The headline news in China’s energy transition is often about how the world’s second-largest economy is adding solar and wind generation at a breakneck pace.
Monthly Archives For July 2025
As the US cracks down on crypto, Hong Kong extends a warm welcome
China’s Big Tech is riding Hong Kong’s crypto wave, too. Alibaba and Tencent were both present at the web3 festival with representatives from their cloud computing units.
EU-China summit exposes tensions over trade imbalances, Ukraine
Top EU leaders told their Chinese counterparts at a summit in Beijing on Thursday that Beijing must do more to level the huge trade surplus it has with Europe.
Europe and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else in tense Beijing summit
Expectations were low ahead of the talks, initially supposed to last two days but scaled back to one. They come amid financial uncertainty around the world, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and …
The Hidden Problem with China’s Bullet Train Network – How Expansion Is Backfiring
China’s bullet train network, once a symbol of its economic progress, is now facing a serious financial crisis. Over the past 15 years, China has built the world’s most extensive high-speed rail …
China’s New Investment Playbook: VCs Chase Crypto As A Travel Upstart Eyes New York
We believe the move by firms like China Renaissance into crypto is, in a word, inevitable. Crypto is no longer a back-alley affair; it has moved to center stage. While crypto trading is technically …
EU-China summit live: Trade, Ukraine and rare earths dominate talks amid tense relations
Von der Leyen and Costa will raise thorny issues such as the trade imbalance, rare earths and Ukraine during meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The EU defines China as a…
EU-China ties at ‘inflection point’, von der Leyen says after tense Beijing summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping criticised Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.
Markets bet Beijing is getting serious about China’s overcapacity
Commodity prices from steel to polysilicon have surged this month as Chinese investors bet Beijing is finally serious about addressing overcapacity across the world’s second-largest economy. Prices for nine industrial commodities including coal,
“Comrade” is making a comeback in China
The term seems unlikely to make a comeback outside the party, however. For one thing, since the 1990s tongzhi has become a popular slang term for gay people, catching on because it sounded neither …
Nvidia AI chips worth $1bn smuggled to China after Trump export controls
At least $1bn worth of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence processors were shipped to China in the three months after Donald Trump tightened chip export controls, exposing the limits of …
2025: The Fall of the Titans – Brands Struggling to Survive China’s Dominance
As China continues its domination in the global automotive market, major brands that were once synonymous with luxury, performance, and innovation are facing a harsh reality. In this video, we explore …
Reborn Coffee Signs $1.3 Million Exclusive China Licensing Agreement with Reborn Health Goods (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Reborn Coffee Partners with Shenzhen-Based Operator to Lead Multi-Province Expansion in China BREA, Calif., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reborn Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq: REBN), a leader in the …