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As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, Caixin looks back at some of the biggest stories from its archives over its first decade.
10 Years of Caixin: How Failed Takeover of World’s Largest Developer Exposed Shabby Financial Regulation
Baoneng’s aborted hostile takeover of property giant revealed the worst of China’s free-wheeling shadow banking sector, regulatory loopholes

Baoneng Units Make New Moves to Raise Capital and Shed Assets
The Baoneng subsidiaries’ actions follows Foresea's moves to sell down shares worth hundreds of millions of yuan during second half of 2020 in two medicine companies and oil field equipment-maker

In Depth: China’s Anbang Salvage Operation Runs Aground
Company created to take over a significant portion of the conglomerate’s assets has failed to complete its restructuring on time

10 Years of Caixin: The Environmental Cost of Land Reclamation
A series of reports exposes the powerful commercial interests driving the projects on China’s coast and the widespread destruction wrought on marine ecosystems

10 Years of Caixin: Tianjin’s Lethal Explosions
Blasts in the port city killed 173 people, and put a magnifying glass over the lax implementation of safety standards and regulations in the hazardous chemical industry

CX Daily: Huawei Could Well Take Much of Europe
China, U.S. preview joint fentanyl bust, China issues euro bonds for first time in 15 years, and detailed gaming rules may make parenting redundant

10 Years of Caixin: Baidu’s Dangerous Ad Game
A three-month Caixin investigation revealed how the search engine turned a blind eye to illegal gambling ads

CX Daily: China Makes First Cut in Key Lending Rate Since 2016
Plus, growth in the service sector slows, "hukous" become easier to obtain, and is Huawei really banned in New Zealand?

10 Years of Caixin: Exposing Fugitive Tycoon Guo Wengui
Caixin’s investigations revealed how powerful official allies facilitated a career adorned with lavish real estate projects and huge financial resources

10 Years of Caixin: The Army Logistician Who Lined His Own Pockets
A series of Caixin reports revealed former general Gu Junshan’s unbridled lust for wealth, and how he quietly accumulated a fortune

CX Daily: Major Manufacturing Expansion But No Business Confidence?
China wants to create economic zone in space, enlists 'Thousand Talents Program' in revamp to universities, and were foreign coal predictions off?

10 Years of Caixin: Mapping Zhou Yongkang’s Vast Web of Graft
Leading up to the downfall of the ex-security czar, Caixin worked for a year to uncover his corrupt network

CX Daily: China's Big Tax Cuts Bring Big Savings
Hong Kong enters technical recession, China issues new directive in line with "Made in China 2025," and big telcos announce 5G packages

10 Years of Caixin: Star Chinese Fund Manager Arrested After 2015 Market Rout
Caixin reporters pored over 5 gigabytes worth of trading data to investigate how Xu Xiang had achieved his remarkable results

CX Daily: The Stakes are Raised in China's New Big Data Clampdown
Plus, Australian coal likely to continue facing restrictions, German intelligence chief distrusts Huawei, and Nestle weighs selling China units.

10 Years of Caixin: Billionaire's Oil Empire Brought Down by Risky Financing
Secretive tycoon Ye Jianming’s global ambitions and aggressive deals were at their peak when he was detained in an official crackdown