China said on Monday that building a new type of strategic partnership with Canada is conducive to world peace, stability, development and prosperity. The remarks follow recent warnings from US President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the US will impose 100 percent tariffs on Canadian imports shouldContinue Reading
A total of 70,392 new foreign-invested firms were established across China last year, marking an increase of 19.1 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. In 2025, actual use of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland totaled 747.69 billion yuan (106.92 billion U.S. dollars),Continue Reading
In a world fracturing along economic faultlines, Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a clear compass. “Countries cannot thrive without an international environment of open cooperation, and no country can afford to retreat into self-imposed isolation,” he reminded global audiences. The 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting opened onContinue Reading
China delivered a strong message of advocating free trade, multilateralism and cooperation on Tuesday at the ongoing World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, as Vice-Premier He Lifeng called for dialogue and joint problem-solving amid rising geopolitical tensions and economic rifts. Speaking at the Davos Congress Hall, HeContinue Reading
By – Yi Ming China’s economy crossed a symbolic threshold in 2025, with gross domestic product exceeding 140 trillion yuan (about $20.1 trillion). For global investors, it confirmed China’s position as a major growth engine. For ordinary Chinese, however, the number raised a more basic question: what does itContinue Reading
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast for China’s economic growth in 2025 and 2026 to 5.0 and 4.5 percent, respectively, in its updated World Economic Outlook on Monday. This upward revision reflects stronger activity supported by stimulus measures and additional investment financing from policy banks, which haveContinue Reading
The Chinese government on Tuesday announced a special guarantee program with a total scale of 500 billion yuan (about 71.42 billion U.S. dollars) to support investment by micro, small and medium-sized private enterprises. The program, implemented through the National Financing Guarantee Fund over a two-year period, will cover notContinue Reading
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year on year in 2025, meeting the annual target of around 5 percent, official data showed Monday. China’s GDP reached a record of 140.1879 trillion yuan (about 20.01 trillion U.S. dollars) last year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)Continue Reading
Specific arrangements reached between China and Canada to properly address trade issues related to electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products, canola, and agricultural and aquatic product have sparked varied responses from the US and Canada itself, with certain US officials claiming Canada would regret the decision of allowing theContinue Reading
Nigerian Tax Acts 2025 : Benefits Beyond the Rhetorics By –Joseph Tegbe Nigeria’s ongoing tax reforms have been widely mischaracterised as revenue tricks, mostly through epistemic closure and motivated reasoning, solely focusing on revenue figures, tax rates, and who pays what. These debates often miss the larger and farContinue Reading
