China - Economic Data & News 20 (Nov 22 - Dec 24)

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With a GDP growth rate of 25%, China will definitely meet the standard!

'24.03.08【觀點│龍行天下】Pt.2 5% GDP成長率，中國一定達標！

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dIys_Tbu_kY

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From day labour to influencer: a Beijing worker’s journey
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MoVXTSKgrlw

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China's economic slowdown makes the United States and Taiwan happy but economists worry that no one will win
中國經濟放緩 美台高興 經濟學家憂沒有人是贏家 TVBS文茜的世界周報 20240310
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4xVQrLSySRQ


China sets a growth target of around 5% but is criticized for being ambitious and unrealistic
中國訂下增速目標5%左右 遭譏雄心勃勃不切實際 TVBS文茜的世界周報 20240310
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvi3WaOeeNQ&t=3s

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Shanghai elderly seek love at Ikea
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xO2oSen3Rc&t=208s

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Mainland China’s urban unemployment rate reaches 5.3%, the highest level since August last year
大陸城鎮失業率達5.3% 去年8月以來新高｜方念華｜FOCUS全球新聞 20240319 @tvbsfocus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mkq0CcjBOdI


"#China's efforts to boost auto sales by cutting downpayments on car loans stand to be frustrated by a price war & consumer caution"
https://twitter.com/ChinaBeigeBook/stat ... 3215501783

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So evil! Fake fireproof glass and fake fire extinguishers are rampant in mainland China.
Wholesalers: The more fires are extinguished, the more prosperous they become.

有夠黑心!大陸假防火玻璃.假滅火器氾濫 批發商:越滅火越旺｜TVBS新聞

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7zgIbGrvS1M

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China's economic downturn has forced job seekers to apply for the civil service exam!
25 provinces in China hold civil service examinations and 4.5 million people compete to "eat the royal grain".
China's finances are still tight. Private enterprises are recruiting less and laying off employees frequently.
中國經濟低迷 求職者轉報考"公務員"！ 中國25省辦公務員考試 450萬人搶"吃皇糧" 中財政仍吃緊 民營企業招聘少.頻裁員｜【國際大現場】20240319｜三立新聞台
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DNvCLIORMAU


Mainland China’s youth unemployment rate is 15.3%.
Even if the number of students in school is removed, it’s still ugly.
大陸青年失業率15.3% 剃除在校生數據依舊難看｜秦綾謙｜FOCUS全球新聞 20240321@tvbsfocus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xJmF1iOrgwA


"The surveyed unemployment rate of youth aged between 16 and 24 was 15.3 percent in February, up 0.7 percentage point from that in January.
The number was 6.4 percent for people aged from 25 to 29, increasing by 0.2 percentage point from that in January."
https://twitter.com/michaelxpettis/stat ... 2637453757

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Doubts over the reliability of China’s economic figures are swirling again — this time in soybean trade as the world’s top importer has been publishing data that are increasingly diverging from other countries' data.
https://twitter.com/JDMayger/status/1772914230498385939


China steps up checks for people bypassing the ‘Great Firewall’
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ ... 33232.html


The economy has made Xi's fourth term full of crises. Is there a risk of a rising crisis on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in 2027?
經濟使習四任充滿危機 2027兩岸恐出現升溫危機? TVBS文茜的世界周報 20240323
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6r3Onq7UPEo

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Just got off the phone with one of the American CEOs who went to the China Development Forum (CDF) this week and met with Xi Jinping on Wednesday in China.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said "Business is still terrible," and confidence in the economy is very low
https://twitter.com/MCaruso_Cabrera/sta ... 3627529397


Pull the Netherlands to the left and win over American companies to the right!
Xi wants to break down the semiconductor and trade wall
左拉荷蘭.右攏美企! 習欲破半導體與貿易高牆｜方念華｜FOCUS全球新聞 20240328@tvbsfocus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8d3q94qz4


Economic downturn! China's wealthy wealth shrank by 15%, Alibaba withdraws Cainiao IPO
景氣低迷! 中國富豪財富縮水15% 阿里巴巴撤回菜鳥IPO｜方念華｜FOCUS全球新聞 20240327@tvbsfocus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JJOpfdyAd7Y

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Demand for weight-loss solutions is high in #China, where obesity rates among Chinese adults have more than doubled the past 2 decades
https://twitter.com/ChinaBeigeBook/stat ... 2382996707


"#China is grappling w/a shrinking population & its kindergartens are bearing the brunt of the declining birthrate, w/nearly 15,000 closing last year alone, recent govt data showed"
https://twitter.com/ChinaBeigeBook/stat ... 5348038737