https://www.scmp.com/rss/33901/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Liu Zhen Liu Zhen Beijing appears to be testing its 155mm (6.1-inch) naval gun to boost the PLA Navy’s land-attack firepower. The weapon would be the biggest in the People’s Liberation Army’s naval arsenal and could be useful in an amphibious operation against Taiwan. Photos of the massive weapon mounted on the bow of a test vessel have recently emerged on Chinese social media. The location was identified as the Liaonan shipyard in Dalian, in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. The estimated barrel length and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3344362/chinas-155mm-naval-gun-seen-test-vessel-signalling-boost-amphibious-landing-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3344362/chinas-155mm-naval-gun-seen-test-vessel-signalling-boost-amphibious-landing-power?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Liu Zhen Liu Zhen China has launched its first next-generation Type 095 nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), according to satellite imagery analysed by defence experts. It marks a significant leap as Beijing ramps up the underwater arms race to challenge US naval dominance in technology and production. Images captured between February 9 and 12 showed the vessel being fitted out at the Bohai Shipyard in Huludao, Liaoning province, according to Janes and Naval News. Defence analysts said the pictures revealed a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3344256/chinas-type-095-nuclear-submarine-spotted-first-time-new-satellite-images?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3344256/chinas-type-095-nuclear-submarine-spotted-first-time-new-satellite-images?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:09 +0000 Amber Wang Amber Wang A Chinese defence giant has flexed its production muscle early in the new year by releasing a video of its star product, the J-35 stealth fighter, and pledging to double its warplane production over the next three to five years. On Tuesday, a green-coated J-35 fighter roared down the runway at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) airfield in China’s northern Liaoning province, making its first flight of the year, according to a video released by the manufacturer, a subsidiary of Aviation... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3339315/chinas-j-35-jet-maker-flexes-production-muscle-pledging-double-output-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3339315/chinas-j-35-jet-maker-flexes-production-muscle-pledging-double-output-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:00:35 +0000 Mia Nurmamat Mia Nurmamat China has discovered its first undersea gold deposit – the largest in Asia – marking a breakthrough as Beijing steps up nationwide exploration for the precious metal. The discovery, off the coast of Laizhou, in Yantai, Shandong province, lifted Laizhou’s total proven gold reserves to more than 3,900 tonnes (137.57 million ounces) – about 26 per cent of the national total – ranking it top in both gold reserves and output in China, Yantai’s city government disclosed this week at a conference on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337083/china-discovers-asias-largest-undersea-gold-deposit-jiaodong-peninsula?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337083/china-discovers-asias-largest-undersea-gold-deposit-jiaodong-peninsula?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:00:09 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang A local government official in northeast China has been accused of covering up a fishing boat accident and preventing the vessel’s owner from calling the police for help, in an incident that led to the exposure of a series of corruption cases related to fishing industry safety. The accident took place on November 10. A boat registered in Yingkou, Liaoning province, capsized while crew members were fishing, causing 11 to fall into the water. Two were rescued and nine were reported missing,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3334455/deadly-boat-accident-cover-reveals-corruption-chinas-fishing-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3334455/deadly-boat-accident-cover-reveals-corruption-chinas-fishing-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:16 +0000 He Huifeng He Huifeng Each winter for the past three years, Claire Zhou, a teenager from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, has counted down the days until she can fly to northern China and pull on a new ski suit and boots. The better she skis, the more frequently she upgrades her gear, reshaping her family’s holiday budget and pulling them deeper into China’s fast-growing winter sports consumption chain. The country’s winter sports boom, sparked by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and fuelled by supportive... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333702/frost-and-funds-chinas-winter-sports-boom-drives-spending-and-industry-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333702/frost-and-funds-chinas-winter-sports-boom-drives-spending-and-industry-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:16 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Shenzhen-based robotics company Dobot has unveiled a lifelike robotic recreation of Sinosauropteryx – a small, feathered dinosaur that lived around 130 million years ago – in its latest push to broaden commercial applications of robotics beyond humanoid forms. The company said in a statement on Monday that the machine, powered by multimodal interaction, environmental perception and motion-control technologies, could “walk, breathe, emit low murmurs and interact intelligently with its... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3330580/jurassic-spark-dobot-revives-feathered-dinosaur-take-robotics-beyond-factory-floor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3330580/jurassic-spark-dobot-revives-feathered-dinosaur-take-robotics-beyond-factory-floor?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:29:42 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings To get Southeast Asia’s coveted durians more quickly into the hands of Chinese consumers, a port operator in the relatively far-flung market of northeastern China is building a transit centre to handle seaborne imports of the pungent, spiky and often pricey fruit. Liaoning Port Group, part of which operates the major sea terminal in Dalian, kicked off construction of the Dalian Northeast Asia Fruit Transit Centre in late August, a group representative said this month. That project will... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3324744/chinas-durian-express-service-bring-asean-fruit-northeast-region-faster-fresher?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3324744/chinas-durian-express-service-bring-asean-fruit-northeast-region-faster-fresher?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:09 +0000 Amber Wang Amber Wang China is on a mission to turn its military into a modern fighting force. In the second of this four-part series, we look at how its massive defence industry can support China’s military goals, and during wartime could be further bolstered by the civilian manufacturing sector. In the northeastern city of Shenyang, the future of China’s defence manufacturing capacity is rapidly taking shape – an enormous new aviation industrial complex that will eventually occupy an area about the size of 600... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3322933/china-bets-military-industrial-might-outproduce-and-outlast-rivals-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3322933/china-bets-military-industrial-might-outproduce-and-outlast-rivals-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:00:18 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Hong Kong and mainland Chinese law enforcement agencies have arrested 42 people in a crackdown on a cross-border people-smuggling syndicate that allegedly sold workers forged identity cards, housed them in subdivided flats and placed them in low-paid jobs. Chief Inspector Lau Ho-tak of the organised crime and triad bureau said on Thursday that the cross-border operation took place the previous day, with 30 suspects arrested in the city and 12 others apprehended across the border, including in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3322686/hong-kong-mainland-chinese-authorities-arrest-42-crackdown-people-smuggling-ring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3322686/hong-kong-mainland-chinese-authorities-arrest-42-crackdown-people-smuggling-ring?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:12:06 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong’s first black rainstorm of the year underscored the vagaries of rainy season weather, inundating some areas while leaving others relatively unscathed. It is a pattern repeated by the torrential downpours in mainland China, only on a much larger and more tragic scale, including the loss of many lives. Hong Kong’s rainfall was heaviest in the Southern and Eastern districts, raising the risk of landslides. After downgrading the black rainstorm signal to red, then amber, the Observatory... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3320006/climate-change-makes-rainy-season-weather-dangerously-harder-predict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3320006/climate-change-makes-rainy-season-weather-dangerously-harder-predict?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:45:07 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Pfizer and 3SBio have completed a licensing agreement that grants the US pharmaceutical giant worldwide rights to sell the Hong Kong-listed firm’s cancer drug, marking the largest deal ever for a single drug in China’s biotech industry. First announced in May, the deal will see 3SBio – based in Shenyang, capital of northeastern Liaoning province – receive a US$1.25 billion upfront payment from Pfizer for the exclusive right to sell its cancer drug, SSGJ-707, outside China. Under the terms of... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3319601/pfizer-chinese-biotech-firm-3sbio-complete-worldwide-licensing-deal-cancer-drug?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3319601/pfizer-chinese-biotech-firm-3sbio-complete-worldwide-licensing-deal-cancer-drug?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:10:32 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang,William Zheng Sylvie Zhuang,William Zheng Six university students drowned in an industrial tank during a field trip to a mining operation owned by China’s most prestigious gold producing company, according to state news agency Xinhua. One teacher was also injured in the incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning at China National Gold Group’s Wunugetushan copper-molybdenum mine in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, it said. The students, from Northeastern University in Liaoning province, drowned after a grating panel gave way and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3319371/6-students-chinese-university-drown-mine-processing-tank-inner-mongolia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3319371/6-students-chinese-university-drown-mine-processing-tank-inner-mongolia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:00:10 +0000 Cao Li,Daniel Ren Cao Li,Daniel Ren Citigroup is laying off 3,500 technology staff in mainland China as part of its global effort to streamline operations and reduce costs, while pledging its commitment to corporate and institutional clients in the world’s second-largest economy. The affected employees, who provide technology support for operations in the Asia-Pacific region, are based in Shanghai and Dalian in the northeastern province of Liaoning, according to a statement on Thursday. The cuts would be completed in the fourth... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3313211/citigroup-cut-3500-tech-support-jobs-china-trim-costs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3313211/citigroup-cut-3500-tech-support-jobs-china-trim-costs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:05:34 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang Two Japanese nationals have been killed in Dalian in northeastern China’s Liaoning province and a Chinese suspect has been detained, Beijing confirmed on Tuesday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that on May 23, Dalian police received a call about two deaths. Lin said the alleged killer was the business partner of the victims, and that the incident was caused by a dispute. A statement by Dalian police said the suspect, a 42-year-old man surnamed Yuan who had been living in Japan,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3312862/chinese-suspect-held-after-2-japanese-killed-liaoning-province-over-business-grudge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3312862/chinese-suspect-held-after-2-japanese-killed-liaoning-province-over-business-grudge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:42:41 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Scientists say they have discovered two potentially record-smashing 1,000-tonne gold deposits in central and northeastern China, and more discoveries could come with the use of advanced exploration technology. If proven, these deposits could be among the largest in the world, and even surpass the largest known gold deposit in South Africa. China is the world’s largest producer of gold ore, reaching an output of 377 tonnes last year, according to the China Gold Association. While China is holding... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304109/2000-tonnes-gold-china-says-new-technology-helped-find-largest-known-deposits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304109/2000-tonnes-gold-china-says-new-technology-helped-find-largest-known-deposits?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:48:53 +0000 After spending much of her youth training at ballet studios in mainland China, the US and Germany, Sun Jia has been dancing professionally with the Hong Kong Ballet since 2022. But she has a side mission: to show the world what goes on behind the curtains through social media. Born in China’s Shandong province, Sun regularly posts short-form comedic video content, offering glimpses into the world of professional ballet dancing to her more than 450,000 fans on Douyin – the Chinese version of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3297570/chinese-ballet-dancer-and-social-media-star-sun-jia-shows-what-goes-behind-curtain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3297570/chinese-ballet-dancer-and-social-media-star-sun-jia-shows-what-goes-behind-curtain?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu Gossip about the world’s third richest man and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison’s new wife, Chinese native Jolin Zhu, emerged on mainland social media after her identity was revealed. On November 23, the University of Michigan’s booster group, known as Champions Circle, published a post online announcing their success in securing a multimillion-dollar deal with the star quarterback Bryce Underwood for its school football team. In the announcement it thanked “Larry and his wife Jolin” who provided... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3292129/who-jolin-zhu-young-chinese-woman-sixth-wife-80-year-old-billionaire-oracle-founder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3292129/who-jolin-zhu-young-chinese-woman-sixth-wife-80-year-old-billionaire-oracle-founder?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:25 +0000 China is trying to bring new economic life to its northeastern rust belt by parachuting in cadres from the upper ranks of the central government and more prosperous parts of the country. Since the start of the year, at least a dozen senior officials from central government ministries and the powerhouse provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong have taken up top jobs in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia, according to a tally by the South China Morning Post. Most of these... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3278881/why-china-sending-southern-officials-north-its-rusting-economic-front-lines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3278881/why-china-sending-southern-officials-north-its-rusting-economic-front-lines?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:00:24 +0000 Multiple sightings of Type 094 submarines transiting in the Taiwan Strait may be a sign that the PLA’s nuclear submarines and missile technology has matured, according to an influential mainland magazine. The sightings also suggest that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has at least two ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) with four crews on standby around the clock to act as a nuclear deterrent and counter-strike force. The assessments were reported in the July edition of Ordnance Industry... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3278656/sight-chinas-type-094-taiwan-strait-suggest-evolved-nuclear-sub-programme-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3278656/sight-chinas-type-094-taiwan-strait-suggest-evolved-nuclear-sub-programme-analyst?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:00:22 +0000 When she was growing up in a small town in China’s northeast, Lisa Li’s parents constantly reminded her of the importance of getting a government job. “They told me it provides security. It’s a real job. You won’t just be working to earn a living,” she said. In keeping with her parents’ wishes, after graduating from college in 2013, Li sat the test for a job at China’s foreign ministry. But she failed to get in. Next, she tried for a clerical job with the military, and failed again. “I felt that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3268436/why-search-love-iron-rice-bowl-may-be-killing-growth-northern-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3268436/why-search-love-iron-rice-bowl-may-be-killing-growth-northern-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:00:10 +0000 A Jordanian cabinet minister banked on stability returning to the Middle East “one day” as he made a pitch to lure Chinese investment to a region troubled by the escalating war in Gaza. Ahmad Hanandeh, the minister of digital economy and entrepreneurship, told a forum at the “Summer Davos” in northeastern China on Wednesday the conflict was concerning and had brought instability to the region, and to the world. “Security and stability is the fuel of growth … which is something we think will be... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3268238/jordanian-minister-banks-middle-east-stability-courting-chinese-investment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3268238/jordanian-minister-banks-middle-east-stability-courting-chinese-investment?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:12 +0000 This winter, people in China can be categorised into three groups: those who are in Harbin; those who are on their way to Harbin; and those who are outside Harbin, surfing the internet to follow the latest news about this city and the rest of the northeastern region. Harbin, the ice city of China’s northeast Heilongjiang province, is no doubt the hottest spot this winter, attracting visitors not just from other parts of China but also overseas. The Harbin phenomenon has even sparked a ripple... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250574/chinas-northeast-finally-turning-ice-and-snow-silver-and-gold-some-help?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250574/chinas-northeast-finally-turning-ice-and-snow-silver-and-gold-some-help?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:30:13 +0000 Around this time four years ago, an unknown pneumonia-like disease was spreading in mainland China and beyond, and quickly evolved into the most devastating pandemic in modern history. The threat arising from an ongoing wave of respiratory illnesses on the mainland is far from that. Today, the country is relatively better prepared for public health crises. There is also no indication that infections are getting out of control. However, caution must be exercised to avert a wider... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243282/chinas-latest-virus-outbreak-calls-again-caution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243282/chinas-latest-virus-outbreak-calls-again-caution?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:09:08 +0000 To aid in China’s efforts to overcome constraints on its economic development and advance up the global value chain, Premier Li Qiang has called on companies in the country’s northeastern rust belt to play an active role. On a three-day tour to Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, which started Tuesday and was reported on by state outlet Xinhua, Li made reference to three recurring themes in his comments: innovation, smart production, and a stronger role for state-owned enterprises (SOEs). “Amid... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3241944/chinese-premier-tour-rust-belt-hammers-home-three-themes-self-reliance-security-and-soes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3241944/chinese-premier-tour-rust-belt-hammers-home-three-themes-self-reliance-security-and-soes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:30:11 +0000 On an expressway leading to the headquarters of China’s biggest maker of industrial robots, 23 huge block Chinese characters – each quite literally larger than life at over six feet tall – are a recurrent reminder to passers-by. “It is necessary to promote self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, seizing every moment to make breakthroughs in ‘strangling’ problems,” reads the signage in bright red, mounted on scaffolding along the roadside in Shenyang, Liaoning province – the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3238662/how-us-curbs-china-may-revive-its-rust-belt-former-industrial-powerhouse-near-russia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3238662/how-us-curbs-china-may-revive-its-rust-belt-former-industrial-powerhouse-near-russia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Oct 2023 02:00:14 +0000 After years of rapid economic growth, the resources held by local governments across China have seen a worrisome decline in the midst of a slower-than-expected economic recovery and a nationwide property market downturn. For the first time, China’s Politburo – the centre of power within the Communist Party – stipulated at a meeting last month that it was necessary to resolve debt risks at local governments with “a comprehensive solution to local government debt”. The statement highlights the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3230828/china-debt-these-3-regions-have-most-daunting-debt-piles-so-what-can-be-done-about-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3230828/china-debt-these-3-regions-have-most-daunting-debt-piles-so-what-can-be-done-about-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:00:12 +0000 A Russian region that China controlled for 171 years during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) will soon serve as a transit hub for domestic Chinese shipments from an inland province, and analysts say the “symbolic” agreement is indicative of deepening ties between Beijing and Moscow. The Port of Vladivostok, which is the largest port in Russia’s far east, will be used to transport goods from China’s northeastern Jilin province to its eastern powerhouse of Zhejiang province starting on June 1, the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3221170/chinas-use-russian-port-ship-goods-domestically-symbolic-closer-ties-hurdles-remain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3221170/chinas-use-russian-port-ship-goods-domestically-symbolic-closer-ties-hurdles-remain?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 May 2023 12:30:08 +0000 North Korea may reopen its border with China as early as next month to fully resume truck shipments and personnel travel, according to a source briefed by officials on both sides. Two travel agencies based in Liaoning province further corroborated to the Post that they have received notice from North Korean authorities that the country will be open to tourists from June 10. The reclusive communist nation has largely kept its borders closed for three years as part of the world’s harshest measures... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3220093/china-north-korea-truck-trade-may-fully-resume-1-month-along-tourism-source?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3220093/china-north-korea-truck-trade-may-fully-resume-1-month-along-tourism-source?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2023 14:30:18 +0000 The key to a small, four-winged dinosaur species’ survival was not being fussy about what it ate, the examination of a rare fossil revealed. Palaeontologist Hans Larsson, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, was the first to notice a small mammal foot lodged in between the bones of a fossilised microraptor, a carnivorous dinosaur with wings. The discovery shows the dinosaur ate a long list of animals including mammals, fish, birds, and lizards, the university announced in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3204733/exceptionally-rare-find-proves-dinosaur-species-were-not-picky-eaters-researchers-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3204733/exceptionally-rare-find-proves-dinosaur-species-were-not-picky-eaters-researchers-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:35:48 +0000 BMW has confirmed that it will invest an additional 10 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) towards increasing capacity at a battery plant in China’s northern Liaoning province. The German marque said in a statement that it had signed an agreement with the local government to expand the Lydia plant, which makes high-performance batteries for its i3 and iX3 series cars. The injection of fresh funds was reported last month by state-owned tabloid Global Times, which cited an unidentified BMW official. The... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3199580/bmw-confirms-it-will-invest-another-us14-billion-chinese-ev-battery-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3199580/bmw-confirms-it-will-invest-another-us14-billion-chinese-ev-battery-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:10:33 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping chose the northeastern rust belt province of Liaoning as his first field trip after the summer break, vowing to build the country’s modernisation on the principle of common prosperity. The trip signals the end of the summer break when top state leaders retreat to the beach town of Beidaihe. In the past, the annual holiday has been known as a chance for the political elite to meet in an informal setting, forging alliances, strategising political moves and building... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3189238/xi-jinping-heads-chinas-rust-belt-renewed-push-common?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3189238/xi-jinping-heads-chinas-rust-belt-renewed-push-common?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:00:18 +0000 A senior Chinese statistics official has warned against economic data fabrication ahead of the launch of the much-anticipated fifth national economic census. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) director Kang Yi said that it is necessary to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of statistical data during an inspection tour in the northeastern Liaoning province on Tuesday and Wednesday. Liaoning province has been designated as one of the pilot provinces for the census, which will be officially... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3188693/china-prevent-punish-economic-data-fraud-ahead-key?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3188693/china-prevent-punish-economic-data-fraud-ahead-key?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:30:21 +0000 After more than a decade of freewheeling growth riding the winds of government stimulus, China’s small banks have become a financial burden for local authorities and the target of a national anti-corruption campaign. The situation is especially severe in less developed regions, like Liaoning province, where the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent virus controls have taken a huge toll on regional finances and exposed scores of bad loans in the process. Xiao Yuanqi, the vice-chairman of China... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3183835/chinas-regional-banks-tarnished-allegations-crimes-bad-loans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3183835/chinas-regional-banks-tarnished-allegations-crimes-bad-loans?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:00:20 +0000 As more and more Chinese cities implement regular coronavirus testing, there are indications that a nationwide roll-out of mass testing in all first- and second-tier cities could cost China 1.5 per cent of its entire 2021 gross domestic product this year. Municipal authorities in the northeastern port city of Dalian, in Liaoning province, announced on Tuesday that full-scale testing will be conducted every week, starting from Thursday. And the central logistics hub of Zhengzhou, in Henan... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3176502/china-coronavirus-mass-testing-push-could-cost-17-trillion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3176502/china-coronavirus-mass-testing-push-could-cost-17-trillion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2022 12:30:12 +0000 Authorities in China’s northeast provinces have issued guidelines to protect their low-income populations – including farmers and small-business owners – from falling back into poverty, as the latest coronavirus outbreaks put the livelihoods of people in financially vulnerable regions at considerable risk. Liaoning province and neighbouring Jilin province, the epicentre of the country’s latest Omicron wave, vowed assistance on Wednesday to those teetering on the brink of poverty. This highlights... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3173471/chinas-lockdowns-put-working-class-poor-provinces-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3173471/chinas-lockdowns-put-working-class-poor-provinces-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:15:11 +0000 Into the third week of March, snowfall continues to coat the empty streets of Changchun, the capital city of northeastern Jilin province, glistening and mostly untouched by traffic. Facing its most serious wave of coronavirus infections since the onset of the pandemic, the city of 9 million people has been in a full lockdown since Friday, forcing residents to self-quarantine at home. And the entire province has been effectively sealed off since Monday, with all inter-province travel banned. Jia... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3170826/chinas-zero-covid-policy-leaves-poorer-regions-little-choice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3170826/chinas-zero-covid-policy-leaves-poorer-regions-little-choice?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:29 +0000 China’s top anti-corruption watchdog is investigating a provincial police chief as part of a crackdown that has snared at least 11 senior law enforcement and judicial figures in the past five years. Wang Dawei, 57, who is a vice-governor of Liaoning province as well as the head of its police department, is under investigation for serious violations of party discipline and law, usually a euphemism for corruption, according to an announcement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3168992/chinas-liaoning-province-sees-third-police-chief-row-accused?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3168992/chinas-liaoning-province-sees-third-police-chief-row-accused?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:00:20 +0000 Competition is heating up between local governments in China to lure foreign investment in advanced technology, amid growing pressure on the economy and competition with the United States. In recent weeks, a number of local authorities have released investment plans worth billions of dollars and rolled out a host of incentives in a bid to steady growth. Though many are seeking to upgrade technological capabilities, there is continued emphasis on infrastructure investment, with targets for fixed... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3167130/chinas-local-governments-hit-property-market-slowdown-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3167130/chinas-local-governments-hit-property-market-slowdown-court?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:30:22 +0000 A decision by the regional grid operator to suddenly cut off his power late last month sent a Dandong fishmonger into a panic, mulling whether he would have to give away his seafood before it went bad. The outage was relatively brief for Mr Wang – a few hours – but for a business owner whose livelihood depends on freezers, power outages can have an immediate and dangerous impact. “I had to sell all my seafood at much lower prices on the next day,” Mr Wang lamented from his coastal hometown in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3152319/how-chinas-power-crunch-creates-chaos-uncertainty-hardest-hit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3152319/how-chinas-power-crunch-creates-chaos-uncertainty-hardest-hit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:30:27 +0000 Great Wall is one of the best-known China-made wine brands. Its Chateau Sungod winery, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, has, despite cold, dry winters, won awards for its merlot/cabernet sauvignon blend. Another winemaker, Changyu Pioneer-Moser XV, makes largely Bordeaux-style wines that are also critics’ favourites. Located in Ningxia, the chateau is a partnership between Changyu Pioneer Wine, China’s oldest and largest winery founded in 1892, and 15th-generation Austrian winemaker Lenz Moser. The... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/k-pop/news/article/3135165/how-good-chinese-wine-it-cant-compete-old-world-grapes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/k-pop/news/article/3135165/how-good-chinese-wine-it-cant-compete-old-world-grapes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 May 2021 04:28:34 +0000 Beijing is once again upping the ante on its bet that it can revitalise northeast China’s rust-belt industrial base in line with the central government’s push to promote technological self-sufficiency in its own backyard. Greater government support for the region is on the cards after Vice-Premier Liu He held meetings earlier this week with local cadres, technology experts and entrepreneurs in Liaoning province, soliciting their opinions on the region’s next stage of development. Economically,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3126191/china-seeks-boost-rust-belt-province-golden-place-technology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3126191/china-seeks-boost-rust-belt-province-golden-place-technology?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:15:09 +0000 China’s top health authority has denied that it will lift birth control restrictions in the northeast of the country. Last week, the National Health Commission triggered speculation it was going to end limits on the number of children families could have in three provinces – Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Jilin – after it said it would allow them to experiment with new policies to reverse the region’s population decline. But on Saturday it issued a clarification saying that was the wrong... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3122561/chinese-health-authorities-deny-planning-end-birth-control?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3122561/chinese-health-authorities-deny-planning-end-birth-control?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:00:23 +0000 The Chinese rust-belt province of Liaoning will merge a dozen local government-owned commercial banks into one large provincial institution, in the wake of an increase in bad loans caused by coronavirus-induced economic problems last year. The northeastern province reported the plan this week to the Financial Stability and Development Committee, the overarching financial supervisory agency headed by Vice-Premier Liu He, and will bring in strategic investors for the new institution, according to... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3119644/chinas-rust-belt-province-liaoning-merges-12-local-banks-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3119644/chinas-rust-belt-province-liaoning-merges-12-local-banks-one?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:30:53 +0000 A Chinese province will obligate companies to provide women with menstrual sick leave days starting in March, 2021.  The announcement from the provincial government of Liaoning, a province in northeastern China, renewed worries that such “protective policies” will actually worsen gender discrimination in the workplace.  The rules stipulate that companies must provide their employees with one or two days of sick leave for women on their menstrual cycle, provided they have medical proof of... https://www.scmp.com/society/menstrual-cycle-leaves-may-make-it-harder-women-find-work/article/3115556?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/menstrual-cycle-leaves-may-make-it-harder-women-find-work/article/3115556?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:54:23 +0000 City and provincial governments across China have asked people to remain in their regions over the upcoming holiday periods in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19 amid reports of several new local infections. Beijing has introduced some of the strictest measures, ordering all employees of ministries and central state organs and institutions to stay in the city for the duration of the New Year festivities and Lunar New Year holiday in February. Everyone else in the capital will have to abide... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3115401/covid-19-china-people-asked-stay-home-holidays-20-new-infections?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3115401/covid-19-china-people-asked-stay-home-holidays-20-new-infections?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Dec 2020 06:02:48 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. -18%: The average change in enrollment for elementary school children in Chinese cities that have become less popular over the past five years.  Chinese economics reporters, using elementary school enrollment figures to gauge demographic shifts in the country, have found a migration away from the country’s rust belt. The logic is if a city is attractive it would retain... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-growing-and-shrinking-cities-china/article/3106463?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-growing-and-shrinking-cities-china/article/3106463?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:01:39 +0000 The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Finals will go to a deciding game on Saturday night after the Liaoning Flying Leopards stunned the Guangdong Southern Tigers 115-113 to stage an unlikely comeback in game two on Thursday night. Trailing by 22 points in the third quarter, the Leopards rallied late on to keep their CBA hopes alive and clinched the win as Guo Ailun sparkled down the home straight. The national team point guard scored eight points in a row and a steal to help the Leopards... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3097328/cba-finals-liaoning-flying-leopards-stun-guangdong-southern-tigers-go?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3097328/cba-finals-liaoning-flying-leopards-stun-guangdong-southern-tigers-go?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:04:28 +0000 The owner of a pharmacy in northeast China who was sued by an elderly woman on whom he performed CPR after she collapsed in his shop has been cleared of any liability for breaking her ribs in the process, local media reported on Friday. The woman, who was not named, was seeking compensation after being left with 12 broken ribs as a result of the procedure, according to online news outlet Thepaper.cn. Sun Xiangbo, who is a licensed village doctor, was working in his shop in Shenyang’s Kangping... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3044505/chinese-chemist-who-broke-womans-ribs-during-cpr-cleared?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3044505/chinese-chemist-who-broke-womans-ribs-during-cpr-cleared?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jan 2020 08:22:56 +0000 While Beijing may be keeping its controversial “Made in China 2025” industrial strategy away from public discussion, the state-driven plan to lift Chinese manufacturing up the value chain is the bedrock of economic revitalisation in Liaoning, one of the three provinces of China's Northeastern rust belt. The four-year-old plan that aims to wean China off its reliance on foreign technology and imports, and build global hi-tech champions, has become a political flashpoint for the US-China trade... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3021856/beijings-controversial-made-china-2025-plan-linchpin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3021856/beijings-controversial-made-china-2025-plan-linchpin?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:45:12 +0000