China expands oversight of major banks amid property sector risks
China has expanded its list of domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) – institutions subject to tighter regulatory standards…
As China intensifies offshore tax hunt, exporters struggle with compliance
For those in China’s cross-border trade business, a sweeping tax crackdown is beginning to be felt. Heightened scrutiny…
China’s manufacturing powerhouse cuts 2026 GDP growth target after missing mark
China’s premier manufacturing hub is recalibrating its economic ambitions, with policymakers in the industrial heartland of Guangdong setting…
Explainer | How are US tariffs and trade barriers redrawing China’s export map?
Despite a slowing economy, recurring trade frictions and intensifying price competition, the value of China’s exports rose in…
Shanghai maps global financial hub plan to 2035, for world-class and socialist metropolis
Shanghai has laid out a full spectrum of goals on finance for the next five years and beyond,…
China’s hi-tech push, Aids and poverty fights in focus as vice-premiers tour provinces
High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its…
Chinese man spends US$120,000 on 300-year gym membership, seeks refund; owner vanishes
A man in eastern China has sued a gym after he paid it more than 870,000 yuan (US$120,000)…
China’s youth seek stability over entrepreneurship as economy lags
In a departure from the “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” encouraged among China’s youth in the 2010s, in a…
China’s youth seek stability over entrepreneurship as economy lags
In a departure from the “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” encouraged among China’s youth in the 2010s, in a…