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ARTICLES BY STELLA YIFAN XIE

With the economy in a funk and deflation settling in, many people are having to settle for jobs beneath their skill levels, often with reduced pay. Photographer: Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Why More Chinese Workers Are Settling for Less Pay

5 min read . 27 Jan 2024

China stopped publishing its youth unemployment rate in August, as the challenges facing China’s young people had become a focus of international attention. (Photo: Zuma Press)

China has a new youth jobless rate. Some economists are ignoring it.

5 min read . 19 Jan 2024

Apart from the three years that China was closed to the outside world during the pandemic, the country’s economy expanded in 2023 at the slowest annual rate since 1990. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China’s growth slows to three-decade low excluding pandemic

3 min read . 17 Jan 2024

The aerial view shows shipping containers stacked at a port in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on January 12, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (AFP)

Deflation Worries Deepen in China

4 min read . 12 Jan 2024

Supply chains between China and the U.S. have turned more complicated since 2021 as more trade gets rerouted through other places. (File Photo: Reuters) (via REUTERS)

US companies are finding it hard to avoid China

7 min read . 12 Dec 2023

This aerial view shows new cars waiting to be exported at a dockyard in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province. (Chinatopix Via AP)

China is making too much stuff—and other countries are worried

7 min read . 10 Nov 2023

China’s economy remains fragile and its long-term prospects are darkening, economists warn.

China’s Economy Faces Deepening Troubles in Years Ahead

4 min read . 18 Oct 2023

China’s latest batch of data serves as a note of caution about its economic outlook.

China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer

5 min read . 13 Oct 2023

China’s target of around 5% growth this year in gross domestic product (WSJ)

China sets conservative growth target as challenges loom

5 min read . 05 Mar 2023

Officials are urged to encourage 'honest work' and resist using labor-saving machinery when possible, the directive said (REUTERS)

Beijing urges rural officials to hire humans—not machines

4 min read . 14 Feb 2023

China’s population dropped by 850,000 to 1.412 billion (Phota: AP)

China’s shrinking population is deeper problem than slow growth for its economy

5 min read . 18 Jan 2023

China’s zero-covid policy is ending, but not everyone is celebrating

6 min read . 14 Dec 2022

People hold white sheets of paper in protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of COVID-19 continue, in Beijing, China (Photo: Reuters)

Behind Chinese covid protests, economic worries simmer among youth

5 min read . 02 Dec 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

China’s economy faces challenges despite latest moves to stimulate growth

5 min read . 27 Nov 2022

The official purchasing managers index for manufacturing fell to 49.2 from 50.1 in September. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s factory slowdown worse than expected

5 min read . 03 Nov 2022

Xi’s move to promote numerous allies and protégés to top leadership positions at the just-completed party congress was interpreted by analysts as a sign that a major course correction isn’t in the offing. (Photo: AFP)

China’s Xi Jinping, secure in power, faces deepening economic challenges

6 min read . 25 Oct 2022

Photo: Bloomberg

China’s economy won’t overtake the US, some now predict

6 min read . 04 Sept 2022

Pinched by housing downturn, Chinese families rein in spending

5 min read . 25 Aug 2022

A delivery worker rides a motorcycle along a near-empty road during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China, on Monday, May 16, 2022 (Photo: Bloomberg)

China’s economic distress deepens as lockdowns drag on

4 min read . 16 May 2022

Political meetings later this year are expected to return Chinese President Xi Jinping for a third term in power. (Photo: Reuters)

Xi Jinping’s ‘common prosperity’ was everywhere, but China backed off

5 min read . 08 Apr 2022