Carbon Brief

Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025

Clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 – and more than 90% of the rise in ...

The Deflation Doom Loop Trapping China’s Economy

Exports drive growth while race-to-the-bottom competition from overproduction hits prices, profits, wages and sales.
The Diplomat

Record Trade Surplus Masks China’s Underlying Economic Weakness

China’s world-leading export surplus delivered headline growth in 2025, but slowing domestic demand, falling prices and ...

Global Times: China's GDP expands 5% to hit 140-trillion-yuan mark in 2025, meeting growth target despite serious headwinds

China's GDP grew at 5 percent year-on-year to 140.19 trillion yuan ($20.13 trillion) in 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday, meeting the annual growth target of ...

Largest economies in the world (2026)

Largest Economies in the World: The largest economy in the world is the United States, with a nominal GDP of $31.82 trillion, ...

China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite tariffs

China has reported its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs ...

China’s trade surplus misleads its Western critics

The record $1.2 trln imbalance is increasingly driven by high‑tech exports, not basic goods. That’s a challenge for the West ...

At World’s Busiest Port, China’s Unbalanced Economy Comes Into View

The shipping traffic and factories never stop in China’s port city of Ningbo, but the local housing market has crashed and nearby restaurants sit empty.

China reveals its plan to challenge the US dollar for dominance. Could it ever work?

China is seizing an opportunity to challenge American dominance in global finance and exert greater international influence at the expense of the all-powerful US dollar.