China set to launch Shenzhou 21 mission, carrying 3 taikonauts – and 4 mice – to replace space station crew
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China was set to launch its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person…
‘Unforgivable’: Chinese county still living in shadow of wild spending binge
Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has…
New phrase, new phase? China’s central bank adjusts language on yuan internationalisation
China’s central bank has adopted a more proactive tone when describing its efforts to promote the global use…
Why China’s 5-year plan matters – and how it could steer economy in turbulent times
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that…
China’s Xi calls for building unified market to ‘secure an edge’ in global race
President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to develop a unified domestic market, arguing that it will…
In China’s crippling price wars, an old law’s revision seeks ‘sustainable equilibrium’
It has been a tumultuous couple of months for Alex Xu’s company – a solar panel manufacturer based…
China told its officials to tighten their belts. Did they go a notch too far?
This is the first story in a three-part series exploring the domestic economic challenges China faces as it…
Stop the price wars: China’s state media guns target cutthroat industrial competition
China’s Communist Party mouthpiece has taken another shot at the unsustainable price wars dragging down industrial profits in…
Economists say structural reforms needed to shift China’s focus to consumption
While eye-catching technological breakthroughs – led by the DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) model – have boosted confidence in…