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By Rhod Mackenzie

China is attempting to avoid a recession by investing in manufacturing and increasing exports. According to Bloomberg analysts, this strategy is complicated by ongoing trade wars with the United States and EU countries, as each nation vies for influence on the global stage. For m...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China's central bank and other government agencies anounced on Monday 25 measures to enhance the level of financial support for the nation's private sector. These include diversifying financial channels for private businesses, creating another significant movement towards boostin...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian budget will receive an additional 4 trillion rubles in tax revenue in 2023,( $42 billion). with credit going to non-oil and gas businesses. Amid a challenging year for the oil sector, it was the non-resource sector that managed to bolster the Russian economy. How was...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The October figures for China's industrial production and retail sales were better than expected, indicating that the long-awaited recovery of the world's second-largest economy may be on the horizon. T However, the construction industry remains in a deep crisis, hindering its pr...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China's imports and exports grew in the first ten months of 2023, although October saw a decline in exports. On Tuesday, Chinese authorities released official data indicating that import growth exceeded expectations, demonstrating that the world's largest trading nation is resili...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States is scheduled for Thursday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

This will be the first face-to-face meeting of the prime ministers of the SCO member states subse...