China posts steady Nov growth: A signal of Central Economic Work Conference’s policy path?

中国11月经济稳步增长:是否预示着中央经济工作会议的政策方向?

World Today

2025-12-15

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① Chinese economy keeps steady growth momentum in November — What does this indicate about the trajectory set out by the Central Economic Work Conference? (00:44) ② Newly declassified archives add evidence to Japan's wartime crimes against China — How do these records, showing Unit 731’s systematic, state-organized crimes, reshape Japan’s historical accountability? (12:12) ③ Australian PM flags stricter gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting — Will proposed reforms close existing loopholes? (30:27) ④ Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory — What does this mean for the prospects of a negotiated settlement? (42:59) ⑤ Climate pressure on food: a growing global emergency — How urgent is the threat to global food security, and what strategies can governments and international bodies realistically implement to mitigate it? (51:04)
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  • Official data shows the Chinese economy keeps a static growth momentum in November.

  • Newly declassified archives add evidence to Japan's wartime crimes against China.

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  • The Chinese economy kept a steady growth momentum in November.

  • The value added industrial output expanded 4.8% from a year earlier.

  • China's industrial output increased by 6%.

  • Meanwhile, the country's retail sales of consumer goods went up 4% in the first 11 months,

  • totaling about 46 trillion yuan or about 6.4 trillion US dollars.

  • And the key message from the central economic work conference is clear,

  • maintaining stability while pushing ahead with innovation, reform, and high-quality growth.

  • With more, Zhao Yang spoke with Yan Liang, a professor of economics at Willamette University.

  • So Yan, looking at the latest economic figures, the growth, consumption, investment,