China economy

Economists rethink China forecasts as AI fires up import surge

As Chinese companies hoover up high-end chips needed for AI, imports are set to jump to a five-year high of 5 per cent in 2026, according to economists polled.

A top superbike reignites debate over Chinese innovation

ZXMOTO's 820RR powered to victory at the Superbike World Championship in Portugal by a margin of nearly four seconds, marking the first time that a China-made bike took top honours.

World inflation scare is coming as Chinese exporters lift prices

Price spikes have hit products reliant on rubber, plastic and oil-derived chemicals such as these footwear being sold at a store in Aichi prefecture, Japan.

Too ‘fatty’: China has a glut of pork but consumers aren’t biting

Pork stalls at a wet market in central Beijing, China, on April 17.

Commentary

South-east Asia’s EV opening and the lesson from China

Renault Group China Chairman and CEO Soh Wei Ming's ambitious start-up, called BeyonCa, was conceived as a premium EV maker with a technological edge.

China’s economy beats forecasts to grow 5 per cent in first quarter of 2026

A cargo ship sails from the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on April 14, 2026.

China’s economy rebounds in Q1 but faces tough test from Iran war

China is vulnerable to an oil shock already slowing trade and lifting factory costs because domestic spending is sluggish.

Chinese makers of sticky tape, bug zappers and fans feel the pinch as plastic costs soar amid Iran war

New energy products and smart mobility equipment at the Canton Fair, China's largest trade show which opened in Guangzhou on April 15.

China’s export growth slows sharply in first month of Iran war

Exports rose just 2.5 per cent from a year earlier, compared with the median forecast of 8.6 per cent in a Bloomberg survey of economists and a gain of almost 40 per cent in February.

Trump’s Hormuz blockade risks piling pain on Asia allies, China

Cargo ships loiter near the Strait of Hormuz as the US prepares a blockade of the key waterway.

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