BEIJING, China – In the first quarter of 2026, a financial earthquake struck Beijing—though you will not hear much about it on state-run television. Chinese provinces quietly released their first-quarter fiscal reports, revealing a shocking and unprecedented signal: all 28 provincial-level regions that reported their data had fiscal self-sufficiency rates below 100%. Simply put, almost […]

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BEIJING – Behind the shiny skyscrapers, high-speed rail lines, and bustling factories of China’s economic miracle, a silent emergency is unfolding. Most headlines focus on China’s slowing economic growth, trade tensions, or a shrinking population. However, a deeper internal struggle is quietly tearing the system apart: the financial conflict between Beijing and local governments. For […]

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