By tradition, China has tried to keep the official deficit at 3% of gdp or below, in keeping with old-fashioned international norms. A 4% deficit shows that it is willing to abandon fiscal piety ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Iron ore miner Vale, a Chinese commercial partner since the 1970s, is welcome, along with other Brazilian firms, to further expand economic links with China, its commerce ...

China’s leaders have spent the past week unveiling ... to boost consumption like extending a program for trading in old appliances, and said they would create jobs, raise wages, promote free ...

“China needs to find a new engine for its economic development. The old model, the big infrastructure, construction–driven (one), is probably not going to work … and (the high tech ...

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power ...

Chris Buckley reported from Taipei, Taiwan. March 4, 2025 China’s top leaders sought to project confidence in the country’s economy on Wednesday despite sluggish growth, an escalating trade ...