China has just recorded its first population decline in 60 years. With the birthrate expected to fall further over the next decade, the consequences for Beijing’s economic ambitions could be huge.
Monthly Archives For January 2023
Beijing keeps the tech sector guessing
Over the past two weeks, these companies have received quite a few positive signals from regulators, and many news headlines have been hailing Beijing’s tech crackdown as “officially” over. Some of my …
China’s Property Bust Compounds Economic Pain
HONG KONG—China’s housing market flipped from being a growth driver … By floor area, they dropped to their lowest level in nearly a decade, after a wave of real-estate developer debt defaults, …
Bank Worker Who Led Secret Life After $500,000 Heist Caught 25 Years Later
A Chinese woman who lived under a fake identity for 25 years after stealing more than half a million dollars from a bank and having plastic surgery to change her appearance has been caught.
Entrepreneurs Flee China’s Heavy Hand: ‘You Don’t Have to Stay There’
A consequential, if privileged, piece of China’s economic puzzle … a co-founder of a crypto banking start-up, Flashwire, who moved from Beijing to Singapore in June after getting trapped in Shanghai …
China’s re-globalisation paradox
A t the annual World Economic Forum meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland, China’s economic tsar, Liu He, met a number of “old friends” he had not seen during his countrys …
Economic tsar Liu He vows ‘China is coming back’, will keep opening up and supporting private business
China’s vice-premier, appearing in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, attempts to dispel concerns about the nation’s economic policies and recent changes in its Covid strategy.
Coronavirus tally: China criticizes ‘some’ Western media for bias in covering the end of zero-COVID
China has accused “some Western media” of bias and political manipulation in covering China’s abrupt dropping of COVID restrictions, that has led to a …
Why China dumped its ‘zero covid’ policy so suddenly — and disastrously
Local officials turned what authorities had hoped would be a gradual reopening into a sudden one in their scramble to implement Xi Jinping’s directives.
China braces for another COVID wave, as first Lunar New Year without restrictions approaches
As China’s Lunar New Year approaches, mass travel returns for the first time since zero-COVID restrictions ended. Experts say a new COVID wave may be the result.
China’s Moviegoers Celebrate Marvel Return to Big Screens
China’s comic book fans rejoiced this week at Marvel ‘s surprise announcement that superhero movies would be returning to the country’s big screens for the first time since 2019, ending an unofficial, …
China’s int’l trade in goods, services hits 4.24 trln yuan in December
This aerial photo taken on Jan. 13, 2023 shows a view of the container terminal of Haikou Port in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu) BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — China’s …
I’m absolutely convinced that China’s reopening will help the global economy, Rio Tinto CEO says
Rio Tinto’s CEO Jakob Stausholm says he’s optimistic that the reopening is a “very timely moment for the world economy,” which is facing a “difficult outlook.” Got a confidential news tip? We want to …
