Chinese companies going global. Global companies capitalizing on the size and growth of the China market. State-owned enterprises. Policy-based state investment. Startup unicorns with Chinese characteristics. There is no shortage of business stories to tell in China.
China controls about 95% of manufacturing in critical solar technologies, and a new draft proposal might mean that some of the key building blocks to make solar panels will stay in China, raising the cost of green energy around the world.
China scholar Abbey Heffer spends her time breaking down Chinese authoritarianism on social media. This is what she had to say about her projects, and about China’s local experimentation under Xi.
The Beijing Stock Exchange, marketed as a place for high-tech SMEs to thrive, has seen lackluster daily trading and fundraising numbers so far in 2023, and this doesn’t bode well for China’s tech competitiveness.
The U.S. is cracking down even harder on Huawei, and is heading towards a total ban on allowing American suppliers to sell to the embattled Chinese telecom giant.
After three barren years, tourist sites and restaurants were packed over the Chinese New Year holiday. But now that the Year of the Rabbit has begun, consumption-led growth will depend on getting people to part with their savings and live a little.
Pinduoduo is China’s king of low cost ecommerce. Four months ago it launched Temu, a similar service for the American market. How sustainable is the new startup?
Tu Le, managing director of Sino Adult Insights, talks about the rise of the Chinese EV industry, BYD's glowing success, and EV trends to watch out for in 2023.
A new ride-hailing app piggybacked on the name of the official app promoting ‘Xi Jinping thought’ in a publicity stunt. It backfired.
In order not to get COVID (again), some people will buy almost any product that claims to kill the virus or that can prevent infection.