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…
China acknowledges ‘temperature gap’ between tech boom and traditional slump
A top theoretical journal of the Communist Party has acknowledged that a stark economic divide exists between China’s…
China’s debt ratio dips as households cut borrowing and firms slash investment: report
China’s debt-to-GDP ratio fell in the second quarter for the first time since 2022, even as the government…
Blue Bowls, by Cynthia Zarin
Since things are so rarely as we imagined them to be, why are we in a continual state…
Shanghai beats GDP estimates with 5.6% growth – but two-speed recovery persists
Shanghai’s economy expanded 5.6 per cent in the first half of the year, beating expectations on strong growth…
Why data may become China’s most durable advantage in the AI race
The global AI race is no longer just about chips or models. Increasingly, it is also about data…
Dear You: Beijing holds movie night for diplomats to help them ‘better understand’ China
Beijing has staged a special screening of a blockbuster film that sparked a debate about propaganda in Southeast…
95% of overseas firms expect to sustain or boost use of the yuan: Bank of China poll
The global business appetite for China’s yuan is strengthening as Beijing’s long-term campaign to internationalise its currency gains…
Another ‘DeepSeek moment’? Huawei milestone alters China trajectory in chip race: analysts
Huawei Technologies’ unveiling of a chip architectural workaround to bypass US sanctions marks a major step towards China’s…
As the Hormuz crisis exposes ‘fragile’ global supply chains, how will China respond?
The chief of China’s top economic planner has outlined strategies and priorities to safeguard economic security, as Beijing…
Qiushi reaffirms China’s trade-rebalance push, calls old export-led growth ‘unsustainable’
China’s top Communist Party journal has reaffirmed the country’s push to rebalance trade, saying a worsening global environment…
Why China’s red-hot tech push is leaving some traditional sectors out in the cold
With its cutting-edge humanoid robots busting moves on the world’s most-watched television programme and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…