Luz Ding is The China Project’s Business & Technology staff writer. She is based in Washington, D.C., and covers all things China and U.S.-China related. She previously worked as a researcher for the New York Times in Beijing and a reporter for Caixin Media.
Community group buying is taking China’s residential compounds by storm as even non-tech-savvy grannies see the price benefits and tech companies pour millions into the sector. But not everyone is happy with the booming new industry.
There are already a number of companies in China offering genetic tests direct to consumers. Investors are betting big on Genebox, which offers unbelievably low prices, and plans to develop critical technology locally.
China has the world’s largest population of diabetics. Pegbio is raising boatloads of money to develop drugs to treat diabetes and other chronic conditions.
Based in Hangzhou, QuVideo makes popular smartphone video apps that help users in the U.S. and Europe to make entertaining videos for TikTok and Instagram. But is it a security threat?
China’s largest cargo-truck-on-demand company has raised a pile of cash to expand door-to-door freight services.
2020 saw an extraordinary amount of wealth generated in China with stock market listings, rising share prices, and pandemic-related market opportunities creating scores of new millionaires and billionaires.
Qianxun SI provides navigation and positioning services to Huawei, Xiaomi, DJI, and now electric car company Xpeng. But will its global growth be hampered by U.S. sanctions?
China has opened what may be the world’s first “integrated circuit university” as it seeks to attain silicon chip independence in the face of U.S. efforts to decouple.
China wants to reduce its dependency on U.S., Taiwanese, and European suppliers for its semiconductor industry, but some of the planned investment is being wasted.