China News: Fresh drama at Chinese property developers, including China Evergrande Group, is threatening President Xi Jinping's efforts to end the housing crisis.
Amid diminished demand, both domestically and internationally, the Chinese economy has experienced a state of deflation. The country s consumer price index registered a year-on-year decrease of 0.3 per cent, as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 9. Additionally, the producer price index (PPI) had encountered its 10th consecutive month of decline, reflecting a 4.4 per cent drop compared to the previous year.