President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Gimhae International Airport terminal, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. File Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 17 (Asia Today) — China’s vast number of “flexible workers,” including gig and short-term laborers, could become a major risk for the country’s economy despite signs of resilience this year, according to reports cited by a Beijing-based correspondent.
Asia Today’s Beijing correspondent Hong Soon-do wrote that China’s economy has held up better than expected despite the tariff and trade conflict with the United States, which is currently in a truce.
Citing Chinese media reports including The Beijing News, Hong said China’s trade surplus this year is expected to exceed $1 trillion and that economic growth is likely to meet a…
