China’s consumer inflation slows to over… China's consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in April, while factory gate deflation…
China’s performing arts scene is poised for… China’s performing arts industry is showing signs of recovery after a massive wave of coronavirus outbreaks rattled…
Taiwan Singles’ Day sales look strong as… While down on pre-pandemic years, Singles’ Day sales in Taiwan look better in 2022 than last year, according to…
Are China’s frustrated middle class ‘lying flat’… China’s middle class are used to buying luxury items, making investments and buying property, but lots of these…
Covid-19, property, heatwaves erode recovery as… Global investment banks Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs and Nomura have all cut their 2022 economic growth…
‘I have nothing but loans’: China’s economic rut… From business owners to office workers, rising debt and falling incomes are becoming a reality for many Chinese, as…
‘Expired products again?’ Starbucks stirs… US coffee chain Starbucks has been thrust into the social media spotlight again in China after one of its outlets…
‘Right time’ for consumption stimulus as China’s… China’s consumer confidence index slumped in April to the weakest level since the data was first available in 1991…
Could Guangdong’s Hong Kong-style shopping… A plan from China’s southern manufacturing hub to offer Hong Kong-style shopping vouchers in an effort to stimulate…
China’s youth warn of ‘vicious circle’ as… Anti-consumerism sentiment among young people in China concerned with overindulgence dominated the world’s largest…