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China’s post-Covid economic health check
This series looks at the economic headwinds that China has faced in the first half of 2023.
Updated: 18 Jul, 2023
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Delivery drivers with advanced degrees? The challenges facing China’s graduates
China’s people are highly educated, so where is the ‘talent dividend’? For many fresh graduates, ‘settling for an opportunity’ is the safer bet, even if it means their degrees go unused in practice.
18 Jul, 2023
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China’s ‘self-aware’ DINK couples, with no kids, weigh on demographic crisis
Many young couples in China are shunning government handouts and incentives to live a life unburdened by children, and the falling birth rate has economic implications that could span decades.
21 Jul, 2023
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Will ‘small-scale dip’ in China’s FDI inflow fuel a big crisis of confidence?
Ministry of Commerce’s head of foreign investment says ‘short-term fluctuations’ will not make investors less sure about China’s development, but foreign business chambers flag concerns.
25 Jul, 2023
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China’s graduates pushed into cleaning jobs as it’s ‘better than staying home’
China has put job creation at the forefront of its economic plans and has encouraged the housekeeping industry to employ young people, after the youth unemployment rate hit a record high in June.
26 Jul, 2023
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China’s concertgoers splurge, but will revenge spending rock the economy?
Beijing had hoped consumption could drive China’s economic recovery, but analysts question its sustainability despite more than 500 large-scale concerts and music festivals this year.
28 Jul, 2023
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Is China’s slice of export pie melting as geopolitical uncertainties heat up?
China is shipping fewer goods than it has since the onset of the pandemic, and exports could remain suppressed for years amid a global supply-chain upheaval.
03 Aug, 2023
