...

Is $27 Billion Dollars Enough To Clean Up China?

TreeHugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Chinese government will invest 1.35 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year for the next three years in environmental protection, or...