Chinese leader sought to persuade visiting businessmen that country still a good investment
https://www.ft.com/content/f70f48ae-d649-4fde-b3c0-c0d8e3bb3391
Nationwide slowdown hit sales and profits halved last year
https://www.ft.com/content/4c7d569f-f2b4-41fe-9e1b-d140f8744c20
Also in this newsletter: US debt warning, German growth downgrades, the return of the commute
https://www.ft.com/content/e9ce0afe-4898-45c3-98fa-3b114772e166
Beijing seeks to revive investor confidence as concerns mount about oversupply and potential dumping
https://www.ft.com/content/76aceb49-a32e-43e1-89f4-88b7ffb713c9
The president has won praise for ending a credit boom, but trading partners now fear a flood of cheap exports
https://www.ft.com/content/ae517907-0244-4344-ad0a-1d029c03555b
EU car manufacturers warn that a wave of cheaper models from China will undercut those produced by local companies
https://www.ft.com/content/7e436163-afda-4e7f-8f2b-67d1a12a16d4
Longi founder Li Zhenguo is laying off thousands of staff in an industry grappling with oversupply
https://www.ft.com/content/94aad588-7e33-41a8-9ad5-ffe12e283ef3
The terminal decline of factories devoted to the internal combustion engine presents a challenge for Beijing
https://www.ft.com/content/f1976615-370c-46bf-8919-17a26e03a11d
After a plunging stock market sent ETF pricing into turmoil, Beijing has attempted to shore up the sector
https://www.ft.com/content/de48d1db-15b1-4210-a51c-f42b0dbd0db3
Reprisals expected just as company from China eyes investment in Midlands battery gigafactory
https://www.ft.com/content/822a6457-e543-4ab8-8457-1d7402f108c7
Kristalina Georgieva’s remarks at Beijing conference come as China export glut tensions rise
https://www.ft.com/content/be0a8eb8-9f8a-462d-9e1e-9d9f4a85012c
Microsoft’s Windows and foreign database programs also sidelined as Beijing favours Chinese hardware and software
https://www.ft.com/content/7bf0f79b-dea7-49fa-8253-f678d5acd64a
Apple’s Tim Cook, ExxonMobil’s Darren Woods and HSBC’s Noel Quinn head to Beijing for annual development forum
https://www.ft.com/content/7aa4e5b3-dc4e-41c5-a2a7-a82d7d227b31
Shipments at eight-year high as domestic property crisis and lack of stimulus encourage external sales
https://www.ft.com/content/a875f0bb-7087-477b-a015-f9abec625b74
First high-level visit to continent in seven years as Beijing and Canberra try to stabilise relations
https://www.ft.com/content/8754f4f2-cda0-4edb-90aa-4d7155b247e6
Boost for policymakers comes as they struggle to counter slowdown in world’s second-largest economy
https://www.ft.com/content/b7d715f1-e644-45b1-8980-feebd2530a1e
Investigations reflect fears of flood of cheap Chinese products but could strain Brasília’s ties with Beijing
https://www.ft.com/content/8703874e-44cb-4197-8dca-c7b555da8aef
Chinese consumers’ shift to gold jewellery helps push down demand despite wider revival in luxury market
https://www.ft.com/content/dc9f89dd-558c-4796-94d1-0813535bc4fc
Beijing hopes giving easier access to people from some European countries will revitalise multibillion-dollar tourism sector
https://www.ft.com/content/ef5d613b-8f9a-43bd-9d5e-3aa245e4341b
Plants geared to producing internal combustion engines increasingly mothballed as foreign groups lose market share
https://www.ft.com/content/b255d7b9-88f6-4481-a3a6-87542d2b728b
Also in this newsletter: Putin in nuclear warning, UK returns to growth, art market in doldrums
https://www.ft.com/content/a717aa6a-d027-42a0-90d6-7749bec599d9
Domestic industry wants stronger tariffs as subsidies have not done enough to ward off Chinese competition
https://www.ft.com/content/9afeb8a2-ee25-4455-b917-5f06486abe5b
Beijing clamps down on province-level infrastructure spending even as it tries to stimulate economy
https://www.ft.com/content/901bc68e-ad35-42eb-97e0-542c631b9033
President expected to back trade investigation as industry becomes 2024 election issue
https://www.ft.com/content/62f902ed-9bb5-4167-84f0-4f1257889a97
Labour unions are urging the Biden administration to investigate China’s dominance of naval engineering, potentially inflaming Sino-American tensions
https://www.ft.com/content/4e2d5bb7-e4d5-4b98-b1a8-895c0d493b07