EVs put an end to China’s usual holiday surge in petrol use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km road trip this month during China’s national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.…
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U.S. allowed and helped firms sell tech used for China’s surveillance state
U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips…
“I Sweated So Much I Never Needed to Pee”: Life in China’s Relentless Gig Economy
“Often, sweat was dripping down my back within the first two hours of a shift and would not stop dripping until the next morning,” writes Hu Anyan in the new English translation of his…
China’s largest banks report steady profits, but margins shrink
[BEIJING/SHANGHAI] Four of China’s largest five state-owned banks reported steady profits on Thursday (Oct 30), but their margins came under pressure from a prolonged property slump and…
China’s ‘Fortress Without Isolation’
Beijing’s latest Five-Year Plan, while couched in familiar bureaucratic language, marks a significant evolution in the regime’s grand strategy. Source link
News Analysis: Trade deal or trade truce? Questions remain as Trump meets with China's Xi
WASHINGTON — President Trump faces the most important international meeting of his second term so far on Thursday: face-to-face negotiations with Xi Jinping, who has made China a…
Temasek-backed consortium to take China’s ANE private at HK$14.33 billion valuation
[SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] ANE (Cayman) said on Tuesday (Oct 28) a consortium comprising its largest shareholder, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, Centurium Capital, and True Light have offered to…
China’s cheap air fares hurt profit recovery for state carriers
Stubbornly cheap international air fares for Chinese travellers are hurting attempts by the country’s biggest carriers to claw their way back to profitability. Ticket prices have lingered…
China's central bank to resume bond trading on open market
China’s 10-year government bond yield fell sharply by 2 basis points following comments by PBOC governor China’s central bank will resume buying and selling treasury bonds on the open…
What to know about China’s 5-year plan to achieve tech self-reliance
China‘s leaders are vowing to reduce reliance on foreign advanced technology and spur stronger domestic demand as it weathers “high winds” amid elevated trade tensions with the U.S. An…
China’s central bank pledges flexible monetary policy to support growth
China’s central bank pledged on Friday (Oct 24) to calibrate the intensity, timing and pace of monetary policy based on economic conditions to support stable growth. The People’s Bank of…
China’s margin curbs threaten rally in stock market favourites
Investors chasing fast-moving trends face more uncertainty, as margin access can disappear quickly A rule aimed at curbing exposure to overvalued stocks is posing another challenge to…
China’s EV boom saddles its auto insurers with losses
China’s giant electric vehicle insurance market is flailing. Losses are piling up, as companies’ risk models haven’t kept up with changes in vehicle economics and driver behaviours. The…
Newcomers shrug off China’s EV headwinds with bets on niche cars
Despite their optimism, it’s unclear how many of the newer entrants will survive the Asian nation’s cutthroat industry For all the talk of China’s car industry being crowded with…
Global carmakers race to beat China’s rare earths deadline
[LONDON/BERLIN] Global automakers are scouring the globe for crucial rare earths ahead of looming Chinese export controls, with executives worried they could lead to parts shortages and…
China’s economy, hit by tariffs, slows to 4.8% annual growth in Q3
China’s economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand. The…
China’s Damaging Influence on American Democracy
New York is a microcosm of these potential dangers. Source link
Stellantis, China’s Pony AI to test robotaxis in Europe
Stellantis plans to team up with Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI to start testing autonomous vans in Luxembourg. The agreement involves a battery-powered minivan as the initial fleet…
China's Sany Heavy Industry seeking up to HK$12.4 billion in HK listing
Sany Heavy Industry is seeking to raise as much as HK$12.4 billion (S$2.1 billion) through its Hong Kong listing, a filing showed on Monday (Oct 20), as the machinery maker taps into…
Trump Is Playing China’s Game
The U.S. has plenty of leverage — we shouldn’t be blinded by Chinese propaganda. Source link
Temasek-led consortium makes offer to delist China’s ANE in Hong Kong
The consortium is working with advisers on the take-private proposal, but the negotiations have been challenging [SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] ANE (Cayman) said on Friday (Oct 17) it received a…
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but also startled ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. The Chinese tech giant had…
US blasts China’s rare earths curbs, urges Beijing not to implement them
The two sides have maintained low tariffs, China’s rare earth flows under a delicate, repeatedly extended truce Top US officials on Wednesday (Oct 15) blasted China’s major expansion of…
China’s Rare Earth Dominance Must End
Ending the West’s dependency on China in this area will be expensive, but it is a price that we will have to pay. Source link