China needs to do more to address its property-sector problems and has scope to provide more stimulus to boost consumption, ...

Historically, these reports are intentionally vague and conveniently oversimplified. This year’s announcement is no different ...

China expanded government spending at the fastest rate for any first quarter since 2022, ramping up support for an economy ...

China's general public budget spending rose 4.2 percent year on year to 7.2815 trillion yuan (about 1.01 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by the ...

John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U ...

China just released its 2025 defense budget—and the figures merit skepticism. During the Cold War, the United States never trusted its adversaries’ claims about their capabilities. Instead ...

The combined expenditure in the general public budget and the government fund account, China’s two main fiscal books, rose to 9.3 trillion yuan (S$1.7 trillion) in the first three months, an increase ...

The combined expenditure in the general public budget and the government fund account, China’s two main fiscal books, rose to 9.26 trillion yuan ($1.3 trillion) in the first three months ...