Home province of DeepSeek, Moonshot founders seeks to retain, attract future AI talent
China’s southern manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province welcomed nearly 40 computer science students from Tsinghua University this week,…
Over a quarter of China’s ultra-wealthy concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai: report
Chinese megacities are seeing a slight decrease in households with assets of at least 100 million yuan (US$14.8…
The upside of downsizing: Chinese youth leave the rat race for more affordable small towns
For five years, Alice Zheng, a former bank loan reviewer, followed the path expected of many young Chinese:…
China sets 95% transport goal for 2030, focusing on efficiency and shielding supply chains
China aims to make its transport systems even more expansive and efficient in the next five years, setting…
China’s ‘K-shaped’ economy is divided not just by sector, but geography
China’s so-called K-shaped economy has attracted attention in recent months, as official data shows a disparity between the…
Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause
Qiu Huiying, a human resources manager in Guangdong, worries in numerical terms when she looks ahead to the…
EU carbon tariff sows havoc in China as steel firms grapple with ‘absurd’ rules
As trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to rise, China’s firms in the European Union have been…
China’s provinces turn to SOE profits after worst first-quarter fiscal stress since 2020
A growing number of Chinese provinces are proposing to increase profit remittance rates from state-owned enterprises to secure…
Acclaimed biologist Xu Xianzhong returns to China after arrests in his US lab
Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub…
China’s bond market faces climbing re-defaults as property crisis drags on
China’s bond market is facing rising re-defaults, driven by continued stress in the housing market, where years of…
China targets ‘zombies’ with regulatory headshots to kill off subsidised laggards
China’s top market regulator is intensifying its crackdown on debt-laden “zombie companies” – rolling out a pilot programme…
China faces a France-sized demographic loss that threatens coastal growth: analysts
China’s population is projected to fall by about 60 million over the next decade, threatening economic activity in…