BBusiness Read More These Cheap Chinese EVs Could Do Great In CanadaFebruary 3, 2026 Canada wants to bring in imported Chinese EVs, up to 49,000 units for the first year, topping out…
EEconomy Read More Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratchFebruary 2, 2026 Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…
HHeadlines Read More BYD Is Already Cleared to Sell EVs in Canada, Giving It a Big Head Start Over RivalsJanuary 31, 2026 BYD Is Already Cleared to Sell EVs in Canada, Giving It a Big Head Start Over Rivals –…
BBusiness Read More GM’s CEO Issues Warning Over Cheap Chinese EVs In North AmericaJanuary 29, 2026 In case you didn’t hear the news, America’s neighbor to the north has greenlit the import of thousands…
EEconomy Read More China’s Guangdong province exports record US$140 billion of tech, high-value goodsJanuary 27, 2026 Exports of chip-manufacturing equipment, electric vehicles (EVs) and other high-value goods from China’s southern Guangdong province rose to…
EEconomy Read More China’s private sector increases presence among top 100 listed companiesJanuary 22, 2026 Private sector enterprises comprised 40 per cent of the top 100 listed Chinese companies by market value in…
CCanada Read More Carney rattles Canada auto firms in break with U.S. on Chinese EVsJanuary 18, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to open the way for imports of Chinese electric vehicles has rattled…
BBusiness Read More GM Takes A $6 Billion Hit Thanks To EV Policy WhiplashJanuary 10, 2026 Welcome back to Critical Materials, your daily round up of news and events shaping the world of electric…
BBusiness Read More Ford’s EV Retreat Comes With A $19.5 Billion Price TagDecember 17, 2025 Electric vehicles didn’t exactly materialize in the U.S. like many legacy automakers expected. Or, more realistically, haven’t materialized…
EEconomy Read More China’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts sayDecember 14, 2025 While China continues to produce many young self-made billionaires, showcasing its economic dynamism, observers have urged the creation…
EEconomy Read More ‘Blue ocean market’: why Brazil is becoming a magnet for Chinese investmentDecember 5, 2025 With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints…
AArts and design Read More Jonathan Becker on 25 Years of Photographing Paris’s Le Bal des DébutantesNovember 22, 2025 A tradition born of real purpose can, over time, calcify into something so peculiar that it obscures why…