https://www.scmp.com/rss/523082/feed Chen Gang is a scholar and Deputy Director of Policy Research and Senior Research Fellow at Singapore’s East Asian Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Zhang Shidong,Yulu Ao Zhang Shidong,Yulu Ao The prospect of a meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump has become a focal point for investors seeking some reassurance on growth and stability as the conflict in the Middle East dampens appetite for risk. Investors are awaiting clarity on the summit, viewing it as a potential sign of cooperation that could steady mainland China and Hong Kong equities. The meeting had been scheduled for the end of the month, but the White House said it would be postponed by five or... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3346991/investors-eye-xi-trump-summit-direction-hong-kong-china-stocks-shaken-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3346991/investors-eye-xi-trump-summit-direction-hong-kong-china-stocks-shaken-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:59:48 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng China plans to power a world-class petrochemical complex under construction with ultra-high-temperature steam from an unprecedented three-reactor nuclear system. The steam can reach up to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 Fahrenheit) – high enough to break molecules apart. Located in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, the project combines two third-generation Hualong One pressurised water reactors with one fourth-generation high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) for heating and electricity... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340622/china-building-world-first-triad-reactor-system-power-world-class-chemical-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340622/china-building-world-first-triad-reactor-system-power-world-class-chemical-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:59:48 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun Vice-President Han Zheng urged China and Southeast Asia to deepen their strategic alignment on Wednesday, as Beijing pushes to upgrade its free trade area agreement with the region amid the US trade war. The world’s second-largest economy aims to “strengthen the alignment of development strategies and tighten the bonds of our shared community” with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Han said in his opening address at the China-Asean Expo in the southwestern Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3325860/china-pushes-closer-southeast-asia-trade-links-it-fends-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3325860/china-pushes-closer-southeast-asia-trade-links-it-fends-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:00:08 +0000 Zhang Shidong,Daniel Ren Zhang Shidong,Daniel Ren China’s individual investors are jumping on the bandwagon of a surprising stock-market rally, eyeing more gains that they believe will be buttressed by state support and potential foreign inflows. The nation’s 240 million retail stock traders – twice the population of Japan – are cheering the breakout of the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which hit its highest level in a decade this month, leaving behind the trauma of two short-lived run-ups in recent years. China’s markets are now... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3323445/chinas-retail-stock-traders-ride-us1-trillion-bull-run-eye-liquidity-more-gains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3323445/chinas-retail-stock-traders-ride-us1-trillion-bull-run-eye-liquidity-more-gains?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 05:00:51 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin The US House is poised to advance a key spending bill that could revive the controversial “China Initiative” – a programme that unfairly targeted Chinese-American researchers, derailed careers and devastated lives long after it was ended in 2022. The Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill does not name the programme directly, but language in the accompanying report calls for its re-establishment to “maintain America’s competitive edge” and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319623/us-house-looks-revive-china-initiative-maintain-americas-competitive-edge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319623/us-house-looks-revive-china-initiative-maintain-americas-competitive-edge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:11 +0000 Jean Iau Jean Iau A marquee visit by Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to China this week has underscored a push by Southeast Asian countries for multilateralism amid uncertainty over America’s commitment to the region and free trade. Observers say Wong’s comments during his five-day trip, particularly at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, or so-called Summer Davos, are aligned with the regional agenda of Asean members in recent years. But even as Chinese President Xi Jinping called for his country and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3315974/china-bridge-builder-singapore-champions-multilateral-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3315974/china-bridge-builder-singapore-champions-multilateral-world?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:24:52 +0000