The highly choreographed event, which starts in Beijing this week, is where Communist Party leaders declare their goals. The economy will be front and center this year.
Monthly Archives For March 2024
Ex-Bank of Beijing boss being investigated for alleged corruption
Beijing: The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing … Xi in January vowed to intensify the crackdown against misconduct in the finance, energy and infrastructure sectors, a move …
China Opposes Using Anti-Espionage Law to Attack Its Business Environment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China opposes any attempt to denigrate or attack its business environment by misreading the country’s counter-espionage law, National People’s Congress (NPC) spokesman Lou Qinjian …
Why Australia keeps an arm’s length from South China Sea tensions, even as it draws closer with the Philippines
When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addressed the Australian parliament last week there was no mistaking the fighting talk.
First Shenzhen art week aims to capitalise on presence of international collectors attending Art Basel Hong Kong
Organisers of the inaugural Art Week Shenzhen hope to capitalise on the presence of international collectors who will be attending Art Basel Hong Kong in the same week just across the border.
How China Is Churning Out EVs Faster Than Everyone Else
China is speeding ahead in the electric-vehicle race. Riding the nation’s EV boom, upstart automakers have eclipsed foreign rivals to develop cars faster, push the boundaries of smart tech and swamp …
China Unicom and Huawei Win the GSMA GLOMO Award for 5G Live Streaming Service
At MWC Barcelona 2024, the 5G live streaming service jointly launched in Guangdong by China Unicom and Huawei won the GSMA GLOMO “Best Mobile Operator Service for Connected Consumers” award.
China’s mobile phone shipments up 68.1% in January
A visitor uses augmented reality (AR) technology with mobile phone at an exhibition themed on lunar soil research achievements in University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, east China’s …
China’s BYD prices new version of best-selling EV lower than predecessor
BYD sold 412,202 Yuan Plus EVs in 2023, with 100,020 of them exported, or 42% of its total car exports for that year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. The automaker …
Weekly roundup: Asia’s top crypto news
Over the past week, there has been a rush of activity in the Asian cryptocurrency industry, from discussions about regulation to revolutionary new technologies. Let’s break down what’s been happening …
U.S. Defeat in Micron Trade-Secrets Case Reveals Struggle Countering Beijing
U.S. officials across the political spectrum have described Chinese corporate theft as a defining threat of our times. A Justice Department loss last week underscores the challenges in addressing …
China’s Xi Jinping to resist market pressure to step up stimulus efforts
Beijing is expected to resist market pressure for a much stronger stimulus to spur China’s economic recovery at its flagship annual political event this week, with President Xi Jinping focused instead …
China’s financial clout will be hard to reverse
Now a second China shock is quietly detonating in international finance. Two decades of current account surpluses enabled the country to accumulate the largest trove of foreign savings the world has …