China’s manufacturing powerhouse, Guangdong province, has reported a GDP growth rate of just 3.9% for 2025, falling short of the target for the province of 5%. While the figures have only been released for a few provinces/regions, Guangdong appears to be on the lower end. Manufacturing hubs Shandong and Zhejiang both announced 5.5%, while Shanghai […]
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Chinese energy storage firms secured a record 366 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of overseas orders in 2025, up 144% from a year earlier reports Caixin. This is reportedly driven by grid instability in Europe and favorable policy tailwinds in the US and Australia. The China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), which released the figures Thursday, said more than half […]
Comac, China’s state-run planemaker, says it is aiming to raise this year’s sales—and presumably production—from 15 to 28 of the C919, the country’s first domestically produced passenger jet. Last year, it set the ambitious target of 75, and only sold 15. Since the rollout in 2022, the total number of C919s sold are no more […]
General Motors (GM) is moving production of a China-built Buick SUV to the US, reports Reuters. This comes as it seeks to expand US factory work in the wake of the Trump administration’s tariffs. The Detroit automaker said Thursday it is ending China production of the Buick Envision, a midsize SUV that it has been importing to […]
China’s trade surplus with the continent surged by 64.5% to a record US$102 billion, reports the South China Morning Post, citing China customs figures. The jump in the trade gap–up from US$62 billion the previous year–was driven by a 25.8% surge in Chinese exports to the continent to $225 billion, far outpacing the 5.4% growth in African shipments […]