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Analysts' earnings estimates for companies represented by the MSCI China Index members are down nearly 1% since the start of 2024, per Bloomberg data.

China is debating whether people should listen to a superstition that says 2024 is a bad year to marry, as its population woes become more prominent.

Danielle Marcano was bored of her life in Philadelphia and accepted a teaching job in China. She's changed careers and cities but wants to stay in China.

"There has been increasing confusion over Beijing's policy stance on the economy," wrote Nomura economists in a Monday note seen by Business Insider.

The experts, including former Trump and Obama officials and retired researchers in the PLA, posited four probable scenarios, none of which were positive.

Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma has stayed out of the limelight since angering Beijing. In the meantime, he's been busy in his retirement from the tech giant.

Elon Musk's automaker plans to show off the Cybertruck in multiple cities, but it's unlikely to be available to buy in China anytime soon.

The weeks-long delay cost the world valuable time in creating COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the US House & Energy Committee said.

Over 80% of respondents to a World Economic Forum survey said they're expecting heightened economic and stock-market volatility in 2024.

Trump's unpredictability, combined with a defiant DPP under Lai Ching-te, could spell trouble for Beijing, Rorry Daniels said.

"The accuracy is unsatisfactory," one analyst wrote. China has been watching the Kinzhal keenly as it faces off against US Patriot systems in Ukraine.

Commerce between Beijing and Moscow spiked 26% to hit a new record in 2023, according to customs data published Friday.

Xi Jinping's is purging Chinese officers who seem either unwilling or too corrupt to effectively fight a war, analysts told Business Insider.

China has recently been trying to bank on nostalgia from a friendly trip Xi made in 1985 to Iowa, where an American family hosted him in their home.

"History shows that credit-fuelled real-estate booms do not end in a whimper," wrote Andrew Lawrence, the head of Asia property at GlobalData.TS Lombard.

Zhang Xiaopei, former party secretary of Jilin, used the billboard as an "overpass bridge to his power," state media reported in a new documentary.

Officials said Wenheng Zhao, 26, took just under $15,000 in 14 separate payments from China. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in October.

Wang Chuanfu's BYD just beat out Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's biggest electric car maker. Here's how the Chinese orphan built his EV empire.

An official survey of China's manufacturers showed factory activity contracted for the third straight month in December.

Kai Zhuang, 17, was found living alone in a tent at freezing temperatures at the direction of scammers, police said.

The Taiwanese government says that China began the investigation to pressure the boyband into supporting Chinese rule over the island nation.