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EU members’ China cuddling weakens Brussels’ hand On China, the European Union is trying to square the circle: play a bigger role in the global economy while reducing its dependence on the Asian giant. Security concerns clash with supply-chain needs and national export ambitions, while state-aid spats gum up the works. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will struggle to find a way forward.
Hong Kong primed to help EU firms' entry into Chinese mainland market: HKSAR chief executive
John Lee, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said Thursday that Hong Kong has the advantages that can facilitate the vibrant development of European Union (EU) companies in Hong Kong and their entry into the vast markets of the Chinese mainland and the wider Asian region.
China reports big data miss in July, stops releasing youth unemployment numbers
China reported July data that broadly missed expectations. The National Bureau of Statistics report also did not include the unemployment figure for young people, which has soared to record highs in recent months.
China's economy is stumbling, but it still isn't as dire as Japan's 1990s collapse China's stumbling economy is drawing comparisons to Japan's from three decades ago, but experts say key differences separate the two.
What China Isn’t Telling the World About Its Economy
China released more bad economic news on Tuesday, but it was the number that wasn’t included in the official data dump that stood out: Beijing said it would stop publishing figures for youth unemployment, weeks after it hit a record high of 21.3 percent in June.
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