The three-year pandemic lockdown has had lingering effects, both psychologically and economically, and many Chinese have consequently incurred debts and faced bankruptcy. Over the past five years, China’s household debt has surged nearly 50 percent. The sharp Indebted Chinese Who Defaulted on Payments Increases Nearly 50 Percent Over Pandemic Lockdown
The three-year pandemic lockdown has had lingering effects, both psychologically and economically, and many Chinese have consequently incurred debts and faced bankruptcy. Over the past five years, China’s household debt has surged nearly 50 percent. The sharp
MALE—Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s party earned a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, local media reported on Monday, a result set to move the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India. Mr. Muizzu’s
The State Department highlighted the Chinese regime’s extensive operations to silence its targets in the United States and elsewhere, deploying tactics such as stalking, forced disappearances, and projecting police power overseas. The groups the regime goes