The indicators pile pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as a trade war with the U.S. and weak domestic demand heighten risks to growth.

China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output adding to a drag from sluggish consumption.

China’s economy grows but prices fall. A deep look at deflation, overcapacity, weak demand and how “involution” is reshaping China’s growth.

China aims to expand its economy to 170 trillion yuan ($23.9 trillion) by 2030, targeting an annual growth rate of around 4%.

We ended the week with more evidence that the world’s second-largest economy entered the final quarter on a weakening trajectory. China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output adding to a drag from sluggish consumption.

China has been able to establish choke points to pressure the U.S. economy, while making it harder for Washington to block China.

C ritics of China’s economy often complain that its investment is excessive and its official statistics flatter its performance. But recent monthly figures have flipped the script. Investment in infrastructure, manufacturing and construction has been alarmingly weak—so weak, in fact, that some analysts think the numbers are too bad to be true.

China’s economic growth momentum slowed in October, weighed down by a high base from the previous year when Beijing rolled out stimulus measures to support a cooling economy, according to official data released on Friday.

HONG KONG (AP) — China's economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand. The July-September data was the weakest pace of growth since ...

The likeliest scenario for 2026 is not a full-fledged conflict, but an increase in China’s political, economic and military pressure against Taiwan