Next, the editorials insist that China is profoundly resilient. They note risks, including American protectionism and weak consumer demand at home, but treat them almost as inconveniences. One editorial repeats Mr Xi’s line that “China is an ocean, not a pond”—big enough, that is, to weather any turbulence.

The pause in the trade war between the U.S. and China may be at risk of breaking open again after Beijing implemented restrictions on rare earth exports.

Maybe it’s an electric vehicle with longer-range batteries, an updated artificial intelligence model, or a humanoid robot —but the message is the same every time: China is a tech juggernaut. Some credit China’s economic model.

China has reported its factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, the longest slump since 2019.

China's export growth bounced back in September, but renewed trade threats from Beijing and Washington have rekindled worries about jobs and further deflation in an economy heavily reliant on selling its manufactured goods overseas.