#China 's Q1 GDP jumps 5.3% on robust growth in high-tech manufacturing of products like 3D printers and EV charging stations.

In China, manufacturing is doing the heavy lifting while significant headwinds persist.

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Yellen returns to China to tackle economic challenges bedeviling ties with the US. Laura He has more: edition.cnn.com/2024/04/04/bus…

#US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in #China to further stabilize the relationship and press Chinese leaders on the threat posed by overcapacity.

She says China is over producing exports like solar panels and EVs which distorts markets and harms workers.

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Chinese state media praises Yellen’s use of chopsticks during her first meal in Guangzhou. 🥢

(Mushrooms again on the menu, per Laura He.) 🍄

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TikTok is now facing a ban in the United States, a fate that has already befallen a string of American social media giants that tried to make it in China. — CNN cnn.com/2024/03/14/tec…

Zhong Shanshan, China’s richest man, is facing a wave of attacks from nationalists who accuse him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that has hit the price of shares of his beverage company and threatens to hurt its sales. — CNN cnn.com/2024/03/13/bus…

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped above 40,000 points for the first time on Monday, extending a historic rally that analysts say may have much further to run. — CNN

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Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s — CNN

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Angry Chinese take to US Embassy’s social media account to vent about plunging stock market — CNN

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The liquidation of Evergrande as ordered by a court this week has raised more questions than answers about how the collapse of the symbol of China’s property crisis will affect investors, thousands of workers, and homebuyers waiting for their flats — CNN

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China’s economy grew by about 5.2% in 2023, Premier Li says

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China is ‘certain’ to have overtaken Japan as the world’s top auto exporter in 2023, industry group says — CNN

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Here’s what you need to know about BYD, the Chinese EV giant that just overtook Tesla — CNN

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BYD inches closer to overtaking Tesla as world’s top electric car company — CNN

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Xi Jinping rings in 2024 with rare admission that China’s economy is in trouble — CNN

China’s regional governments have issued a record amount of special bonds to support troubled smaller banks, as they try to fend off potential systemic risks that could be triggered by a prolonged real estate crisis. — CNN cnn.com/2023/12/14/eco…

China’s top officials have pledged to put greater focus on economic growth next year, but the lack of measures to boost consumer demand could make it tough to deliver on that promise. — CNN edition.cnn.com/2023/12/13/bus…

While many central banks around the world are trying to cool inflation, China is grappling with falling prices this year. — CNN cnn.com/2023/12/11/eco…

China has vowed to strengthen fiscal policy in 2024 to boost its flagging economy. — CNN cnn.com/2023/12/08/eco…

Moody’s surprise downgrade of China’s credit outlook this week has reinforced concerns that the crisis in the country’s real estate market is spilling over into the wider economy. — CNN cnn.com/2023/12/07/eco…