‘Value for money’: AI agent OpenClaw adopts Chinese models for cost edge over US rivals
OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was…
Top consulting firms test boundaries with China workarounds
Feb 3 (Reuters) – Faced with a fraught geopolitical environment, global consultancies are turning to riskier ways to…
‘Are you dead?’ app and ‘crying horse’ plushie are a hit
While Americans worry about inflation and affordability, the Chinese are fretting about deflation and a down economy. To…
Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China
TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals…
China criticizes Dalai Lama’s Grammy award
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry…
China’s export-led growth is looking more and more unsustainable while a real estate crash and reeling consumers fuel deflationary spiral
The flood of Chinese exports around the world helped the economy blow past President Donald Trump’s massive tariff…
Trade war, global instability push de-dollarisation into China’s academic mainstream
Interest in de-dollarisation has spiked in Chinese academic and policy circles, as Beijing grows increasingly wary of the…
Q&A | Shaun White on returning to the Olympics as a commentator and mentoring young snowboarders
Snowboarder Shaun White stopped competing after the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, but the three-time Olympic gold medallist…
Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…
The Chinese Renewable Energy Revolution Affects The Whole World
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China’s shipbuilding sector maintains global lead in 2025
BEIJING — China”s shipbuilding industry maintained the world’s largest market share in terms of three major indicators for…
Hang Seng Index, CSI 300, gold, silver
A study of affluent Chinese released this month by consulting firm Oliver Wyman found that 22% of respondents…