The central authorities recently urged governments of various levels to take necessary measures to prompt industries to strengthen self-discipline and prevent vicious "involutionary" competition.

Social media has become deeply embedded in young people's lives, encouraging constant comparison. The emotional impact of ...

China has been throwing its economic weight around with trading partners, but it also faces weak economic fundamentals at ...

FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript November 19, 2025 FinVolution Group misses on earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.34 EPS, expectations were $0.3595. Operator: ...

China’s efforts to curb overcapacity in the new energy sector can act as a window of opportunity for economies seeking to diversify from Chinese suppliers or leverage it to seek concessions in export ...

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 ...

The term “involution”内巻[nèi juǎn]) originally referred to social problems in China related to excessive competition (Note 1). Especially among the younger generations, it was at first used to ...

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Since the Communist Party of China Central Committee put forward the call to comprehensively pursue anti-involution, the market has largely interpreted it as a supply-side policy — essentially "supply ...

China is gripped by an insidious problem that is eroding its economy: It is trapped in a cycle of competition so fierce that it is destroying profits, driving a brutal rat race among workers and ...

Beijing’s new rules for state-led bulk tendering of medical drugs are the latest example of its “anti-involution” drive to combat cutthroat competition, a move analysts said would favour more ...