China unveils next round of green energy ambitions in five-year plan
In China’s vast deserts, its green energy revolution is in plain view. Solar panels stretch across the nation’s…
Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%
New data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) confirms that Tesla registered just 8,075 vehicles across the…
China’s carmakers cut supplier payment cycles amid Beijing’s price war crackdown
Major Chinese carmakers have cut their lengthy supplier payment cycles – previously used to offset costs and stay…
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…
Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a brutal price war?
China’s energy storage firms, battered by a three-year price war, have been jolted by lithium battery maker Deegares,…
The Skoda Vision O Is A Cool Electric Wagon Concept That You Can Drive
Take a closer look at the Skoda Vision O concept in this video. The Vision O isn’t a…
China’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts say
While China continues to produce many young self-made billionaires, showcasing its economic dynamism, observers have urged the creation…
‘Blue ocean market’: why Brazil is becoming a magnet for Chinese investment
With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints…
Open Questions | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked
Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of…
Jonathan Becker on 25 Years of Photographing Paris’s Le Bal des Débutantes
A tradition born of real purpose can, over time, calcify into something so peculiar that it obscures why…
‘I’m a top car expert – I know exactly why everyone is now buying Chinese cars’
A top motoring expert has admitted it’s no secret Britons are flocking to Chinese cars, with the specialist…
Inside Bhutan’s US$100 billion plan to build ‘happy’ Singapore-inspired economic hub
Bhutan is a nation that prides itself on happiness over productivity, being the only net negative emission country…