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: Cover Story: Europe Fortifies Against China’s New Export Juggernaut
Desperate to protect its shrinking industrial base, the EU has unleashed tariffs and subsidy probes to blunt competition from Chinese advanced manufacturing and e-commerce giants

: China-Brazil Trade Hits Record High on EV Surge and Shifting Oil Flows
Bilateral trade between China and Brazil surged in the first half of 2026, driven by geopolitical shifts and looming tariffs, far outpacing Brazil’s trade with the U.S.

In Depth: Men, AI and a Retail Revamp Drive Xiaohongshu’s Pre-IPO Pivot

The lifestyle platform known as RedNote is aggressively expanding its audience and tech capabilities ahead of a potential Hong Kong listing, but internal friction and fierce e-commerce competition threaten to complicate any debut

: China Deploys ‘National Team’ in Multi-Pronged Stock Market Rescue
State-backed enterprises unleash billions in capital to stem a brutal sell-off

Commentary: Where Did China’s $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Go?

China to End Key Tax Break on Lithium EV Batteries

Starting Sept. 1, lithium-ion cells will be subject to a 2% consumption levy, marking another step toward equalizing the tax burden between electric and gasoline vehicles

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In Depth: China’s AI Boom Creates Demand for a New Kind of Engineer

Cover Story: World Cup Tests Trump’s Economic Pitch

Analysis: Trump’s World Cup Meddling Fuels a Crisis Over FIFA’s Independence

Caixin Explains: How China Plans to Pay for Its Urban Renewal Push

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LATEST NEWS

: China’s Youth Jobless Rate Falls Again in June, but Labor Pressures Persist
The jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds fell to 14.9%, while officials warned that weak labor demand in some sectors still calls for policy support
Jul 21, 2026 03:27 AM

: China’s Big Insurers Pledge More Equity Investment to Steady Market
China Life, PICC, Ping An, China Pacific and New China Life said they would deploy long-term capital after a sharp selloff, as Beijing stepped up efforts to stabilize the stock market
Jul 21, 2026 01:49 AM

: Global Banks Turn More Bullish on Chinese Stocks as South Korea Trade Cools
Citigroup’s shift adds to signs that investors are rotating out of overheated regional tech trades and back into Hong Kong and mainland shares on hopes of stimulus, easing geopolitical risks and AI growth
Jul 21, 2026 01:09 AM

: Chinese AI Chip Startups Look Beyond the Cloud to Edge Devices
Developers are betting on robots and smart hardware as China’s electronics supply chain pushes large language models onto local devices, despite persistent hurdles in power, cost and commercialization
Jul 21, 2026 12:30 AM

: Biren Unveils 1,024-GPU Optical Super Node Architecture
Debuted at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the near-packaged optics solution offers a commercially viable path past the 128-chip cap of legacy wiring systems
Jul 21, 2026 12:00 AM

: Domestic Buyers Drive Commercial Property Rebound in Major Chinese Cities
Transactions surged in Beijing and Shanghai in the first half of this year as companies and local investors acquired discounted assets after overseas buyers pulled back
Jul 20, 2026 06:51 PM

: Business Brief (July 20): U.K. Nationalizes British Steel as Chinese Owner Cries ‘Robbery’
AI startup Moonshot targets a Hong Kong IPO within six months, while Ikea plans to shutter eight more stores in China
Jul 20, 2026 06:45 PM

: Former President of China’s Largest Policy Bank Probed
Ouyang Weimin is the seventh senior CDB leader to fall in recent years amid Beijing’s anti-graft drive
Jul 20, 2026 06:25 PM

: Commentary: China’s Infrastructure Engine Sputters, but a Second-Half Reboot Looms
Infrastructure investment contracted by 2.4% in the first half of 2026. The slowdown reflects a fundamental pivot from physical assets to human capital and stricter scrutiny of project returns
Jul 20, 2026 04:51 PM

: Massive Landslide in Southwestern China Leaves 8 Dead, 34 Missing
Thousands of tons of rock buried homes in a mountainous district of Chongqing, killing at least eight people as the region grapples with its critical flood-control season
Jul 20, 2026 04:35 PM

: As AI Agents Take Off, Integration Becomes an Obstacle
Enterprise demand has ‘at least doubled’ this year, Tencent Cloud executive Wu Yunsheng says, as businesses struggle to get the technology to work with legacy systems
Jul 20, 2026 04:27 PM

: Graft Probe in Shenzhen Ensnares Second United Front Chief in Two Weeks
Wang Qiang, a senior official in the affluent tech hub, turned himself in to authorities shortly after the downfall of his direct predecessor
Jul 20, 2026 04:15 PM

: Tech Brief (Jul. 20): Moonshot AI Pauses New Kimi Subscriptions
Alibaba’s Qwen to power Apple Intelligence in China, SenseTime plans to launch computing satellites
Jul 20, 2026 03:56 PM

: U.N. Officials Urge Multilateral AI Rules to Avert Economic Divide
Speaking at a Shanghai tech summit, policymakers warned that unchecked artificial intelligence risks widening global inequalities and called for actionable, cross-border oversight
Jul 20, 2026 03:44 PM

: China’s Green Tech Exports Surge
Shipments of EVs, lithium batteries and solar cells surged 51.6% to $118 billion in the first half of 2026
Jul 20, 2026 02:16 PM

: Opinion: Fixing China’s Consumption Bottleneck
A sweeping five-year directive targets services, AI and red tape to build a consumer-led economy
Jul 20, 2026 02:12 PM