China’s economy grows but prices fall. A deep look at deflation, overcapacity, weak demand and how “involution” is reshaping China’s 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 factory output and retail sales grew at their weakest pace in over a year in October, piling pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as a trade war with the U.

The Netherlands said Wednesday it had suspended its proposed takeover of Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia in a sign of "good will", a move China welcomed as a positive "first step". "We see this as a show of good will,

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.

A high-stakes standoff between China and the Netherlands over control of a crucial chipmaker reached a detente Wednesday after Amsterdam suspended a controversial order that enabled it to take control of Chinese-owned Nexperia.

China’s latest economic data has confirmed what analysts have warned for months: the slowdown is accelerating. New figures show a sharp fall in fixed‑asset investment, weakening factory output, and a property sector still at risk of major defaults.