China’s top legislative body this week assessed an official plan to delay the country’s retirement age, among the world’s lowest, taking a key step towards changing decades-old labour laws and easing …
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China’s role as “critical mineral monolith” supplying the tech industry
As a leading producer of graphite, lithium and refined copper, China has an increasingly dominant position in critical mineral supply chains. With the necessity for these minerals driven by advanced …
For China’s barbecue capital, reality bites as debt risk stokes fire of economic distress
Firing up the grills boosted Zibo’s national profile and lured millions, but it has done little to economically transform the heavily indebted city.
China’s export thrust is pushing tariffs up across Asia
An influx of Chinese goods is making even governments friendly to Beijing raise trade barriers. Beijing’s subsidies for manufacturing to keep its economy growing mean overseas markets must contend with the overflow beyond its borders.
Urban Renewal Projects in Shenzhen Stall as Property Market Remains in Downward Cycle
Among the property developers involved in such projects, there are Kaisa Group Holdings, an embattled Chinese real estate firm mainly involved in urban renewal projects, Shenzhen Xinhuacheng Real …
OPINION – Is India the new China for investment banks? Not when it comes to fees
In the first half of 2024, according to LSEG statistics, India investment banking fees were just US$530m – around a 10th of the US$5.6bn IB fees in China and only 1% of global fees. Even…
Perkins Coie to Close Beijing Office, Shift Strategic Focus to Shenzhen
This move follows the firm’s decision to close its Shanghai office in March this year, marking another adjustment in its operations within mainland China. Perkins Coie has now become the ninth foreign …
China: A giant panda Rests at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing
A giant panda rests at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, September 11, 2024.
Kanye West is set to perform in China this weekend, and many are wondering why
The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is set to hold a “listening party” for his new album this weekend on the Chinese island of Hainan.
China’s Midea Group to price shares at top of range in Hong Kong listing, sources say
Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group is set to price shares at the top of an indicative range to raise at least $3.46 billion in a Hong Kong listing, said three people with direct knowledge…
One of the year’s strongest typhoons has deadly impact in ‘China’s Hawaii’ before hitting Vietnam
One of this year’s most powerful storms made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday after killing at least four people in southern China, according to state media.
How Corruption Fuels Inequality in China
But the effort to root out corruption has gone well beyond personal power politics. Conducted by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, an organ of the Chinese Communist Party, it has been …
China’s August exports grow faster than expected as Beijing tries to rev up its stumbling economy
Exports grew by 8.7% to $308.65 billion compared to the same period last year, yet imports rose just 0.5% year-on-year.
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