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China’s cinemas saw diminished attendance numbers in 2024 in an increasingly saturated entertainment market. Photo: Shutterstock

China Economy

Quiet on set: China’s film industry fights for relevance as admissions flag

With lower ticket sales and fierce competition from online entertainment, China’s film industry faces demotion in cultural status.

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BYD’s fourth-quarter EV output beats Tesla as world’s number one

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Taking stock: global investment banks hedge their bets on China market next year

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Politics

New Year gala sings praises of China’s science and technology achievements

An end-of-year TV show in China has switched the usual singing and dancing for a look at the nation’s 2024 triumphs in innovation.

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A science and technology-themed New Year gala has been shown on Chinese TV, amid the country’s innovation push. Photo: CCTV

China Economy

China hits record panda bond issuance in 2024, with analysts bullish for 2025

With more yuan-denominated panda bonds issued last year than any other, analysts expect even bigger numbers in 2025.

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Politics

Beijing’s pilot zone for economic integration with Taiwan running out of steam

By 2022 there were over 3,000 people and nearly 1,300 enterprises from Taiwan in Pingtan, Fujian, but the cross-strait beacon is dimming.

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TikTok tells Supreme Court ‘sell-or-ban’ law stems from refusal to censor

Its filing comes as Justice Department argues the law is meant to cut the popular short-video app’s ties to the Chinese government.

4 Jan 2025 - 6:23AM

The short-video app TikTok has some 170 million users in the US, where it faces a ban unless it is sold to a non-Chinese buyer. Photo: Reuters

China

US sanctions Chinese cyber firm for alleged role in Beijing-sponsored hacks

Treasury Department accuses Integrity Tech of involvement in ‘multiple computer intrusion incidents’ linked to Flax Typhoon hacking group.

4 Jan 2025 - 6:19AMvideocam

Science

Ex-Dassault aerospace physicist leaves US for China to lead new energy research

Chen Hudong is a pioneer in the simulation of fluid dynamics, which has applications for defence and other hi-tech industries.

4 Jan 2025 - 12:39AMvideocam

Science

Surgery via satellite: China conducts remote medical procedures in world first

Remote doctors have successfully operated on a series of patients using a Chinese satellite and surgical robot system.

3 Jan 2025 - 9:30PM

China said it has completed the world’s first satellite-based ultra-remote surgeries. Photo: CCTV

Diplomacy

China aiming for more export curbs with EVs, semiconductors in the mix

Proposed extended restrictions from commerce ministry come on the heels of dual-use export bans on 28 US defence contractors.

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A production line at a plant producing lithium batteries for automotive use, in northern China. China has a clear lead in the global lithium sector, with a supply chain spanning raw material extraction to hi-tech manufacturing. Photo: Xinhua

Politics

Taiwan proposes outlawing political party devoted to unification with mainland

Taiwanese ministry says the China Unification Promotion Party is involved in criminal activities and poses threat to stability and elections.

3 Jan 2025 - 8:10PMvideocam

Politics

Chinese officials urged not to ignore public opinion

Cadres warned to pay attention to complaints from members of the public to avoid more serious problems later on.

3 Jan 2025 - 6:35PMvideocam

China Economy

China’s premier tells local authorities to give economy an early boost

Li Qiang calls for expansion of consumption-boosting trade-in programmes during visit to Shandong province.

3 Jan 2025 - 6:30PMvideocam

Premier Li Qiang (centre) inspects a stadium construction site in Jinan, Shandong province, on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua

Big Tech

Chinese state-owned AI firm hires ex-IBM executive as technology chief

Last year, IBM scaled down its R&D operations in China, joining a long list of global tech firms that have trimmed their mainland businesses.

3 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM

The IBM logo is seen as a person cycles past the company’s China System Center building in Beijing on August 26, 2024. Photo: AFP

Politics

China steps up air safety after deadly Azerbaijani, South Korean plane crashes

Aviation authority urges measures to avoid bird strikes and assess risks in response to Jeju Air and Azerbaijan Airlines disasters.

3 Jan 2025 - 5:13PMvideocam

Diplomacy

US consensus on countering China will keep Quad relevant under Trump: experts

The security grouping with Australia, Japan and India is unlikely to thrive as it has under Biden but remains important, observers say.

3 Jan 2025 - 4:27PMvideocam

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China Economy

Open Questions | Economist Huang Yiping on Trump trade war 2.0 and China’s stimulus ‘U-turn’

Huang Yiping of Peking University talks the re-election of Donald Trump and why China needs its own Marshall Plan.

12 Nov 2024 - 7:01PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech War

China’s chip industry braces for another 4 years under Trump

Chinese semiconductor firms are ramping up purchases of foreign chipmaking equipment and looking to forge new alliances.

11 Nov 2024 - 10:33AM

Diplomacy

How could a hawkish Donald Trump White House team shape US-China ties?

Amid rumours about possible cabinet picks, from Elon Musk to Mike Pompeo, experts say China hardliners could risk ‘fierce confrontation’.

9 Nov 2024 - 12:51AMvideocam

Diplomacy

China, US officials set to talk climate change amid fears over Trump’s policies

Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

8 Nov 2024 - 10:56PMvideocam

Climate activists project a message onto Tower Bridge in London, England, bearing a silhouette of US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of climate talks in the British capital on November 7, 2024. Photo: Reuters

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LATEST China Science NEWS

Ex-Dassault aerospace physicist leaves US for China to lead new energy research

4 Jan 2025 - 12:39AMvideocam

Eminent computational physicist Chen Hudong has returned to China after more than 40 years in the US. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Surgery via satellite: China conducts remote medical procedures in world first

3 Jan 2025 - 9:30PM

China said it has completed the world’s first satellite-based ultra-remote surgeries. Photo: CCTV

Chinese war games system sees surprise US attack on PLA in South China Sea

3 Jan 2025 - 12:30PM

After adding key US military details to a Chinese war games simulation, it saw the US launched a stealth attack on a PLA carrier group. Photo: Xinhua

FDA approves Chinese eye cancer treatment for development support in the US

3 Jan 2025 - 9:00AMvideocam

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to a promising genetic-based treatment developed in China that targets uveal melanoma. Photo: AP

Chinese team finds blood pressure medication could treat rare brain tumour

2 Jan 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Craniopharyngioma, shown here in the brain of a mouse, can cause symptoms including obesity, diabetes, visual effects and decreased hormone secretion in humans affected by the tumour. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology

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China has built the world’s longest expressway tunnel

Chinese President Xi releases New Year’s message

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