For the whole of 2024 prices were up 0.2 percent, the same as the previous year.
China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 50.1 in December, marking a third consecutive month of expansion
The world's second-largest economy has for years battled sluggish domestic consumption, a persistent crisis in the property sector and soaring government debt
Retail sales expanded three percent year-on-year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, slowing from a 4.8 percent rise in October that was its best reading in eight months.
Earlier this week, Yellen said softness in the oil market presents an opportunity for more sanctions
The contemplated move reflects China's recognition that it needs bigger economic stimulus to combat Trump's threats of punitive trade measures, people with knowledge of the matter said
Beijing is also strapping in for four more years of tensions with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to impose stinging tariffs on China
Nvidia is also suspected of violating commitments it made in 2020, the statement said, when it acquired Israeli data center firm Mellanox
Exports jumped 6.7 percent on-year to $312.3 billion last month, China's General Administration of Customs said.
Domestic spending on tourism came in at 632.7 billion yuan ($87.9 billion), up 7.7 percent from 2019
China's central bank left a key policy rate unchanged as expected on Sunday
Chinese industries are battling falling product prices and crushing profit margins, along with compounding economic woes for survival
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property giant China Evergrande Group
Official Chinese figures highlighted its economy performed one of it's worst in more than three decades
China's factory activity declined in December as Beijing rounded off a year marked by stuttering economic recovery
A Reuters analysis of 1,721 Chinese companies with a market value of at least $500 million shows their profits may rise 16 percent next year
Could the debt woes of Country Garden, the behemoth Chinese real-estate developer now facing billions of dollars in losses, augur the cycle’s next turn?
The use of money for good and bad has a long history.
Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely
