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Despite Tariffs, China’s GDP Exceeds Expectations

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that GDP grew by 5.2 percent year-over-year, modestly exceeding the expectations of the Chief Economists surveyed by the Yicai Research Institute.

China’s Emissions Peak: What Are the Implications?

Recent analysis published by Carbon Brief suggests that China’s CO2 emissions peaked in 2024, six years earlier than foreseen.

Chinese students in Australian election campaigns

Article coauthored by Research Fellow Ye Xue published by Taylor & Francis Online

Adapting to Change: Canada-China Business Outlook under a New Federal Government

Philippe Rheault shared his insights on the evolving political and business landscape, addressing key issues impacting trade, investment, and economic partnerships at a CCBC-hosted event.

[Webinar / June 11] How China Sees the World in 2025

Has China’s Property Market Bottomed Out?

The data recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics suggest that, after three years of precipitous decline, China’s residential property market may be bottoming out.

Mark Kruger on China’s Macro Outlook

The Negotiation Podcast

Convergence Fuels Divergence: How Emotions Lead to Intensified U.S.-China Confrontation

Article co-authored by Ye Xue

Will Trump’s Tariffs Tank China’s 5 Percent Growth?

Article by Senior Fellow Mark Kruger

With Friends Like These: Canada's Policy Options for a US Trade War

Mark Kruger's slides for his presentation at the China Crossroads lecture series discussing the context of the US’s tariffs, their effects on the Canadian economy, what policymakers can do to mitigate them, playing the China card and other related topics.

Balancing the Costs: Charting Canada-China Relations Amid Trump’s Trade War

Director Philippe Rheault joined a panel hosted by the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy to discuss how the U.S.’s new tariffs could entail for Canada’s commercial relations with both the U.S. and China.

Maintaining 5 Percent Growth: What We Learned from the Two Sessions

The Two Sessions recently concluded in Beijing; as always, the GDP growth target is the center of attention.