A prominent Chinese economist is warning that the country's long reliance on debt-fueled growth is reaching a breaking point, arguing that short term fixes are now colliding with deep structural ...

As Beijing pushes consumer lending to stimulate the economy, millions of Chinese borrowers, especially the young, are falling into debt spirals. By Li Yuan China is a nation of savers. The Chinese ...

Many of the world’s poorest countries are due to make record debt repayments to China in 2025 on loans extended a decade ago, at the peak of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, a report by the ...

THE RISE of a property-owning, entrepreneurial middle class in China has transformed its cities in this century. It has helped to spur consumption in the world’s second-largest economy. In May retail ...

China is managing its government debt burden through refinancing and swaps that buy time but fail to address structural flaws, risking a prolonged balance sheet recession. Sequenced reforms should ...