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Xinyi Wu
Reporter, Political Economy
Xinyi joined the Post in 2024, starting out in Hong Kong. She previously reported on business news in Singapore and taught writing at a university in Shanghai. She graduated with a degree in anthropology from Yale-NUS College.
Xinyi joined the Post in 2024, starting out in Hong Kong. She previously reported on business news in Singapore and taught writing at a university in Shanghai. She graduated with a degree in anthropology from Yale-NUS College.
Areas of Expertise:
China economyLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
China is overhauling its home-grown satellite navigation system as part of a push to expand the network’s global influence.
Pending announcement from regulator, two airlines reveal plans for sixfold increase in surcharges.
As US-Israel war with Iran sends prices up, a monetary expert says impact on China depends on conflict’s severity, while higher energy costs are worrying.
Vast hog farms – some rising 26 storeys high – have caused China’s pig herd to swell, but consumers dislike the industrially produced meat.
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German chemical giant opens US$10 billion Zhanjiang complex, its largest overseas investment, as Beijing courts foreign capital.
China is better equipped to navigate its current challenges than the US, which will remain mired in ‘self-defeating’ conflicts, scholar says.
The tariff increases – made in part to appease demands from Washington – have been designated a breach of trade rules by Beijing.
Surveys in Sichuan reveal fresh reserves of rare earth oxides as well as ‘super-large’ deposits of fluorite and baryte.
In a call with Paris, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi urges mediation efforts and an end to the spread of the conflict.
More than doubling the number of institutions using digital yuan in day-to-day operations, China is deepening the currency's role in its financial system.
China’s need to bolster crude stockpiles amid rising geopolitical risks likely to have been a factor behind pre-war import surge, analyst says.
But young job-hunters say they are still struggling to find work in a testing post-holiday labour market amid rising global economic uncertainty.
Beijing has removed several key restrictions on its payment system, allowing it to expand beyond yuan settlements, economist says.
The Chinese firms’ price increases are ‘a reasonable response to evolving market conditions’, says IDC China analyst Cui Tingting.
Initiative to expand industrial hydrogen use and lower the renewable fuel’s price dovetails with Beijing’s energy security strategy amid oil crisis.
Before the Iran energy crisis and latest round of China-US trade talks, retail spending grew 2.8 per cent while fixed-asset investment increased 1.8 per cent.
Analysts see ‘diplomatic bulletproofing’ in vessels leveraging Beijing’s neutrality, while some Chinese-linked ships clear chokepoint.
Appeals highlight a long-standing lack of benefits for elderly citizens outside cities, and proposals include leveraging state assets and new taxes to bridge the vast disparity.
Escalating Middle East conflict, currency fluctuations make destinations like Southeast Asia, Australia attractive, top business leader says.
Crude volumes rose sharply in January and February as Beijing amassed reserves, pre-empting Mideast risks, and analysts say it provides a strong buffer for global supply disruptions.
The country’s new economic blueprint targets hi-tech advances plus basic human needs such as nursing home beds.
PBOC governor reaffirms yuan stability, refuting trade partners’ accusations ahead of critical US talks in Paris.
Economist Zhang Bin says this year’s 2 per cent inflation target ‘corresponds to a state of relative equilibrium between supply and demand’.
While rising energy costs from war in Iran may briefly aid China’s deflation battle, analysts warn how oil price spike could threaten nation’s fragile economic rebound.
Beijing is now offering dollar-denominated sovereign bonds at rates matching equivalent US Treasuries – and investors are snapping them up.
Beijing is still dependent on fossil fuels but Washington’s recent interventions may prompt officials to fast-track shift, analysts say.
Ex-finance official Zhu Guangyao says abundant energy supply gives the nation a critical edge in AI, as ‘electricity is computing power’.
As private businesses grapple with cash flow challenges, entrepreneurs say they want the settling of outstanding debts to be made a priority.
The country’s economy – with an expansive public sector – is better positioned to withstand AI shocks, but more government support is needed.
