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Made in China 2025
Capital injection: China backs AI drug makers in self-reliance drive
A wave of government-linked investment is boosting Chinese AI drug makers, underscoring Beijing’s drive to build its own biotech ecosystem.
11 Feb 2026 - 5:14PM
Cryptocurrency
Scams and outflows: why China slammed the door on real-world asset tokens
9 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
Banking & finance
As China intensifies offshore tax hunt, exporters struggle with compliance
8 Feb 2026 - 10:00AM
US-China trade war
US Treasury chief warns of China’s push for digital asset dominance
Scott Bessent tells senators the US must pass the Clarity Act to counter Hong Kong’s ‘sandbox’ and maintain global financial leadership.
6 Feb 2026 - 9:49AM
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
IPO
Morgan Stanley sees another record year for Hong Kong IPOs as pipeline hits 450
Mainland China’s issuers will still dominate city’s IPO market, executive says, but US and Southeast Asian companies are also joining in.
5 Feb 2026 - 7:35AM
China GDP
China’s financial powerhouse Shanghai aims for 5% growth, ‘global influence’
Chinese megacity ranks in the world’s five most powerful metros after New York, Tokyo and Los Angeles, with a GDP of 5.67 trillion yuan.
3 Feb 2026 - 5:00PM
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Banking & finance
China pushes to shore up government finances with tax rises on several sectors
Beijing targets tax incentives in telecoms and other industries after seeing fiscal revenue drop sharply in late 2025.
2 Feb 2026 - 9:30PM
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China has raised taxes on telecoms giants including China Telecom as part of a push to shore up government finances. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance
Chinese gold, silver investors face gut check amid volatility, fund suspensions
Some retreat to the sidelines as another fund suspends new investments and futures plunge, while others remain determined to buy the dip.
3 Feb 2026 - 9:54AM
Pop Mart
Labubu toymaker Pop Mart picks London as European headquarters in overseas push
CEO Wang Ning reveals firm’s latest expansion plan at Friday’s closed-door meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
31 Jan 2026 - 7:30PM
E-commerce
China slaps US$3.7 million fine on Kuaishou for live-streaming e-commerce breach
The penalty reflects a broader regulatory crackdown on content and operations deemed undesirable or harmful on Chinese online platforms.
5 Feb 2026 - 8:51PM
Semiconductors
China’s Wingtech, owner of Nexperia, expects wider loss amid row over chipmaker
Wingtech projects a loss of up to US$1.9 billion in 2025, owing to the Dutch government’s takeover of Nexperia.
31 Jan 2026 - 6:07PM
Wingtech Technology continues its legal battle to regain control of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors
Profits rise for China’s semiconductor firms on AI boom, tech self-reliance push
Domestic A-share companies in the sector are forecast to achieve substantial growth in their 2025 results, according to Donghai Securities.
31 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
China manufacturing
China’s factory activity contracts in January on weak domestic demand
The official purchasing managers’ index drops to 49.3 in January, from 50.1 in December.
31 Jan 2026 - 1:07PM
Artificial intelligence
China tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba to ramp up AI infrastructure efforts
The two firms’ actions are poised to further intensify the global AI arms race.
30 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
Banking & finance
China’s ‘gold fever’ sparks US$1 billion scandal as trading platform collapses
Chinese platform JWR faced a liquidity crisis as investors rushed to cash in on surging gold prices, leaving customers billions of yuan out of pocket.
29 Jan 2026 - 5:16PM
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Global gold prices have surged in recent months, leading many retail investors in China to pour funds into unlicensed metals trading platforms. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
‘Teach our children well’: Jack Ma urges changes to China’s education in AI era
China’s educators must teach students to ask thousands of good questions, rather than give the same correct answer, Ma says.
28 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen-3 becomes one of world’s first AI models to operate in orbit
The entire Qwen-3 process – from uploading queries to on-orbit inference and sending results back to Earth – took less than two minutes.
28 Jan 2026 - 11:16AM
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Commodities
Gold surge has analysts eyeing new highs after US$5,100 record
Safe-haven demand spikes amid de-dollarisation fears and supply-chain tensions, as gold buyers seek stability against growing macro uncertainties.
26 Jan 2026 - 3:07PM
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Analysts expect the price of gold to continue climbing this year, building on a safe-haven surge. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance
Global funds, from BlackRock to Temasek, back China’s largest biotech firms
Global institutional investors have built up sizeable positions in firms including Innovent, 3SBio, WuXi Biologics, Jiangsu Hengrui, Akeso and BeOne.
23 Jan 2026 - 8:30AM
Artificial intelligence
China-founded Shanda’s AI lab boosts Singapore operation, pulling China research
MiroMind asks some staff in Shanghai to relocate and continue their AI research work in Singapore, sources say.
21 Jan 2026 - 9:30PM
Low-altitude economy
Shanghai to open ‘free-to-fly’ zones covering 46% of city for consumer drones
From February 1, consumer drones will be allowed to fly in designated airspace under new rules to boost the city’s low-altitude economy.
21 Jan 2026 - 6:15PM
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China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other
While US biotech firms increase use of Chinese clinical data, Chinese firms need US counterparts for monetisation, investor and scientist says.
20 Jan 2026 - 11:16AM
Leung Chuen-yan, partner for healthcare investment at Value Partners Group. Photo: Edmond So
Robotics
China’s Unitree ships over 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, surpassing US peers
The Hangzhou-based firm’s output far outstripped the roughly 150 units each shipped by Tesla, Figure AI and Agility Robotics last year.
19 Jan 2026 - 8:15PM
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Artificial intelligence
Tencent seeks cooperation with other AI firms to better serve vulnerable users
Tencent Research Institute looks to build expert data sets for AI models that could broadly benefit the world’s second most populous nation.
18 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
Banking & finance
In wake of Trump post, calls mount for China to impose rate cap on online loans
Beijing tightened oversight of China’s online lending market last year, but many are still borrowing, especially those of younger generations.
17 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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