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China industrial profits extend double-digit slide on weak demand
China's industrial profits extended this year's double-digit pace of declines into a sixth month as waning demand took a toll on companies' profit margins, bolstering the case for more supportive policy to help the economy.
VW’s Xpeng Deal Shows China’s Growing Dominance in EVs
German auto giant Volkswagen AG’s $700 million investment in Xpeng Inc. is a vote of confidence in the electric-vehicle upstart and the latest sign of how rapidly China is starting to dominate the global transition to clean vehicles.
Inside TikTok CEO’s Plan to Play Offense
When the public face of TikTok’s management in the U.S.—V Pappas, TikTok’s chief operating officer—announced their departure last month, it marked the biggest shake-up in the top ranks of the popular short-form video app since its CEO, Shou Zi Chew, took over the job two years ago. To people ...
Canadian diplomats denied access to Kris Wu's appeal trial in China
Canadian diplomats were denied access to the start of Canadian pop star Kris Wu's appeal trial in Beijing, the Canadian government said, following his sentencing in 2022 to more than a decade in prison for crimes including rape.
Shein Makes an Aggressive Pitch to Woo U.S. Amazon Sellers
The world’s most valuable private e-commerce company is coming for Amazon on its home turf. Shein, the Singapore-based fast-fashion giant most recently valued in May at $66 billion, has won over millions of American shoppers by shipping $4 crop tops and $8 jeans directly from China. Now it’s ...
Has China Peaked?
A debate on whether Beijing’s economic woes are temporary or terminal.
China’s graduates pushed into cleaning jobs as it’s ‘better than staying home’
China has put job creation at the forefront of its economic plans and has encouraged the housekeeping industry to employ young people, after the youth unemployment rate hit a record high in June.
Italy PM Giorgia Meloni to Discuss Break with China In Biden Meeting
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is looking to build up a relationship with Joe Biden by pledging to break with China and plans to brief the US president in person Thursday on the delicate choreography of that split.
China says Wuhan earthquake centre attacked by overseas hackers
An earthquake monitoring centre in central China's Wuhan suffered a cyberattack from overseas hackers, local authorities said on Wednesday.
New Chinese foreign minister Wang talks Ukraine in Turkey on first trip
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara and met President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday during his first foreign trip since being appointed, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.
China’s state fund for technology grows to over US$8 billion
China has long used state-level financing to boost major industries, an effort that has become more urgent amid intensifying rivalry with the US.
Australia can be a ‘reasonable’ moderator to ease US-China tensions: ex-minister
Julie Bishop, Australia’s former foreign minister, said because her country is ‘well-regarded in foreign circles’, it was capable of being a moderating voice to tensions between the US and China.
‘Common cause, shared responsibility’: China’s Wang Yi in Global South unity call
China is a ‘natural member’ of the Global South, Wang tells Brics meeting in Johannesburg, in clear reference to US efforts to have it placed on developed countries list.
Argentina to open consulate in southwest China to meet ‘growing demands’
Chengdu consulate will be the South American nation’s fourth mission in the Chinese mainland.
China weighs easing tech transfer rules for office gear
Government appears to relent after foreign manufacturers threaten pullout
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma’s Ant Group Is Inching Toward IPO Reboot. Here’s How
Almost three years ago, Chinese regulators torpedoed what would have been a record initial public offering by financial technology giant Ant Group Co., sending shock waves across global capital markets. They imposed new rules that curbed the power of a business with operations that spanned consumer lending, wealth management and online payments. The crackdown appeared to be nearing an end in July, when the authorities issued Ant with a fine of almost $1 billion. With its founder Jack Ma, China’s
China’s Youth Are Hooked on a New Outdoor Sport: Lure Fishing
Also known as water golf, this fishing technique is drawing in youngsters with its hands-on approach, with anglers having to mimic movements to entice aggressive fish.
China’s fight against corruption zeroes in on bribers with severe penalties
Legal changes focus severe punishment on people paying bribes, and expand scope to those in charge of private enterprises.
Beijing Marathon returns amid COVID surge
Also making a return for the first time since the pandemic: Hong Kong Sevens.
Two views of the future of COVID zero — Editor’s note for Friday, November 4, 2022
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China’s COVID zero is going to look very different soon
China’s pandemic policies are going to look very different in a few months from now.
Beijing’s global media offensive — Q&A with Josh Kurlantzick
China has poured many billions of dollars into influencing news coverage all over the world. Some of this money has been wasted — nobody takes Chinese state TV seriously in the U.S., for example — but Beijing has also had real successes in changing the conversation about China in several countries.
‘Voting with their feet’ — Phrase of the Week
Workers escaping zero-COVID restrictions in a Foxconn facility prove an economic theory explained in a borrowed American idiom.
This week on TikTok: The return of Taiwan Pride, women’s rights law in China, and Chinese overseas police stations
Want more like this? Subscribe to The China Project’s official TikTok channel, ChinaVibe, where Susan St.Denis explains complex topics about China clearly and simply in TikTok’s fast evolving visual and verbal language.
Why were the bankers so bullish in Hong Kong?
The Western media is wrong, China’s economy is fine, and Hong Kong is still a great place to do business: that was the message from Chinese and international bankers who met in Hong Kong this week. Are they barking mad?
Shein is going brick and mortar (sort of)
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Friday November 4
Diversifying Tibetan cinema: Q&A with Jigme Trinley, director of ‘One and Four’
Jigme Trinley is an up-and-coming director and the son of the pioneering auteur of Tibetan cinema, Pema Tseden. We discussed what makes Tibetan films Tibetan, the creative process of making his award-winning feature debut, and his experience of “attending” international film festivals in the time of COVID.
Editor’s Note for Thursday, November 3, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Beijing is still committed to COVID zero despite economic and human costs
China’s health chief has reiterated support for the nation’s controversial pandemic policy, while local governments and people chafe under lockdown measures.
Zhengzhou officials mocked for ‘out-of-touch’ remarks about lockdowns
It seems that health authorities in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou could use some help reading the room.
Putin calls Xi his friend, says ties have reached an unprecedented level of mutual trust
The bromance of the century is still going strong.
Lanzhou promises investigation after father blames son’s death on COVID-zero policy
A father in Lanzhou claims that his three-year-old son died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a rescue operation was delayed due to tight COVID-19 controls.
China’s troubled property market: A slow burn rather than a flameout?
Rather than a big bang collapse, China’s property sector is experiencing a slow-burn deflation. And, over the course of the next five to 10 years, it will be transformed into a humdrum, low-profit sector, argues financial analyst Taylor Loeb.
The real Vietnamese housewives of central China
With more men than women left behind in China’s countryside, the practice of buying a bride from the Mekong region has spilled over from border provinces into China’s rural heartlands.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, November 2, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China and Pakistan fast-track economic ties with more railways, ports, and yuan
The leaders of “iron brothers” met in Beijing and assured each of other of their mutual support, financial and moral.
