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The article informs that China's future economic potential hinges on its productivity. It mentions that China's economic model created by the president Xi Jinping is particularly wasteful, a failing evidenced by its surging debts. It also mentions about rise in the use of industrial robots for increasing gross domestic product of the country.

The article focuses on the capacity cuts imposed by the government of China on coal and steel production. Topics covered include how the capacity cuts benefited U.S. and European companies, the amount of cuts that the Chinese government will implement for coal and steel production and the impact of the cuts on coal and steel prices.

The article focuses on the lack of technical workers and the future of workshops that cannot upgrade in the industrial city of Dongguan, China. The national strategy to upgrade manufacturing through automation is mentioned. The reasons of low productivity in the manufacturing industry are mentioned which includes the low level of automation compared to its competitors and the low supply of China's cheap labor.

This article presents economic and financial indicators for developing countries as of November 6, 2004. China's central bank boosted its one-year lending rate to 5.58% from 5.31%, its first rate rise in nine years. India's central bank raised rates from 4.5% to 4.75%. South Korea's industrial production rose by 9.3% in the year to September. Consumer prices in Turkey rose by 9.9% in the year to October. Poor countries' debt burdens continue to decline, according to the IMF's latest figures. The stock of external debt in emerging economies is expected to fall to 86% of exports by 2005. Debt-service payments (interest and principal) are also expected to fall next year, to 14% of exports, down from a high of 26% in 1999. Debt payments as a proportion of exports have been falling sharply in Latin America in recent years, but remain around four times those of emerging Asian economies.

The article offers global business news briefs. Topics discussed include renegotiating the North American Free-Trade Agreement by the U.S., Mexico and Canada; merger of asset-management firms Standard Life and Aberdeen, and growth in industrial production in China with indications of increase in debt.

The article presents several charts of economic and financial indicators of countries including China, Japan, and Canada, which shows gross domestic product (GDP), industrial production, and consumer prices.

The article examines various economic and financial indicators throughout the world. The article reports that China's main stockmarket index fell by 6.5% on May 30th, 2007, after the government raised the tax on trading shares. The jobless rate in Japan reportedly fell to a nine-year low of 3.7% in April 2007. Several Asian countries experienced increases in industrial production in 2007.

The article looks at economic competition between the Chinese cities of Beijing and Tianjin. They are excited by a visit paid in late June by the prime minister, Wen Jiabao, and his strong endorsement of Tianjin's New Binhai Zone, a decade-old industrial park and port complex that has already attracted billions of dollars of investment from some of the world's biggest manufacturers. The mutual standoffishness between Beijing and Tianjin--both municipalities that answer directly to the central government rather than any province--is also beginning to erode. Or so officials hope. Work has just begun on a high-speed rail link intended to reduce travelling time between the two centers to half an hour or so. Construction of a new expressway between the cities has also just started. Both projects are due to be completed in time for Beijing's Olympic Games in 2008. But breaking down political barriers in the region could take time. Some Chinese scholars argue that creating a "greater Beijing" (in effect bringing Tianjin under the capital's control) would aid regional development. The idea does not go down well in Tianjin. The city's reformist mayor, Dai Xianglong, a former chief of China's central bank, says market forces will help more. Nowadays, he says, state-owned banks would not lend to projects that are simply wasteful duplications of others in the area. If so, that would indeed be a breakthrough for the region's development.

The article focuses on economic data and conditions in China. One of the biggest problems is that China's official figures are not seasonally adjusted. That means resorting to year-on-year growth rates which, by definition, tend to be slow in picking up recent changes. In America and most other developed economies, by contrast, official data is seasonally adjusted, which allows analysts to compare month-on-month changes and quarter-on-quarter changes. In a desperate bid to throw more light on China's economy, many foreign investment banks have been trying to crunch their own seasonally adjusted numbers. These suggest an economy that is slowing much more rapidly than is indicated by official figures. The 12-month rate of growth in China's industrial output slowed to a still-steaming 15.5% in July from 18% at the end of last year. However, Lehman's seasonally adjusted figures show output in the three months to July growing at an annual rate of less than 1% compared with the previous three months. Despite their seasonal adjustment, these numbers look too volatile, and thus may exaggerate the deceleration. But the economy has clearly slowed by more than the headline numbers suggest.

Focuses on economic conditions in China, as of April 2000. Growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2000; Reasons for the decline in the rate of growth; Government pressure on banks to lend; Industrial output; Foreign investment; Production capacity; Role of asset management companies in handling of bad loans; Consumer spending.

This article analyses the economic situation in China. Nobody mistakes Chinese statistics for gospel, but the economy's trajectory is clear enough. Earlier this month, the government released final figures for 1992. Real GNP grew by 13%, industrial output by 21%, fixed capital investment by 38%. Nearly $60 billion-worth of foreign direct investment in China was contracted for and more than $11 billion-worth actually delivered. Price pressures are reaching explosive levels. The prices of some kinds of steel have more than doubled in three months. Chinese productivity is rising so fast that its economy can probably follow in Japan's footsteps for a long time yet and still grow, on average, very quickly.

The article focuses on the Chinese economy between 2001 and 2012. Topics include the slowdown in economic growth between 2010 and 2012, the decrease in industrial output, and the Chinese government's hesitancy to implement economic policies to boost economic growth. Information is provided on China's increase in infrastructure spending.

The article focuses on the use of purchasing-managers' index (PMI) by China to track manufacturing activity. It states that readings below 50 are believed to indicate manufacturing is shrinking. Analyst Yu Song of financial company Goldman Sachs suggests the PMI scale is miscalibrated and that China's PMI would need to drop to around 44-45 before industrial output would shrink. The article explains that China's economic data shows growth in industrial production compared with the previous year.

Charts and graphs of economic indicators in emerging markets are presented. China chalked up a record trade surplus of $18.8 billion in August, 2006, and its industrial production was 15.7% greater than a year earlier. Russia's GDP grew by 7.4% in the year to the second quarter, while India's industrial production expanded by 12.4% in the year to July, its quickest pace in a decade.

This article discusses emerging-market indicators as of August 12, 2006. The growth of China's surplus trade is discussed. Indonesia's central bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point after two other quarter-point trims. The economy and financial markets around the world are discussed, which are categorized by interest rates, stock markets, industrial production, consumer prices and currency units.

The article offers three charts and an overview of emerging market indicators. Industrial production and retail sales have increased in China, as well as the consumer-price inflation. Industrial production has also grown in India and Russia. There is economic expansion in Indonesia, Peru, Hungary, and Israel. The projection for current-account balances in 25 countries are listed.

This article presents charts of economic indicators for emerging markets. Industrial output in China grew by 8.9% in the year to January, slowing from growth of 14.4% in the year to December. Consumer prices rose by 3.9% in the year to February, after rising just 1.9% in the year to January. Israel's GDP grew by 4.6% in the year to the fourth quarter, up from 2.9% in the year to the second quarter.

Offers charted and graphed data for economic indicators and an overview of emerging markets. Industrial production in China increased by 15.7% in the year to October. In Malaysia, industrial output rose by 9.8% in the 12 months to September, the slowest growth for a year. In the Philippines, consumer prices rose by 7.1% in the year to October. Industrial production in Brazil was flat in September. In Turkey, growth in industrial output slowed to 5.4% in the year to September.

Presents charts and graphs showing emerging-market indicators and an overview of the global economy. China's GDP growth slowed slightly to 9.1% in the year to the third quarter, from 9.6% in the year to the previous quarter. Consumer prices rose by 5.2% in the year to September. Industrial production in Singapore soared by 11.8% in the year to September, up from growth of 5.3% in the year to August. Israel's industrial output rose by 12.5% in the year to August. The Organisation for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) says an emerging country's high debt level, its public-sector inefficiencies and large black economy need to be tackled if it is to realise its full growth potential, which the OECD puts at a rate of above 7% a year.

The article presents economic indicators for emerging markets as of March 13, 2004. China's industrial output surged 23.2% in the year to February. But this was distorted by the lunar new-year holiday: in 2003 the holiday was in February, not January as in this year. China ran a trade deficit of 7.9 billion in February: its imports were up 77% on a year earlier, while exports rose 40%. Baghdad, Iraq, is reckoned to have the worst quality of life of any of the cities in our chart.

This section presents news briefs and charted data showing economic and financial indicators for 25 emerging-market countries, including India, China, Russia Thailand, Turkey, South Africa, Taiwan, Mexico, Israel, Hong Kong, Brazil and Poland. India's economy grew by 5.7% in the year to the second quarter. In the year to September, consumer prices in South Korea grew by 3.3%. Chile's industrial production rose by 2.1% in the year to August. The growth in Thailand's industrial output slowed from 11.3% in the year to July to 5.5% in the year to August. Since the beginning of 2003, most emerging-economy currencies have gained against the dollar.

China's gross domestic product growth fell to a 12-year low of 6.7% in the year to the second quarter, owing mostly to the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Industrial production in Mexico fell by 2.3% in the 12 months to May, thanks in part to sluggish economic growth in America and increased competition from Chinese imports. Russia's economy remains strong: industrial production rose by 7.0% in the 12 months to June. In the 12 months to May, Hungary's industrial production expanded by a revised 4.4%. More than 608m people suffered from disasters last year, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Drought took a toll in India and Africa, while China and Thailand were swept by floods.

Russia's industrial output rose by 8.5% in the 12 months to May. Poland's industrial output grew even faster, by 11.7% in the 12 months to May, up strongly from growth of 8.5% in the 12 months to April. In the 12 months to May, Israel's consumer-price inflation fell to 1.6%, the lowest rate since December 2001. The Chinese economy set the pace for world energy consumption last year, according to BP's annual statistical review. Although China's figures should always be treated with caution, this report suggests that the country's energy demand grew by nearly a fifth last year. BP reckons that natural gas is now overtaking coal as a global energy source. Since natural gas is less carbon-intensive and also burns more cleanly than coal, that is good news for both human health and the environment.

Presents information on current economic conditions of several countries. Growth of 5.2% in Argentina's GDP; Rise in industrial output by 7.1% in Russia and by 14.9% in China; Massive insurance losses due to terrorist attacks in 2001 all over the world.

The article presents economic and financial figures of emerging markets of several countries. China ran a trade deficit for the second month this year. As a result, the surplus over the past 12 months has shrunk to $22.1 billion. The stock market was unfazed, gaining 7.3% over the week. Industrial production rose in India by 6.4% in the year to February. However, the stock-market fell by 5.6% over the week because of tosses in technology stocks. In Colombia, industrial output rose by 5.7% in the year to January. But factories in Mexico are less busy, industrial production rose by only 1.2%in the year to February.

Asian economies are proving resilient despite worries about global prospects. In China, industrial production leapt by 19.8% in the 12 months to February. Industrial output rose by 6.4% in India in the 12 months to January. Industrial output in Turkey rose by 13.2% in the year to January. The Australian dollar has experienced the biggest appreciation against the American dollar this year of all the currencies in the chart. Egypt's government floated the pound in January, but its foreign-exchange reserves continue to dwindle.

The article presents statistical information on the emerging-market indicators. Many analysts feared that China's economy would stow in the second half of 2002, after growing at an annual rate of 7.8% during the first six months of they ear. But, so far, fears that exports would drop have proven unfounded. In the year to August, exports rose by 25%; industrial production rose by 12.7%. In other good news, consumer-price deflation eased slightly. Inflation, not deflation, is becoming a problem for South Africa. Consumer prices rose by 11.6% in the year to August, the highest rate of inflation since 1992.

Presents emerging market indicators as of July 27, 2002. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the Czech Republic; Industrial output in Taiwan and Mexico; Deflation in Hong Kong; Tabular data on GDP changes, industrial product, consumer prices, and balance of trade for various nations; Others.

Presents emerging-market indicators as of June 15, 2002. Industrial production in China, Malaysia, and India; Stock prices in China, South Korea, Turkey, and Israel; Economic growth in Chile; Others.

Presents information on emerging-market indicators for various nations around the world as of March 15, 1997. Performance of the tourism industry of Hong Kong, China; Information on India's industrial productivity; Decrease in Czech Republic's consumer price inflation; Expectation that the appointment of Anatoly Chubais as first deputy prime minister of Moscow would revive economic reforms.

The article discusses emerging market indicators of various countries in 1995. A pie chart that illustrates the market capitalization as of September 30, 1995 is presented. The 12-month rate of consumer price inflation and 12-month trade surplus of China in September 1995 are revealed. Meanwhile, the industrial output of Brazil has increased by 2.5% in August 1995. The impact of the formation of a new coalition environment on share prices of Istanbul, Turkey is addressed. Gross domestic product of China is also cited.

The article focuses on China's economic reforms. China's state-owned companies, which still account for half of industrial output and 60% of industrial employment, are monuments to bureaucratic ineptitude. Fengxian, a rural county 45 kilometers south of Shanghai, has about 100 state-owned companies. Local officials say that, in a reversal of the national pattern, two-thirds of their state companies make money. None is run in the old way, through orders handed down by the local branch of a central-government ministry.

Focuses on the economic growth of China in 1991. Comparison with the growth in the 1980s; Need for the authorities to use inflation to restrain the economy by early 1992; Percentage increase of industrial output; Contribution of exports, consumption and investment to the growth; Percentage increase of urban retail sales; Influence of the most favored nation trading status on the economic growth.