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Head of Government
Party Secretary of Tianjin Chen Min'er
Beijing has urged young people to plan early for retirement, but young Chinese face a slowing economy, job uncertainty and other social pressures. Photo: IC
China's population

Not a problem yet: why young Chinese put off planning for retirement

As China grapples with a rapidly ageing population, Beijing urges employees to plan ahead – but is anybody listening?

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Science

Chinese gyroscope may make navigation more stable for aircraft, ships, oil rigs

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US-China trade war

Sky-high US tariffs to hit Boeing, Chinese airliners and China’s home-grown jets

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China’s Communist Party

Senior official in China’s port city Tianjin facing corruption probe

Zhou Derui, the municipal personnel chief, is the ninth high-ranking official to be placed under investigation this year.

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Zhou Derui is under investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog. Photo: Handout
Science

Chinese scientists boost brain-computer link efficiency 100-fold, study shows

Breakthrough marks initial step towards mutual adaptation between biological and machine intelligence, according to study.

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Digital Transformation

What China is doing to make ports ‘smart’ and not prone to work stoppages

A unit of state-owned China Merchants Group is pushing a range of automation and digital technologies to make ports smarter.

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China property

China’s August home prices slump by 5.7% as stimulus loses oomph

The smallest cities such as Yangzhou, Huizhou and Dali posted the biggest drops, with their losses widening from July and June.

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Residential buildings in Chengdu on Monday, Augist 19. China may cut mortgage financing rates to restore confidence in the industry. Photo: Bloomberg
China property

Speed of China’s US$42 billion plan to buy up unsold homes ‘disappointing’

Only about five cities have made purchases so far, according to a China Real Estate Information Corporation (CRIC) report.

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China stock market

China’s stock turnover hits 4-year low as traders await stimulus

The slump in turnover mirrors subsiding interest in onshore stocks, as traders remain unimpressed by cuts to the policy loan rate and the loan prime rate following a Politburo meeting last month.

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China stock market

China’s retail investors relive 2015 bubble implosion as stocks dive

Retail investors in Chinese stocks are reliving memories of 2015, which shaved a third of the market capitalisation.

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With pessimism swirling, any market rebound may be short-lived as disappointed investors are waiting in the wings to offload their battered portfolios. Photo: Shutterstock
China GDP

Explainer | These 3 Chinese regions have the most daunting debt piles slamming GDP

Beijing is ramping up efforts to mitigate the outsized economic implications of risky debt holdings among China’s poorest regions, reaching into its policy toolbox to fix the problem.

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A worker welds at the construction site of the Huajiang grand-canyon bridge in China’s Guizhou province this month. Photo: Xinhua
Alibaba

Alibaba, northern China’s Tianjin pledge deeper collaboration in AI, cloud tech

E-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to provide Tianjin with highly efficient computing resources at a lower cost to support the city’s various hi-tech development initiatives.

Huawei

US-sanctioned Huawei sharpens focus in home market with local government deals

Huawei has entered into strategic cooperation agreements with the governments of Tianjin and Sichuan provinces, as well as Guangzhou.

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Huawei

Huawei has staunched the bleeding but can it regain overseas traction with digital drive?

Huawei’s sales diversification push is reaping some rewards but analysts question whether its focus on digital solutions for enterprises can be used as a platform for overseas growth.

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Huawei Technologies Co is looking to push digital infrastructure upgrades in 2023. Photo: Agence France-Presse
Communist Party politics

Liao Guoxun, mayor of China’s port city Tianjin, dead at 59

Party newspaper report says Liao’s unexpected death followed a sudden illness, without elaborating on the cause.

Liao Guoxun, the mayor of the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, has died at 59. Photo: Handout
Coronavirus China

Video | Inflatable mass testing lab in Tianjin

Coronavirus China

Chinese city traces Omicron outbreak back to New Year holiday

Tianjin health authorities say contact tracing points to initial spread from day care facilities to schools.

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Coronavirus China

Video | 14 million tested in Tianjin near Beijing

2 Omicron cases spark citywide testing in Chinese city of Tianjin near Beijing
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