
A building spree left state-backed developers with idle projects and heavy debts, exposing another stress point in the country’s chronic local government financing problem

The end of guaranteed state tariffs has exposed wind and solar operators to volatile price swings and grid bottlenecks, forcing a reckoning in the world’s largest green power market

As car sales suffer their sharpest drop among consumer goods, Beijing turns its focus from purchase incentives to lowering the cost of driving and repairing vehicles

Chinese tech giants are pushing the limits of computing clusters, enterprise agents and robotics. But as the hype settles, the industry faces a grueling reality check on commercial viability and consumer demand

Shanhai Group lured isolated seniors with complimentary trips and feigned affection, building a 24.4 billion yuan illegal fundraising empire

A major innovation in the multitrillion-yuan fund market offers the potential for lower costs and intraday liquidity, but the requirement for total portfolio transparency puts every manager’s secret sauce on display

Dozens of startups are racing to list with billion-dollar valuations, but fragmented training data and sky-high deployment costs stand in the way of turning the tech into a profitable business

Regulators have ordered brokerages to halt new cross-border swaps for private funds, closing a murky channel that raised concerns about hidden leverage and capital flight

A shift in fuel consumption, flush inventories and thin refining margins have provided a buffer against Gulf supply disruptions

As the planet continues to warm, a growing body of research suggests a heatwave can cripple a population’s ability to sustain itself, even if the individual animals live through it

Desperate to protect its shrinking industrial base, the EU has unleashed tariffs and subsidy probes to blunt competition from Chinese advanced manufacturing and e-commerce giants

The world’s largest untapped iron ore reserve was unlocked by collaboration between Rio Tinto, Chinese state-owned giants and political pressure from the Guinean government — the result could reshape global iron ore trade

Beijing is cutting VAT refunds for batteries, solar panels and metals, using a long-standing tax tool to rein in competition, push manufacturers up the value chain and take some of the pressure off government budgets

A disputed reprieve for a U.S. player and strict limits on Iran’s team have inflamed criticism that politics is intruding on soccer’s biggest event

The 2026 tournament is expected to lift spending across North America, but economists warn the benefits may be temporary, uneven and constrained by U.S. border policies

The lifestyle platform known as RedNote is aggressively expanding its audience and tech capabilities ahead of a potential Hong Kong listing, but internal friction and fierce e-commerce competition threaten to complicate any debut

Caught off guard by the rise of Chinese EV-makers, Germany’s luxury giants are aggressively localizing their tech — but their rigid corporate culture may still hold them back

Tencent, Alibaba and major smartphone-makers are transforming their software into autonomous digital assistants in a race to control how users interact with technology

A government push to commercialize digital assets is fueling a booming medical AI industry, but trading sensitive records is testing the limits of privacy laws

Startup financing activity accelerated sharply in the first quarter of 2026, hitting multiyear highs in both deal count and total investment value

Explosive demand for the foundational unit of AI processing has forced tech giants and startups into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market

With divorce on the rise, parents are using new legal tools to reclaim children snatched by estranged spouses — but enforcement remains the weakest link

Beijing wants to encourage new-energy vehicle adoption, but the transition is starving road budgets and distorting government incentives, driving demand for auto tax reform

Delegating approvals to provinces has accelerated fundraising, but as interest costs hit record highs, a fundamental flaw in local government financing lingers

The 13th Federal Reserve chairman presided over an era of unprecedented economic expansion, but his legacy remains inextricably linked to the 2008 financial crisis and the perils of deregulation

Fueled by a national trade corridor and aggressive subsidies, container throughput has boomed at Guangxi’s Beibu Gulf Port, but cooling traffic and rival facilities are prompting a push for new infrastructure

From Walmart to Yonghui, brick-and-mortar retailers are developing private-label products as they fight for market share amid sluggish sales and weak profitability

Chinese pharma companies are still striking global deals, but rising regulatory pressure is forcing buyers and sellers to rethink price, structure and risk

As the artificial intelligence boom drives a surge in electricity demand, tech hubs like Lingang are piloting underwater data centers, cross-country server dispatch, and AI-managed battery grids to keep the juice flowing

Driven by AI’s huge thirst for energy, China is moving data hubs to the desert and testing virtual power plants to synchronize digital growth with green energy
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