China's Economy

As China changes leaders this week, opinions on the future of China's economy differ widely among analysts. Those bearish on China say it's crash may already be here.

The Chinese Communist Party will hand over power to China's next leader during its party congress this week.

Depending on which economist you talk to, China is either on a steady path to overtake the U.S. as the world's number one economy or it's on the verge of economic collapse.

China's third-quarter GDP data shows the country grew at its weakest pace in three and a half years and is on track for its slowest annual growth since 1999.

Economic forecasters in China say quarterly growth figures, set to be released Thursday, will be lower than officials were expecting.

Twenty years after the start of China's great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work at factories along the country's coast, workers are beginning to return home, following an investment boom in China's interior.

As China prepares for the first leadership transition in a decade, Marketplace's Rob Schmitz talks to passengers on China's slowest and fastest trains to find out whether they think country is on the right track.

As China prepares for its first leadership transition in a decade, Marketplace's Rob Schmitz talks to passengers on China's slowest and fastest trains to find out whether they think country is on the right track.

Slowing growth is leading the government to consider further measures to boost the economy, but some say once home prices pick up, spending will follow.

Slower growth in China and the prospect of currency depreciation have many Chinese putting their money into places like Canada and the U.S.