External demand continues to support Chinese economic growth, as the first-half trade surplus surged to a new high of $586bn.

China's trade surplus surged in June, which analysts have attributed to exporters rushing to ship products before U.S.

China ended the first half of the year with a record trade surplus of about $586 billion after exports to the US began to stabilize, as factories rode out the tariff rollercoaster that upended global ...

Achieving a 25pc investment-to-GDP ratio and 20pc exports-to-GDP ratio within 10 years will demand dismantling elite control.

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China's export growth likely edged higher in June, buoyed by exporters rushing to front-load shipments on fears that a ...

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...

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