A Chinese electric vehicle is coming to a market near you
In 2022, China became the world’s second-largest auto exporter, and it’s now breathing down the neck of frontrunner Japan. China’s rising auto and electric vehicle brands are now on the verge of...
View ArticleLongi to build the world largest solar manufacturing base
Longi is a giant of the solar energy industry, and it has just announced ambitious plans to construct an enormous new plant in Shaanxi Province.
View ArticleXi’s great pivot and risks in the Chinese market in 2023 | Live with Lizzi Lee
Diana Choyleva, the chief economist at Enodo Economics, talks about Xi’s COVID zero U-Turn and what it might mean for China's economic recovery in a post-pandemic world.
View ArticleUnder-the-radar private Chinese investments are a blind spot for U.S. regulators
For years, China’s sovereign wealth fund has made investments in large private American investment funds that finance startups and companies working on strategic or sensitive technology in the U.S. —...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard and NetEase’s feud, explained
The messy breakup has it all: disgruntled gamers, changing power dynamics, and even shade-throwing beverages.
View ArticleChina’s COVID-killing machine craze
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.
View Article‘A bumping porcelain piggyback scam’ — Phrase of the Week
A new ride-hailing app piggybacked on the name of the official app promoting ‘Xi Jinping thought’ in a publicity stunt. It backfired.
View ArticleChina’s EV-making machine | Live with Lizzi Lee
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.
View ArticleCan Chinese discount ecommerce firm Temu charm America?
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?
View ArticleChinese consumers spent big over Spring Festival but can it last?
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...
View ArticleWashington wants to completely cut Huawei off from U.S. suppliers
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.
View ArticleThe Beijing Stock Exchange is struggling, despite policymakers’ best efforts
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...
View ArticleTalking about Chinese authoritarianism on TikTok | Live with Lizzi Lee
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.
View ArticleChina drafts new export controls to shore up solar dominance
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...
View ArticleWill Xiaomi be the world’s first smartphone company to launch an electric car?
Xiaomi, the consumer electronics and smartphone company that some compare to Apple, is preparing for a big electric car reveal this year. Consumers have been eager to see images of the new car, but all...
View ArticleChina’s top 10 semiconductor firms
China’s chip industry has been juiced by funding from the government and jinxed by U.S. export curbs on advanced equipment. But the century of chip rivalry has just started. These are ten Chinese...
View ArticleHong Kong sees influx of Chinese visitors as borders reopen fully
COVID curbs in China are completely over, and after three years of lockups, Chinese travelers are eager to see the world again.
View ArticleGrain graft: ‘Big rats’ and ‘termites’ are eating the people’s food
The Chinese Communist Party’s highest disciplinary body says that corruption in China’s grain and cereal industry is getting worse — which is bad news for food security in China.
View ArticleBaidu launches Ernie Bot amid ChatGPT hype
Cost concerns, U.S. technology export controls, and Chinese government censorship are just some of the factors that will determine the fate of China's own fleet of chatbots to rival ChatGPT.
View ArticleBig box stores are dying and Carrefour China is on its last legs
Shelves are empty, staff are leaving, and Carrefour’s China operations — sold in 2019 by the French retail giant to Chinese white goods conglomerate Suning.com — is ready to breathe its last in China...
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