China needs to open up about its economy

Many of the worries over China's economy and markets can be boiled down to a single word: Uncertainty.

Brazil has 2 kinds of problems, and they're both bad

Five years ago, Brazil was growing at 7.5 percent. Today, it's struggling with a 9.56 percent inflation rate and a fiscal deficit.

China June inflation seen edging up to 1.3 percent year-on-year but still sluggish

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's consumer inflation likely edged up in June as food prices steadied, while producer prices extended their decline well into a fourth year, reinforcing expectations that more support measures are needed to revive sluggish demand.

China August factory growth slows to near six-year low, calls grow for more stimulus

(Reuters) - China's factory output grew at the weakest pace in nearly six years in August while growth in other key sectors also cooled, raising fears the world's second-largest economy may be at risk of a sharp slowdown unless Beijing takes fresh stimulus measures.

Hong Kong 2013 second-quarter GDP up 3.3% on year

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's economy grew "moderately" year-on-year in the second quarter, with domestic demand and growth in the mainland Chinese economy offsetting a weak environment in the West, officials said Friday.

China misses out on global stocks rally

Worries over attempts to contain runaway housing prices and the pace of growth in the world's second biggest economy have left benchmark indices lagging other exchanges.

China economy to overtake US by 2019: State research

BEIJING: China will overtake the United States economically within six years, an official research institute predicts, and go on to become the world's most important country in three decades more, state media said Wednesday.

China says effectively turning the corner on the economy

BEIJING (Reuters) - China announced on Saturday that it is effectively turning the corner on the economy and likely to meet its growth target for the year, more good news for Communist Party policy makers meeting in Beijing to anoint new leaders for the next decade.

Economy starting to stabilise: China's Wen Jiabao

BEIJING: China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the economy began stabilising in the past three months and should meet 2012 targets, state media said Wednesday, a day before third-quarter growth data are released.

China Q3 GDP growth seen slowing for 7th straight quarter

BEIJING: China's annual economic growth probably slowed for a seventh straight quarter in the July-September period to the weakest level since the depths of the global financial crisis, a Reuters poll showed, reinforcing the case for further policy stimulus.

China moves cautiously in face of worsening slump

BEIJING (AP) — Summer should be the busy season for Shen Lin's musical instrument workshop in the southwestern city of Kunming.

Near Pacific summit site, reminder of U.S. security role

The wealthy nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii may fight over trade, but they've avoided serious armed conflict for decades, and the U.S. Pacific Command aims to keep it that way, even as it copes with budget pressures and a surging China.

Why China would love ‘President Rick Perry’

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — China must be secretly rooting for a guy like Rick Perry as the next U.S. president. They’d love competing against an America led by another Texas governor who talks from a big hat, loves war spending and tea parties, thinks the Fed chairman is acting “treasonous,” believes Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme” and admits he’s an antiscience, antievolution, anti-intellectual who will turn back the clock to the 19th century frontier Wild West.

Yes, China’s rooting for a guy who will not only make Washington “inconsequential” for all Americans, he’ll make America “inconsequential” in a world where China knows that its competitive edge and economic growth all hinge on investing in science, innovation and intellectuals with a vision of the future.

Evan A Feigenbaum: Who will win as China's economy changes?

China has unsettled its neighbours with naval displays and diplomatic spats. But could erstwhile Asian strategic rivals end up as big winners from China’s economic success?

In one sense, at least, Asian economies are already winning from Chinese growth — slack global demand has meant that China increasingly powers the growth of nearly every major economy in Asia.

Cracks appear in China's economic model: analysts

by Boris Cambreleng

BEIJING, July 24, 2011 (AFP) - As the United States and Europe struggle with debt crises, China's economy appears in robust health, but analysts say its growth model is too dependent on investment and cannot be sustained.

Sitting on foreign exchange reserves worth nearly $3.2 trillion and with breakneck growth of 9.5 percent in the second quarter, the world's second largest economy appears to have breezed through the global financial crisis.