Even as China floods the world’s markets with electronics, electric cars, and other high-tech goods, its own domestic demand for most products remains stubbornly weak. Retail sales are low. Oversupply ...

But the supercharged competition driving that trend is causing problems within China itself, including deflation and thin or negative profit margins. China’s government has recognised the problem, but ...

Chinese EV giant BYD slashed prices on May 23, prompting regulators to speak out. Despite that, analysts say that little can be done about the market competition. Falling prices of Chinese car exports ...

China’s “anti-involution” policy to tackle deflation, announced in 2024, is still in its early stages. Lower import prices for Chinese goods can ripple through trading partners’ economies. Investors ...

Eugene Hsiao of Macquarie Capital unpacks China's anti-involution strategy, and how its evolved from previous supply-side reforms that primarily focused on the SOEs, to the private enterprises. Got a ...

The term “involution”, meaning curling inward, became common slang in China in the 2020s to reflect excessive competition in social and economic life, where students, workers and even business leaders ...

BEIJING — As China's electric vehicle price war intensifies, its top leaders have sounded the alarm with high-profile calls to halt excessive competition, known colloquially as "neijuan" or involution ...