Authorities again announce huge findings of gold veins across different Chinese regions, with the help of big data and powerful computing.
20 Jan 2025 - 3:48PM videocam
Shanghai and Guangdong, two of China’s major exporting regions, have set modest growth targets as leaders warn of ‘external factors’.
15 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM videocam
As China’s companies move to emerging markets, they find clients wanting infrastructure and pathways to local development as well as products.
China’s labour practices are driving a wedge between the world’s biggest EV maker and efforts to expand globally in areas where employee protections are paramount.
13 Jan 2025 - 1:09PM videocam
‘Frankly, extra work is required to meet the emotional needs of young colleagues’.
China’s high-speed rail operator reports passenger increases and lower debt ratios in 2024, projects mileage benchmark will be surpassed.
2 Jan 2025 - 9:10PM videocam
China’s beef industry, imperiled amid a 11-year low in prices, has blamed imports for the slump and called for government action.
Fight ‘all forms of misconduct and corruption’ and keep an eye on both ‘family members and staff’, Xi is quoted as telling annual meeting.
28 Dec 2024 - 9:44PM videocam
A Shenzhen restaurant has gone viral online after launching a 199-yuan-a-head buffet featuring more than 200 durian dishes.
Small-business owners have been forced to cut staff and close stores in ever greater numbers in recent months, adding to China’s economic gloom.
24 Dec 2024 - 12:34PM videocam
A new cohort of Chinese migrants to the US is on the rise – investors looking to permanently relocate to conduct their business smoothly.
15 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
Malformed by manufacturing malaise, pummelled by property, and targeted by tariffs, the hits keep coming in the southern powerhouse region.
10 Dec 2024 - 6:34PM videocam
About 150,000 Chinese merchants are active on major Russian e-commerce platforms.
Millions of pearls are already being harvested in the Taklimakan Desert, as China tries to turn the arid region into a hub for aquaculture.
Signs may be pointing to ‘a much more combative dynamic in US-China tensions moving forward’ – one in which a trade or tariff war hurts both sides.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:09PM videocam
George Soros has been bearish on China and his disciple Scott Bessent is likely to break with Biden’s engagement policies, observer says.
23 Nov 2024 - 10:00PM videocam
The US$80 billion hoard is the latest fruit of China’s drive to find new domestic precious minerals reserves.
Though China tariffs would make factories in Vietnam or Thailand more appealing, analysts said other restrictions could wipe out those gains.
Unemployment rate for the 16 -24 age group, excluding students, stood at 17.1 per cent in October.
Manufacturers of robotic pool cleaners seek to emulate China’s electric vehicle success story while keeping an eye on tariff threats.
14 Nov 2024 - 10:36PM videocam
First-time marriages in China increased for the first time in nearly a decade last year, but demographers suggest the rebound is unlikely to last.
12 Nov 2024 - 4:42PM videocam
Price falls as investors take profits from earlier gains, but longer-term prospects are bullish due to trade and inflation uncertainties.
The 136th China Import and Export Fair, widely known as Canton Fair, concluded its three-week autumn edition on Monday.
Chinese buyers with nowhere else to look snap up gold bars in search for ‘reliable value-preserving asset’.
2 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM videocam
Almost one in five of the workforce in Guangzhou have turned to work in flexible contracts, higher than China’s national level of 14.3 per cent.
29 Oct 2024 - 1:01PM videocam
Exporters see emerging markets becoming more important to Chinese businesses, despite smaller profit margins and increased payment risks.
24 Oct 2024 - 5:11PM videocam
Though it was once a reliable performer among Chinese regions, Guangdong province has reported a steady slowdown in GDP growth for 2024.
Government adviser describes local governments’ arrears in accounts payable to enterprises as ‘shocking’.
23 Oct 2024 - 3:46PM videocam
Raising the tax threshold for people in lower-income brackets would not dent government revenue, former PBOC statistics chief says.
20 Oct 2024 - 6:52PM videocam
Investors and international exporters are holding off on new investments despite Beijing’s slew of stimulus measures.