Weekend Long Read: this week’s best in-depth long-form stories

Dec 16, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Lessons From China’s Push to Go Global
To succeed in developing economies, companies shouldn’t hesitate to move manufacturing there to increase local incomes and create a wealthier customer base
Dec 09, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: There’s More Than Meets the Eye to China’s Visa Exemptions
The addition of six countries to the country’s visa-free entry program last month is a boon to inbound tourism, which not only brings immense economic value, but also enhances China’s image
Dec 02, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Why Did It Take So Long to Act on the Zhongzhi Meltdown?
Like many in internet finance, the now insolvent shadow banking giant lacked a traditional risk control system, exposing its high-net-worth clients to great jeopardy
Nov 25, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Zhou Xiaochuan Weighs In on the BRI Debate
China’s former central bank governor explains the dangers of the ‘debt trap’ narrative, the reasoning behind the Belt and Road Initiative, and issues that need to be addressed in its next phase
Nov 18, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Everything You Need to Know About ESG in China
This year’s environmental, social, and governance space has been characterized by a focus on the ‘dual carbon’ goals, an emphasis on disclosure and product growth, and the insurance industry going green
Nov 11, 2023 13:00 PM

Weekend Long Read: To Understand China’s Labor Market, Look Beyond the Headline Unemployment Rate
The surveyed jobless rate fell to 5% in September, painting a promising picture, but the indicator needs to be complemented with other data to gain a comprehensive view of the labor market
Oct 27, 2023 14:23 PM

Weekend Long Read: David Dollar — An Outstanding Economist Who Believed in Fact-Based Dialogue
Dollar, who passed away this month, helped advise the China government as it navigated through the 2008 global financial crisis, writes Bert Hofman
Oct 07, 2023 21:44 PM

Weekend Long Read: A Wartime Escape — Retracing the Footprints of My Granduncle in Sumatra
Hu Shuli, founder and publisher of Caixin Media, follows the path taken by Hu Yuzhi who fled Singapore when the city was on the brink of falling to the Japanese in 1942
Sep 30, 2023 17:36 PM

Weekend Long Read: Enabling Market-Driven Pathways for Net-Zero Ambitions
There are eight key issues to address on the way to reaching the climate goal, with incentive mechanisms like carbon markets playing a particularly important role
Sep 23, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: China’s Chipmaking Breakthrough Too Good to Be True
Science writer Wang Jie sets the record straight on much-talked-about online reports that Chinese scientists have independently developed the most advanced tech for producing semiconductors
Sep 16, 2023 19:13 PM

Weekend Long Read: What It Took to Topple Wang Wenhai
The ex-provincial justice chief’s downfall is the story of black market relic dealers, local police whistleblowers, and a billionaire pedophile rapist who bribed his way out of a death sentence
Sep 09, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: How Huawei Picks and Develops Talent
The tech giant focuses on recruiting exceptional technical specialists and then leaves them with room to grow, company founder Ren Zhengfei says
Sep 02, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Why Adapting to Climate Change Has Become a Necessity
Jiang Zhaoli, an official spearheading China’s response at the environmental ministry, tells Caixin that adaptation is growing more urgent as extreme weather becomes the ‘new normal’
Aug 26, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: The Challenges of Mounting a Legal Defense in China
Impediments preventing lawyers from adequately defending their clients have become alarmingly common, undermining public trust in the judicial system
Aug 18, 2023 19:42 PM

Weekend Long Read: A Road Trip to Nelson Mandela’s Hometown
A 2018 winter visit to Mandela’s birthplace and burial site in South Africa would leave a lasting impression on Hu Shuli, founder and publisher of Caixin Media, about the man and the country he led
Aug 12, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: How Zhongzhi Became the Latest Chinese Financial Holding Group to Fall
For years, the conglomerate held a reputation as one of the premier private financial holding groups in China, but its problems escalated quickly after the sudden death of its founder, Xie Zhikun, in late 2021
Aug 04, 2023 18:46 PM

Weekend Long Read: A Japanese Economist’s Lasting Impact on China
Ryutaro Komiya, who died last year, was a leading figure in the field whose insights on Chinese economic reforms in the 1980s and ’90s still deserve attention, writes his longtime colleague Wu Jinglian
Jul 22, 2023 10:17 AM

Weekend Long Read: What Lies Ahead for China-EU Climate Collaboration
Frans Timmermans, the European Commission’s top climate negotiator, speaks with Caixin about cooperating with China and the EU’s controversial carbon border tax
Jul 15, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Contradictions, Convictions and Conundrums in the Asian Century
Speaking at Caixin’s Asia New Vision Forum, Singapore’s former U.N. Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani explains just how serious the fraught U.S.-China relationship is for the rest of Asia, and the world
Jul 01, 2023 10:30 AM

Weekend Long Read: Why China’s Property Tax Is Still a Long Way Off
The levy would make local government budgets less dependent on land sales revenue, but doubts remain about whether homeowners would be willing or able to pay