7 Reasons China’s Official Unemployment Rate Understates Joblessness
CommentaryThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that China’s unemployment rate was only 5 percent in June, the most recent data…
Diminishing Returns on Infrastructure Investment: The End of China’s Growth Miracle
Workers carrying out maintenance on electricity towers which carry the power supply for China's high speed trains after snowfalls near…
EV Adoption Risks a China-Controlled Battery Crisis
ADA global battery shock could be worse than the oil crisis.Workers at a factory that makes lithium batteries for electric…
The Petroyuan Myth: War Failed to Shake the Dollar
A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and 100-U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China,…
The Iran War and the Impact of Expensive Oil on China’s Economy
ADA man works in a filling station of Sinopec, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, in Shanghai, China, on March 22,…
Trump Admin Backs Kazakhstan Rare-Earth Deal to Break China’s Grip
Thinking About ChinaOpinionThe United States moves to secure rare-earth supplies and cut China out of the supply chain.President Donald Trump…
China Claims Currency Victory in Zambia, but Yuan Internationalization Remains a Myth
Zambia’s limited use of the yuan highlights the myth of de-dollarization.A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar…
China’s Yuan Stablecoin: Just Another Tool of Digital Control
Signage of the Chinese digital currency is seen near a coffee store in the New Actuation Fintech Center in Beijing…
China’s Conflicting Monetary Policies
Beijing’s ambition to position the yuan as a powerful currency in global trade is facing renewed pressure.A Chinese bank employee counts…
The CCP Is Crushing China’s Industrial Output
CommentaryChina’s economy is suffering from hidden debt, industrial overcapacity, and a renewed expansion of the same central planning policies that…