Red packets, Rolexes and razor-thin margins: for some Chinese factories, passing a one-off audit can be the difference between life and death.

Some Chinese economists see ‘negative energy’ and continued US pressure on the world’s second biggest economy under President Joe Biden, who was sworn in on Wednesday.

Global coronavirus recovery is expected to hit a few speed bumps before the pandemic is over, and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington are seen having wide-reaching ‘implications’.

One year after signing the phase one trade deal, China lags far behind in its purchases of American goods and its trade imbalance with the US has only grown.

Government moves to rein in runaway growth in China’s real estate sector have raised questions about how a slowdown in the industry could affect the wider economy.

The US president could take further action on Taiwan to antagonise Beijing as the clock counts down to Biden’s inauguration.

Order comes after the United States this week threatened new sanctions on Hong Kong and mainland China.

China’s economy is still set to lead the world in growth terms in 2021, but the influential Washington agency has trimmed back its forecast.

Coronavirus lockdowns and work from home arrangements have increased the demand for home appliances manufactured in China, but a strong yuan and soaring metal prices are causing headaches for manufacturers.

Around 12 months ago the debate centred on whether China would achieve 6 per cent growth, a target that was rapidly lowered as the coronavirus took hold.

China was the first major economy to show a recovery from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, largely due to a series of stimulus measures.

Driven largely by changes to data in China’s manufacturing industry, revision puts nation’s 2019 GDP growth at the lowest end of what had been Beijing’s official target range for the year.

Xinjiang-based Goldwind, China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, has supplied a US project to deliver clean power for Microsoft.

One Two Three (OTT) Airlines maiden flight comes as China looks to push home-grown aircraft to more markets and break the Boeing-Airbus manufacturing duopoly.

Provinces across China are struggling with the worst blackouts in nearly 10 years, as authorities try to curb energy use by imposing restrictions on businesses and residents.

Boeing CEO says company will benefit when bilateral relations between China and the United States improve, but the question of aircraft deals and Boeing’s future in the Chinese market is still being hotly debated.

The yuan has strengthened against the US dollar since June alongside China’s rapid economic recovery from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

In America’s absence, China has been strengthening its economic hand in Southeast Asia, and this looks to make the region increasingly important amid broader trade disputes.

Suzhou residents will have the chance to win one of 100,000 digital red packets, each containing 200 yuan (US$31), in the latest trial of China’s sovereign digital currency.

Foreign vice-minister Le Yucheng defends the use of what he calls ‘rhetorical tit-for-tat’ in the face of growing international criticism.

Beijing has interest, but Wendy Cutler sees ‘a real divorce between China’s statement and the changes that need to be done on the ground to really join CPTPP’.

US President-elect Joe Biden tells The New York Times he will not make any ‘immediate moves’ to lift trade war tariffs with China, and that the best strategy is to get allies back on the same page.

The new US administration under Joe Biden will have much work to do to restore America’s reputation globally, one China Conference panellist says.

Senior source at Comac speculates that US President Donald Trump could be targeting the firm as a way of pressuring China to let Boeing 737 MAX return to Chinese airspace.

President Xi Jinping reaffirmed China’s commitment to his Belt and Road Initiative last week, but questions remain if such investment can be sustained amid a backdrop of rising debt at home.

Barack Obama says that a hardline approach to China on trade is ‘entirely legitimate’, amid speculation that president-elect Joe Biden will continue Donald Trump’s tough stance.

Official data shows China has already surpassed this year’s new urban job creation target, although experts have cast doubt on the accuracy of the figures.

China’s answer to the Boeing-Airbus duopoly has hurdles to overcome before its planned roll-out next year, and though the chief designer of the C919 jet says it is on schedule, not all industry analysts agree.

First major change to China’s Copyright Law since 2001 says that the exercising of rights by copyright holders ‘must not harm the public interest’ nor ‘affect normal communications of works’.

One of the primary demands from the United States has been for Beijing to strengthen intellectual property protection and stop forcing the transfer of technology.