Opinions, editorials, op-eds, commentary and analysis on today's news

Nov 19, 2025 00:37 AM

Commentary: No Floor Yet for China’s Property Market, but It’s Getting Close
Stabilization signs are emerging, but unresolved leverage, weak confidence, and demographic pressures continue to delay a real estate recovery in China
Nov 17, 2025 14:49 PM

Opinion: To Win the Future, China’s Cities Must First Win Over the Youth
As the country confronts a looming demographic crisis, the competition over young talent is heating up. But success will require more than just housing subsidies and recruitment quotas
Nov 17, 2025 12:53 PM

Commentary: AI and the Legal Profession at a Crossroads
An array of platforms like DeepSeek is driving bottom-up innovation across China’s legal sector, but uneven governance, investment gaps and security concerns still hold many firms back
Nov 10, 2025 16:55 PM

Opinion: Beware AI’s ‘Dumbbell Effect’ on Jobs
As the technology reshapes the global labor market, demand is surging for high- and low-skill roles while mid-level jobs hollow out, threatening to widen inequality
Nov 07, 2025 18:23 PM

Commentary: China’s Great Export Surprise
Despite talk of deglobalization, made-in-China goods are more popular than ever. That’s a problem for Beijing’s goal of boosting domestic demand
Nov 07, 2025 18:11 PM

Commentary: Why China’s Exports Turned Negative in October
A surprising contraction in October, the first since March, points to normalizing trade patterns, high base effects and a tougher road ahead for the world’s second-largest economy
Nov 06, 2025 12:19 PM

Commentary: China’s New Detention Rules Put Enforcers to the Test
China has new rules to reform its controversial ‘residential surveillance’ system. But the regulations will be meaningless without rigorous supervision and a genuine will to implement them
Nov 05, 2025 16:59 PM

Commentary: East China Provinces Team Up to Curb Profit-Driven Policing of Businesses
New rules in the Yangtze River Delta aim to curb predatory cross-jurisdictional enforcement that has rattled private enterprise
Nov 04, 2025 18:47 PM

Commentary: How China Can Engineer a Consumption Leap for Its 15th Five-Year Plan
To tackle insufficient aggregate demand, China must move beyond marginal fixes and adopt bolder strategies, including leveraging state assets, expanding subsidies, and loosening monetary policy, to create a step-up in consumer spending
Nov 04, 2025 18:43 PM

Commentary: How to Run a Blended Family of Seven Like a Business
A chance encounter reunited two former lovers. Their pragmatic approach to blending their families and managing finances offers a modern blueprint for domestic life.
Nov 03, 2025 16:22 PM

Opinion: In China’s EV Race, Safety Can’t Be Shoved to the Back Seat
Beijing is right to impose stricter standards on the booming smart-car industry as public streets can’t become testing grounds for unproven technology
Oct 31, 2025 14:17 PM

Commentary: Rainy Harvest Season Highlights Gaps in Disaster Relief
Despite early warnings and government aid, systemic flaws like restrictive drying stations and inadequate insurance mean that the most vulnerable farmers are being left behind in the wake of a record-breaking disaster
Oct 31, 2025 11:05 AM

Commentary: Busan Summit Steadies Rocky U.S.-China Relations
As trade and tech wars shatter old certainties, the leaders’ summit provides a welcome de-escalation and elevates personal diplomacy to a key strategic asset
Oct 30, 2025 20:41 PM

Commentary: The Internationalization of the Yuan and the Role of Stablecoins
Even as U.S. policy instability challenges the dollar’s safe-haven status, the yuan has failed to capitalize. While Hong Kong’s stablecoin licensing offers a new path, capital controls and competition from e-CNY remain major obstacles
Oct 30, 2025 20:38 PM

Commentary: How China’s Population Scale Is Helping It Win the Trade War
China’s population size is its key advantage over the U.S., but a plummeting birth rate puts that strength, and the nation’s future, at risk
Oct 30, 2025 20:13 PM

Commentary: The Yuan Forges Its Own Path
No longer just a reflection of the dollar’s weakness, China’s currency is now appreciating on its own merits, fueled by resilient exports, shifting interest rate differentials, and a weakening yen
Oct 30, 2025 12:22 PM

Commentary: How the U.S.-China Trade War Helped Diversify China’s Exports
While shipments to the U.S. have plunged amid tariffs, China’s trade with partners in ASEAN, Europe and Africa is booming, pushing its total exports to new highs
Oct 28, 2025 18:37 PM

Commentary: China’s Climate Pledge Breaks New Ground
With its main 2035 commitment, Beijing is making significant progress on curbing oil demand and tackling greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide — two underappreciated shifts with major global implications
Oct 28, 2025 13:51 PM

Commentary: Apple’s eSIM-only iPhone Hits Snags With China’s Big Three Carriers
Apple’s push for eSIMs runs into a wall of carrier bureaucracy and security concerns, creating a frustrating experience for consumers and a market flop for its new iPhone Air
Oct 28, 2025 13:36 PM

Analysis: High-Tech Manufacturing Lifts China’s Industrial Sector
Gains in the first nine months were also bolstered by strong growth in the high-tech manufacturing sector, but weak demand and low prices continue to weigh on the outlook