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In Depth: China’s Hybrid Export Boom Faces New EU Limits

A bilateral trade understanding would allow shipments to grow from 2025 levels but constrain their expansion, with quotas and allocation rules still unresolved

Guangdong, China’s largest provincial economy, grew 4.6%, up 0.1 percentage point from its first-half pace. Photo: VCG

China’s Regional Growth Gap Widens as Major Economies Hold Up

Nine of the 10 largest provincial economies matched or beat national growth in the first nine months, while some weaker regions slowed sharply

Chinese Sponsors Drop Mbappé Over Podcast Remarks

Dongpeng, Mengniu and Milkground cut ties with the Real Madrid forward as he apologizes and La Liga distances itself from his comments

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Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
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A Chinese court on Oct. 27 sentences Wang Huimin, a former anti-graft chief at the country’s securities regulator, to death with a two-year reprieve for taking more than 436 million yuan ($65 million) in bribes. Photo: CCTV

China Sentences Former Securities Regulator to Death With Reprieve for $65 Million in Bribes

Wang Huimin took bribes over 27 years, including while serving as the securities watchdog’s anti-graft chief

Oct 28, 2026 03:29 PM
Caregivers read picture books with young children at a free early childhood development center inside Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory campus on May 26, 2026. Photo: Tang Hanyu/Caixin

Reporter’s Notebook: An iPhone Factory Takes On the Parenting Gap

At Foxconn’s Zhengzhou campus, a free parenting center is helping migrant workers give their children a stronger start — and testing a model for China’s industrial parks

Oct 28, 2026 03:17 PM
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AI Drives Career Pivot for China’s Programmers, Report Shows

Traditional coding openings fell 8% while software and algorithm jobs in emerging technologies grew 20.4% in the first nine months of 2026, offering programmers new career paths and higher pay

Oct 28, 2026 02:42 PM

Tech Brief (Oct. 28): Rokid Launches New AI Glasses

Ant Group upgrades AI personal assistant, Xiaomi unveils new smartphone with better gaming performance

Oct 28, 2026 02:05 PM
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Fitch Upgrades Viability Ratings of China’s ‘Big Six’ Banks

Regulatory improvements bolster resilience, while retail bad loans rise

Oct 28, 2026 01:56 PM
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Analysis: China’s IPO Boom Tests the Limits of Price Discovery

Strong debut gains are being driven by thin floats and one-sided leverage, as curtailed securities lending limits investors’ ability to bet against inflated prices

Oct 28, 2026 12:54 PM
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China Opens 800,000 Anticorruption Cases in Nine Months

Authorities disciplined 680,000 people in January–September 2026, including 105 officials at or above the provincial-ministerial level

Oct 28, 2026 12:16 PM
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CX Daily: The Perils Behind China’s Mountain Adventure Craze

Climbing has transformed into a mainstream pastime, but training, regulation and risk awareness are struggling to catch up

Oct 28, 2026 09:00 AM
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CDB Risk Executive Taken Away by Beijing Police, Sources Say

Zhang Yanguo, recently seconded to a district government post, is linked to a suspected insider-trading case, people familiar with the matter say

Oct 28, 2026 04:08 AM
Asset managers’ liquidity positions have become more closely linked to trading and asset prices, increasing the potential for stress to spread across institutions. Photo: IC

Analysis: China’s Bond-Market Backstop Targets Runs, Not Investment Losses

A new emergency swap facility aims to interrupt redemption-driven selling while keeping institutions responsible for risk management and investment losses

Oct 28, 2026 03:48 AM
Domestic retail sales fell 21.7% year-on-year to 13.3 million vehicles in the first nine months of 2026, CPCA data show. Photo: VCG

China Passenger Car Sales Forecast to Fall 22% in 2026

The industry association’s latest downgrade puts domestic retail sales below their 2020 level as consumer demand weakens and government incentives shrink

Oct 28, 2026 12:41 AM
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 27 on his reelection as Brazil’s president. Photo: VCG

Xi Congratulates Lula on Reelection, Seeks Deeper China-Brazil Ties

China’s president praised Lula’s contributions to bilateral relations and expressed willingness to expand cooperation with Latin America’s largest economy

Oct 27, 2026 11:24 PM
China’s population surpassed 1.4 billion in 2017 and peaked at about 1.4126 billion in 2021. Photo: VCG

China’s Population Falls by 3.39 Million, Largest Drop Since 2022

The fourth consecutive annual decline brought the population to 1.405 billion in 2025, as researchers project further losses over the coming decades

Oct 27, 2026 10:38 PM
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Audi Splits China Brands Between JV Partners to Curb Internal Competition

The German luxury carmaker is assigning its traditional four-ring brand to FAW Group and its new letter-logo electric marque to SAIC Motor in favor of a clearer brand division as domestic EV brands reshape the country’s luxury car market

Oct 27, 2026 07:04 PM
China Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan. Photo: VCG

Hidden Basements, Pool Found at Evergrande Founder’s Seized Hong Kong Mansions

Two Peak properties once owned by Hui Ka Yan contained nearly 8,000 square feet of unauthorized additions, including a pool beneath a private road

Oct 27, 2026 04:56 PM
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society John L. Thornton and The New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman during the 2026 Global Governance Forum in Xiong’an New Area, Hebei province on Oct. 23..

Wang Yi Calls for China-U.S. Cooperation to Develop and Govern AI

Meeting with Asia Society board co-chair John Thornton and The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, the Chinese foreign minister said that Beijing and Washington should cooperate on global rules to keep AI under human control

Oct 27, 2026 03:39 PM



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