China GDP Figures for 2021; Interest Rate Movement; Property Developers' Debt Burden; Tier-1 Housing Prices; Washington's View of Rare Earths; Sino-North Korean Trade.

Intelligence and insights on China's government actions, foreign policy, economy, and the capital markets.

Today’s newsletter is full of new — and still unfolding — developments, as Beijing continues to unpack its economic performance in 2021, and prepares for a Winter Olympics amid outbreaks of the Omicron variant on the mainland.

Preliminary GDP figures are in, with more signs that China was one of the world’s few economic bright spots last year.

The propert…