In Focus | What’s a Northern Metropolis-like project doing in Malaysia? Lessons for Hong Kong?
Deep in the southern border zone of Johor, Malaysia, separated from Singapore by a narrow strait, a steady…
China says yuan’s global rise is ‘irreversible’ – and has a strategy to back it up
Chinese financial authorities have pledged further steps to expand the yuan’s global use amid a broader de-dollarisation trend,…
China helped keep the lid on oil price surge as Iran war disrupted supplies
China’s years of stockpiling of crude and subsequent pullback on oil purchases since the Middle East war erupted…
‘Keep pushing, never fear hardships,’ Hong Kong’s first astronaut tells students
Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, will deliver a live lesson from space to students and teachers at…
China ‘can never get ahead’ of US in AI, Bessent says in advance of Xi’s visit
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that China “can never get ahead” of America in artificial intelligence, in…
China’s Xiaomi unveils folding phone with home-grown chip as it takes on Apple, Huawei
Xiaomi unveiled a series of new products on Monday – from a flagship foldable phone featuring proprietary chips…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: China’s weak consumer becomes the world’s problem
A China-Africa liner carrying 23800 tons of mechanical equipment and engineering vehicles set sail from Yantai Port to…
In Focus | Family firms power China’s economy – but what happens when the heirs refuse the throne?
Many Chinese tend to label the offspring of the country’s nouveau riche private business founders with the pejorative…
Pipes, power and petaflops: what’s behind China’s massive ‘6 networks’ investment
China’s biggest economic buzzword this year could be the “six networks”, as Beijing aims to use infrastructure investment…
How China’s AI race is shrinking job market, forcing workers into low-paid, manual roles
For four years, Beijing-based Clare Zhang worked as a research analyst at a corporate advisory firm, helping companies…
Beijing bets on a US$1 trillion sports boom to revive consumption, job market
China plans to expand the scale of its sports industry to at least 7 trillion yuan (about US$1…
China’s tech push fuels fastest profit growth in 4 years amid signs of economic divide
Profit for firms on the chip-heavy Star Market under the Shanghai Stock Exchange surged more than fourfold from…