Financial markets kicked off the week by gleefully cheering the weekend’s headlines that trade talks between the United States and China went smoothly. Just weeks earlier, Trump had threatened to impose a 100% tariff on Chinese exports and said he might call off a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China's economic growth slowed to the weakest pace in a year in the third quarter as fragile domestic demand left it heavily reliant on the humming of its exporting factories, stoking concerns about deepening structural imbalances.

China needs a bolder spending package to mend the finances of households and companies, according to a central bank adviser, as signs of resilience in the economy mask the damage wrought by the trade war with the US.

China's ruling Communist Party says it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology in the coming five years.

Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan being discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.

Beijing is fighting to limit the damage from a pattern of price wars and excess capacity across multiple industries.

China's top leaders have pledged to boost the country's self-reliance in advanced technologies and spur stronger domestic demand over the next five years.

A further increase in China’s trade surplus failed to fully offset the effects of a worsening housing market, which has left consumers wary.

Once China’s answer to Pittsburgh, steel hub Panzhihua faces same challenge as other old industrial cities: how to avoid “rust belt” decline.

The July-September data, the weakest pace of growth since the third quarter of 2024, compares with a 5.2% pace of growth in the previous quarter, officials said.