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

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

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Analysis: China Adopts Market-Driven Solution to Stale Loan Rate Benchmark

The new pricing anchor stems from the ebbing efficacy of the central bank-quoted LPR, which hasn’t changed for over a year despite a low-rate environment

In Depth: AI Distillation in China Leaves U.S. Tech Giants at Odds

OpenAI and Anthropic are urging Washington to act against what they see as copying the capabilities of their models, even as Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft argue that the method is an essential tool for innovation

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Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
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China’s Auto Exports in First Eight Months Surpass 2025 Total

With August marking a third straight month of more than 1 million shipments, the momentum is fueling expectations that full-year exports will hit 10 million cars

Sep 11, 2026 06:19 PM
Regulators gain a clearer framework for determining when manufacturers are selling goods below cost.

China Sets Cost Rules to Curb Industrial Price Wars

The NDRC and the market regulator have published a unified methodology to determine whether manufacturers are engaged in illegal low-price dumping

Sep 11, 2026 06:17 PM
Cloudbreak Pharma debuts on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 3, 2025. Photo: VCG

Hong Kong Halts Cloudbreak Pharma Shares Over Suspected ‘Rigged’ IPO

Hong Kong’s SFC suspects false demand may have been created during Cloudbreak Pharma’s 2025 Chapter 18A listing

Sep 11, 2026 03:55 PM
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China Business Uncovered Podcast: Exposing China’s Youth Correction Camps

Behind China’s so-called growth camps is a lucrative industry that promises desperate parents solutions while subjecting young people to confinement, punishment and psychological manipulation

Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
Production at a company in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Sept. 8, 2026. Photo: VCG

Commentary: China’s Inflation Rebound Puts Energy Costs and Policy Choices in Focus

August data show faster gains in consumer and factory-gate prices as higher oil, coal and industrial-metal costs work through supply chains

Sep 11, 2026 03:38 PM
Visitors inspect a robot at the Hangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Application and Robotics Innovation Expo on Sept. 10, 2026. Photo: VCG

China’s AI Firms Are Going Global Before Winning at Home

Former State Council official Jiang Xiaojuan says AI is lowering the cost of global expansion and creating a new model of ‘native globalization’

Sep 11, 2026 03:27 PM
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China Appoints Veteran Trade Lawyer to Head Intellectual Property Regulator

Chen Fuli brings decades of experience in international trade law and WTO disputes to the helm of the National Intellectual Property Administration as global tech tensions persist

Sep 11, 2026 03:08 PM
A forum with a theme on the new paradigm for AI economic growth and social value reconstruction at the 2026 Inclusion Conference on the Bund on Sept. 9. Photo: Inclusion Conference on the Bund

AI Boom Could Undermine China’s Push for Consumption-Led Growth, Economists Warn

The technology could lift productivity and supply while weakening labor income, consumer demand and prices, posing a fresh challenge for Beijing’s plan to revamp its growth model

Sep 11, 2026 01:57 PM
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Yuan’s Steady Rise Draws Foreign Investors Back to Chinese Assets

Overseas holdings climbed to 11.3 trillion yuan as the currency approached a four-year high against the dollar

Sep 11, 2026 12:57 PM
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Commentary: China’s Track Superstar Exposes the Flaws in Its State Sports Machine

Star hurdler Liu Xiang’s decade-long limbo reveals the urgent need to reform how China compensates and transitions its retiring athletes

Sep 11, 2026 12:34 PM
A fire broke out on a foreign cargo ship undergoing maintenance at China State Shipbuilding Corp.'s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at around 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2026. Photo: CCTV News

Cargo Ship Fire at Qingdao Shipyard Leaves 25 Dead

The blaze broke out during maintenance on a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, prompting President Xi Jinping to demand a swift investigation and strict safety overhauls

Sep 11, 2026 11:43 AM
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attended a press conference during the NATO Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Commentary: Why NATO Must Recalibrate Its Assessment of Chinese Strategic Intent

As the alliance doubles down on its threat narrative following recent missile tests, a balanced assessment comparing Beijing's actual conduct with its unconditional no-first-use policy reveals crucial avenues for preventing global nuclear escalation

Sep 11, 2026 11:42 AM

China Defends Export-Fueled Surplus

Foreign exchange regulator pushes back against international concerns over trade imbalances, highlighting that outbound investments averaged more than $500 billion annually in recent years

Sep 11, 2026 11:05 AM
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Weekly Must-Read: The School at the Edge of China’s Education Dream

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

Sep 11, 2026 10:00 AM
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CX Daily: AI Distillation in China Leaves U.S. Tech Giants at Odds

OpenAI and Anthropic are urging Washington to act against what they see as copying the capabilities of their models

Sep 11, 2026 09:00 AM
Over the past two years, MCBs have become an important tool for cash-strapped developers seeking to restructure large offshore debt piles. Photo: VCG

China Regulators Scrutinize Offshore Debt-Swap Bonds Used by Distressed Developers

Several Chinese developers have been asked to resubmit filings for offshore mandatory convertible bonds, signaling closer regulatory review of a restructuring tool widely used to tackle defaulted debt

Sep 11, 2026 03:37 AM



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