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In Depth: China’s Green Steel Ambitions Hit a Red Light

In Depth: China’s Green Steel Ambitions Hit a Red Light

2026年10月16日

Hydrogen furnaces prove low-carbon steel works, but thin margins, steep costs and reluctant buyers are standing in the way of commercial scale

Cover Story: China’s AI Battle Moves From Chatbots to Agents

Cover Story: China’s AI Battle Moves From Chatbots to Agents

2026年10月12日

Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance are betting that enterprise agents capable of completing office tasks will reshape workplace software, but adoption and business models remain uncertain

In Depth: China’s Catering Sector Rethinks Growth After Toxic Subsidy-Fueled Boom

In Depth: China’s Catering Sector Rethinks Growth After Toxic Subsidy-Fueled Boom

2026年10月09日

A year after platforms spent over 150 billion yuan vying for market share, merchants are reclaiming pricing autonomy while regulators reshape the rules of competition

In Depth: China Struggles to Build Palliative Care as Aging Population Faces End of Life

In Depth: China Struggles to Build Palliative Care as Aging Population Faces End of Life

2026年10月09日

Hospitals and families remain focused on prolonging medical treatment, while a nascent hospice system struggles with funding, staffing and entrenched attitudes about death

In Depth: Chinese Machine Maker Hit With Massive Penalty in Landmark IP Theft Case

In Depth: Chinese Machine Maker Hit With Massive Penalty in Landmark IP Theft Case

2026年09月29日

A Chinese engineer was jailed for stealing technical drawings, and his new employer was ordered to pay $57 million in one of the country's largest-ever intellectual-property judgments

Cover Story: FAW-GAC Deal Tests a New Path for China’s Auto Consolidation

Cover Story: FAW-GAC Deal Tests a New Path for China’s Auto Consolidation

2026年09月28日

A proposed share-based transaction involving FAW Toyota could deepen ties between the two state-owned carmakers while offering policymakers a market-oriented model for restructuring the intensely competitive industry

In Depth: Iran Conflict Accelerates Dubai’s Tech Shift as China Ties Deepen

In Depth: Iran Conflict Accelerates Dubai’s Tech Shift as China Ties Deepen

2026年09月24日

Geopolitical turmoil is pushing the emirate to speed up its shift toward technology and other high-value industries, with Chinese companies playing an increasingly prominent role

In Depth: China’s New Graduates Get Hired, Then Cut Loose

In Depth: China’s New Graduates Get Hired, Then Cut Loose

2026年09月24日

Rescinded offers and probationary layoffs are leaving young workers scrambling for lower-level jobs — and questioning whether any first gig is secure

In Depth: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China

In Depth: How Paying for Likes Is Becoming a Crime in China

2026年09月18日

‘Traffic boosting’ developed into a specialized industry serving the e-commerce and short-video economy. But cases that were once settled with civil claims are being punished under ‘illegal business operations’ as enforcement standards evolve

In Depth: Why Geely’s Founder Broke With Chinese Business Tradition for His Succession

In Depth: Why Geely’s Founder Broke With Chinese Business Tradition for His Succession

2026年09月18日

By passing over family in favor of seasoned professional managers, Li Shufu aims to turn his carmaking empire into an enduring modern corporation

In Depth: China’s Blood Supply Runs on a Knife Edge

In Depth: China’s Blood Supply Runs on a Knife Edge

2026年09月18日

Falling donations, an aging population and rising demand are leaving patients desperate for transfusions, while pushing some to seek illicit sources

Cover Story: The Gray Market Behind a Cross-Border Investing Boom

Cover Story: The Gray Market Behind a Cross-Border Investing Boom

2026年09月14日

The collapses of ZD Group and Star Bridge Capital exposed a network of loosely regulated intermediaries, offshore vehicles and high-risk products that drew mainland investors into Hong Kong — and left many struggling to recover their money

In Depth: China’s Auto Export Boom Spurs Push to Manufacture Overseas

In Depth: China’s Auto Export Boom Spurs Push to Manufacture Overseas

2026年09月11日

Rising trade barriers are forcing Chinese carmakers to rethink globalization, from tapping idle foreign factories to winning local communities’ trust

In Depth: Inside the $50 Billion Rise of Moonshot AI

In Depth: Inside the $50 Billion Rise of Moonshot AI

2026年09月11日

Driven by its groundbreaking Kimi K3 model, the Chinese startup’s pivot from a cash-burning app to an enterprise platform sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley

In Depth: As Gold Goes Digital, Hong Kong Vies for London’s Crown

In Depth: As Gold Goes Digital, Hong Kong Vies for London’s Crown

2026年09月10日

Driven by blockchain technology and geopolitical change, global and regional financial hubs are pairing physical storage with digital infrastructure in a challenge to the city’s long-standing dominance of the worldwide market for the precious metal

Cover Story: The School at the Edge of China’s Education Dream

Cover Story: The School at the Edge of China’s Education Dream

2026年09月07日

Inside a shadowy cross-border empire that promised a shortcut to the Ivy League, but preyed on anxious parents with physical abuse and cult-like control

In Depth: AI Anxiety in China Fuels a Gold Rush in Job Training

In Depth: AI Anxiety in China Fuels a Gold Rush in Job Training

2026年09月04日

Workers are spending big on AI bootcamps as companies raise the bar for technical and professional skills

In Depth: China’s Diagnostic Firms Bet on a New Front in Global Health

In Depth: China’s Diagnostic Firms Bet on a New Front in Global Health

2026年09月04日

In Johannesburg, a palm-size TB test is being deployed in community screenings, reflecting a broader effort by Chinese companies to break into a market long dominated by Western and Indian suppliers

Cover Story: How U.S. Tech Blockade Sparked China’s AI Chip Boom

Cover Story: How U.S. Tech Blockade Sparked China’s AI Chip Boom

2026年08月31日

As Washington tightens export controls, Chinese developers are pivoting to domestic alternatives, though severe manufacturing bottlenecks remain

In Depth: China’s Transport Price War Shows What Happens When Trains Catch Up to Planes

In Depth: China’s Transport Price War Shows What Happens When Trains Catch Up to Planes

2026年08月28日

As the country’s bullet trains get faster and its rail network expands, legacy airlines are retreating from short-haul routes, slashing prices and partnering with their biggest rival

In Depth: China’s Autonomous Driving Race Shifts From Hype to High Stakes

In Depth: China’s Autonomous Driving Race Shifts From Hype to High Stakes

2026年08月28日

Upcoming safety standards will draw a hard line between driver assistance and true autonomy, triggering a multibillion-yuan shakeout that will separate the weak from the strong

In Depth: Marriage Fraud Exposes Holes in China’s Reproductive Rules

In Depth: Marriage Fraud Exposes Holes in China’s Reproductive Rules

2026年08月28日

A husband’s illicit IVF procedure has sparked a national debate over who has the right to dispose of frozen embryos

In Depth: Southeast Asia’s AI Data Center Boom Has a Power Problem

In Depth: Southeast Asia’s AI Data Center Boom Has a Power Problem

2026年08月26日

Chinese tech giants and global operators are building related industrial parks across the region, but grids, gas turbines and transmission systems are struggling to keep up with the industry’s rapidly rising energy demands

Analysis: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist

Analysis: China Races to Build Its Own Gene-Editing Toolkit — With an AI Assist

2026年08月26日

To avoid a messy, billion-dollar U.S. patent fight over CRISPR-Cas9, Chinese biotech startups are engineering proprietary DNA scalpels from scratch

Cover Story: China Tech Firms Drive AI Data Center Boom in Southeast Asia

Cover Story: China Tech Firms Drive AI Data Center Boom in Southeast Asia

2026年08月24日

Chinese cloud companies and server facility operators are expanding across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, seeking faster construction, cheaper capacity and a foothold in markets becoming central to the global AI race

In Depth: Shein Heads for Hong Kong IPO as Growth Slows, Regulatory Pressure Mounts

In Depth: Shein Heads for Hong Kong IPO as Growth Slows, Regulatory Pressure Mounts

2026年08月21日

The fast-fashion giant’s projection valuation has plummeted in the face of intensifying competition and rising costs overseas

In Depth: Frenzied Land Bidding Returns to China’s Prime Cities, but Has the Market Hit Bottom?

In Depth: Frenzied Land Bidding Returns to China’s Prime Cities, but Has the Market Hit Bottom?

2026年08月21日

Record auction prices in Shanghai and Beijing are reviving hopes that the property slump is coming to an end, even though most of the action has been confined to a handful of prime parcels

Five Things to Know About China’s Humanoid Robot Poster Child

Five Things to Know About China’s Humanoid Robot Poster Child

2026年08月20日

Unitree’s shares soared more than 600% in its Shanghai debut, riding a wave of investor enthusiasm for AI-powered machines even as widespread commercial use remains years off

Cover Story: Unmasking the Architect of a Global Cybercrime Empire

Cover Story: Unmasking the Architect of a Global Cybercrime Empire

2026年08月17日

Armed with multiple identities, Hu Xiaowei constructed an international network of businesses suspected of being used to launder the profits of Prince Group’s multibillion-dollar scams

In Depth: How China’s Automakers Aim to Keep Up Momentum in Europe

In Depth: How China’s Automakers Aim to Keep Up Momentum in Europe

2026年08月14日

To offset a drop-off in EV demand at home, companies like BYD and XPeng are putting down roots on the continent through local assembly lines, robust repair and charging networks and tailored driver-assistance systems

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