China, once the engine of global economic growth, is now facing significant economic turmoil, with its growth story rapidly crumbling. In this video, we explore the multifaceted challenges that have pushed China’s economy to the brink,

China has reported its economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed while housing prices fell further.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. Wang Junzheng, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Xizang Autonomous Regional Committee,

This essay is an adaptation from Wang’s forthcoming book, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, which is available August 26, 2025. In cutting off rare-earth magnets, officials in Beijing flexed but one finger.

Poor data show the limits of Beijing’s wait-and-see approach.

The $250 billion stablecoin market, dominated by Tether’s USDT ($158 billion) and Circle Internet’s (NYSE:CRCL) USDC ($62 billion), is a cornerstone of global digital finance. These U.S. dollar-backed tokens power everything from DeFi to cross-border payments.

Trump has been remarkably consistent over the years about his core economic gripe: the trade deficit. In 1987, he spent nearly $100,000 to purchase a full-page ad in three U.S. newspapers that said: “It’s time for us to end our vast deficits by making Japan, and others who can afford it, pay.”

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China’s first contraction in outstanding loans since 2005 has crystallized worries about a deepening downturn for the world’s second-largest economy.

The country could see its potential economic output halved by mid-century amid a flagging birthrate and aging workforce.