Chinese Economy

Why the property crisis in China is a threat to its wider economy

China’s mortgage strikes are affecting its economy but won’t cause global contagion.

Zhirong Ou, The Conversation
· Aug 24, 2022 · 09:30 pm
As China’s pillars of growth wobble, it is rethinking its whole economy

Even before the pandemic, the GDP growth had declined from a peak of 15% in the second quarter of 2007 to 6% in the first three months of 2019.

Kent Matthews, The Conversation
· Dec 12, 2021 · 07:30 pm
China’s third quarter growth rate slows to 4.9% from 7.9% in second quarter

The slowest quarterly growth in a year came on the back of challenges like a slump in the crisis-hit property sector and shortage of electricity.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 18, 2021 · 03:52 pm

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Shadow play: how China's unregulated banks feed its boom and bust economy

Shadow banking has helped fuel continued Chinese economic growth. But it could come back to bite if not brought into line.

Nafis Alam, The Conversation
· Jul 30, 2015 · 04:30 pm