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Flash in the pan: how China’s plant-based meat craze fizzled
The closure of Beyond Meat’s China business, despite heavy financing and marketing, underscores challenges that scuppered many vegan meat firms.
6 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market
6 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
China airliners
A Chinese home-grown business jet is on the way. Will it rival Gulfstream?
6 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
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US-China trade war
As China defies US tech blockade, can local AI chipmakers capture Nvidia share?
Vast pool of engineering talent seen as a potent driving force for country’s challenge to US tech supremacy.
5 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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Nvidia’s H20 AI chip was designed for the China market. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles
BYD founder bets on new tech to win back customers as sales decelerate
Company is pinning its hopes on a 12,000-strong R&D team to come up with technological breakthroughs.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:20PM
China technology
China’s regions roll out 5-year plan priorities, with tech topping the list
Following Beijing’s proposals for its next half-decade of policymaking, localities are following suit, with a focus on emerging fields.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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China GDP
China’s economic focus in 2026: what to expect as leaders prep for major meeting
Growth of ‘around 5 per cent’ may be revised to between 4.5 and 5 per cent, analysts say, as leadership gears up for tone-setting conference.
5 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
Chinese leaders will hold the central economic work conference in December, a closed-door meeting to discuss the top policy goals for 2026.
China manufacturing
From steel to space: China giant sells first 2 satellites in bold pivot
Once forging steel for skyscrapers, Jigang Group is now in a race to the skies with Geely and 90,000 other Chinese companies.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM
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China property
Chinese developer Country Garden gains Hong Kong court-backed debt lifeline
Onshore and offshore restructuring plans expected to reduce debt by US$12.7 billion and ease repayment pressure over the next five years.
5 Dec 2025 - 4:05PM
Banking & finance
China’s risky shadow banks back in spotlight after debt crackdown
Entities owned by local governments are borrowing billions from trust companies and leasing firms at rates of 8 per cent or higher, sources say.
5 Dec 2025 - 3:03PM
China exports
Waste to wealth: why China is building incinerators around the world
China’s economic slowdown has left its waste-to-energy sector without enough trash to burn. So, companies are heading overseas.
5 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
People work at a garbage incinerator power station in Zhangye, a city in China’s northwestern Gansu province. Photo: Getty Images
Banking & finance
CSRC vows deeper reforms to open China’s capital market and boost tech listings
CSRC chairman Wu Qing outlines ‘deep transformation’ of capital market to attract long-term investors who ‘can stay and can develop well’.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Mainland China
Chinese shipyards shift focus to advanced vessels as rivals gain ground
Chinese shipbuilders accounted for 65 per cent of global orders in the first three quarters, down from nearly 75 per cent a year earlier.
5 Dec 2025 - 7:34AM
China exports
Why China sees Brazil as ‘last untapped blue ocean market’ for investment boom
Chinese investment in Brazil is soaring as firms eye the vast potential growth in South America’s ‘blue ocean market’.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:27AM
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The return of Red Sea shipping: 3 scenarios for Chinese trade
Houthi rebels have signalled a halt in attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, allowing a possible end to costly detours.
5 Dec 2025 - 1:04AM
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A container ship crosses the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea in 2023. Cargo ships have largely avoided the area in recent years due to attacks by Houthi rebel groups. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-EU relations
As Macron eyes China deals to revive industry, trade shows tables have turned
China once exported cheap goods to Europe – now, French leader urges its firms to transfer tech expertise.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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‘Strong breakwaters’: China’s central bank vows to shield from external shocks
Governor Pan Gongsheng says policy must prioritise the domestic economy, warning against ‘excessive policy swings’ that could undermine long-term stability.
4 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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Wealth management
China’s rich step up offshore bets as gold and insurance gain favour
China’s wealthy are shifting more of their portfolios offshore, as they seek to hedge slowing growth, policy risks and low yields at home.
4 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
As economic headwinds persist, China’s wealthy are becoming more cautious, using gold and insurance to preserve capital. Photo: XInhua
Electric & new energy vehicles
EU launches 1st formal review of Chinese EV tariffs after VW Anhui’s submission
Bloc’s acceptance of a narrow review process from a manufacturer may give others hope that tariffs could be reduced or removed.
4 Dec 2025 - 6:51PM
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As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?
Across numerous sectors, China’s firms are setting up shop worldwide – and gaining ground on their well-entrenched competitors.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:58PM
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Mainland China
Chinese consumer and tourism firms turn to shareholder perks to stimulate sales
Companies from Sichuan to Anhui offer discounts and free tickets to shareholders amid slowing consumption in mainland China.
4 Dec 2025 - 11:49AM
China exports
How Chinese lifestyle brands are finding fans abroad with toys, tea and trends
From milk tea to blind boxes, China’s lighter consumer brands are winning worldwide recognition – though time will tell if the craze will last.
4 Dec 2025 - 11:43AM
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China property
Shanghai launches clampdown on property market doom-mongering
City’s internet regulators shut down 70,000 accounts in a ‘special campaign’ against pessimistic content as real estate jitters continue.
3 Dec 2025 - 10:20PM
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China's population
Living to 79: China’s record longevity puts economic wrinkles in focus
Improved healthcare outcomes are colliding with China’s three-year population decline, testing social safety nets despite improvements in medical infrastructure.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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China’s private sector
US lifts China sentiment, but tensions cloud outlook in Japan: report
Global confidence in China ticked higher in the third quarter, Morgan Stanley says, driven by US companies and policy support in Beijing.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:16PM
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