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Luna Sun
Reporter, Politcal Economy
Luna Sun joined the Post in 2021, covering China’s economy and social issues. She has previously covered local news and human interest stories in Indiana and New York City before returning to Beijing.
Without measures to excite a volatile market, a high-profile conference from China’s Ministry of Finance leaves investors disappointed.
China’s Ministry of Finance gave no specific figure for fiscal stimulus at closely watched press conference.
The SME Development Index, which tracks 8 major industries, fell to 88.7 in September, the lowest level in a year.
As China works to give its property market a lift, government agencies have been tasked to step up financing for major real estate projects.
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Chinese travellers and tourists spent 700.82 billion yuan during the just-ended holiday week – a 7.9 per cent increase from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
Stark contract between an optimistic picture painted by China’s travel data and consumers who are reluctant to spend amid broader economic anxieties.
Jiaxing, a city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, says it is ‘crucial to remain vigilant regarding the risk of leading enterprises relocating’.
Raft of policy and interest rate changes were unveiled on Tuesday as China’s policymakers sought revive the world’s second-largest economy.
Beijing ministry reveals it initiated investigation into PVH Group under Unreliable Entry List framework due to ‘discriminatory’ measures.
‘In a few years, imported cars will become a rarity’ in Russia, says chairman of Russia-Asia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Viral story of postgraduate student’s pivot from physics to school janitor highlights anxieties about youth unemployment.
While China, a rapidly ageing society, braces for more deaths in the years to come, people could start to save even on life’s final expenses.
Pressures facing China, including from capital outflows, could be allayed by start of US Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle, but real stabilisation will take much more.
At a time when consumption confidence is lacking in China, professionals express mixed feelings about working longer in life.
As China’s August economic metrics largely disappointed, analysts said the window to meet its annual growth target is closing fast.
China’s financial industry is undergoing significant reshuffling, with lay-offs and pay cuts part of Beijing’s efforts to reduce risks.
The use of foreign domestic helpers in China to lower the costs of child care, mirroring a move by South Korea, would not do much for the declining birth rate, analysts say.
Texas A&M University professor Dudley L. Poston Jnr sparks debate by saying China needs immigration to mitigate population decline.
From drone deliveries and surveillance to flying cars and tourism, technology for manned and unmanned aviation applications is being rapidly embraced across China.
A robotics conference has put China’s humanoid robot industry in the spotlight, with new incentives and investment driving market growth and pushing the technology forward.
The economic model has been elevated to new heights nationwide as struggling regional governments vie for a piece of the pie in the sky.
With a lengthy joint venture in steel between China and Japan coming to an end, analysts reflect on its broader meaning in the context of the two countries’ new roles in the global economy.
China’s consumers are changing their spending priorities as the economic situation changes, a think tank has argued in a report, necessitating changes to the measures intended to spur consumption.
Some bulk retailers on the mainland have carved out niche roles among shoppers, including bargain hunters from across the border in Hong Kong.
Higher rates of online purchases – and returns – have meant massive increases in courier traffic in China, with 100 billion package deliveries already reported for the year, breaking last year’s record by 71 days.
With return on infrastructure investment falling rapidly, public spending could be prioritised in areas with higher social returns.
The central bank is seen trying to counteract forces suppressing Chinese bond yields. But in the absence of monetary tightening, a ‘short-term pause’ to the rally may be the best outcome.
Beijing is banking on the services sector to offset subdued external demand as it seeks a solution to China’s weak consumption dilemma.
Marriages are also increasingly shunned by the younger generation, sending weddings plummeting in 2024 to what may be a nearly half-century low for China.
About 300 billion yuan in bond proceeds will be earmarked for industrial upgrades in key sectors, and trade-in programmes, with big returns eyed to shore up growth and boost confidence.
