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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

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Chart of the Day: China AI Chip Stocks Slide Despite Surging Earnings

Hygon and Cambricon reported robust growth in both revenue and profit even as a broader tech sell-off exposes growing concerns over returns from AI investment

In Depth: The Perils Behind China’s Mountain Adventure Craze

A rush of young hikers and climbers has transformed a once-niche pursuit into a mainstream pastime, but training, regulation and risk awareness are struggling to catch up

A Chinese national has held one of the IMF’s four deputy managing director posts since 2011. Photo: VCG

IMF Taps China’s Vice Finance Minister Liao Min for Deputy Managing Director Role

The veteran trade negotiator would succeed Li Bo on Dec. 1, becoming the first Chinese official to join the IMF’s senior management from the finance ministry

China’s Policy Banks Complete 800 Billion Yuan Financing Push

State-backed financing targets emerging industries and projects involving private investment as Beijing seeks to shore up infrastructure spending

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Sep 11, 2026 03:46 PM
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An Insta360 store in a shopping mall in Pudong, Shanghai, on Oct. 8, 2026. Photo: VCG

Insta360 Profit Falls 94% Despite Strong Sales Growth

The camera maker’s third-quarter earnings fell sharply as product development and market expansion spending rose and higher component costs squeezed margins

Oct 29, 2026 01:59 AM
China’s national civil-service exam drew 3.935 million registrants, with 3.45 million passing screening, authorities said Oct. 26. Photo: VCG

China’s Civil Service Exam Approvals Fall as Screening Tightens

Online registrations rose to 3.935 million, but fewer candidates cleared qualification reviews as authorities stepped up checks against fraudulent application

Oct 29, 2026 01:40 AM
The National University of Malaysia said Tuesday that it was reviewing admissions documents following complaints that some international students had used fraudulent English-proficiency certificates

Malaysian University Probes Chinese Students’ English-Test Credentials

More than 100 Chinese students have been unable to graduate on schedule as the university verifies documents and offers new language tests

Oct 29, 2026 12:00 AM
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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 06:35 PM
Yantian Port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Oct. 18, 2026. Photo: VCG

Commentary: What China’s Record Trade Surplus Does — and Doesn’t — Tell Us

Record exports don’t by themselves prove an external imbalance. Beijing’s priority should be household welfare, not a smaller trade surplus

Oct 28, 2026 04:06 PM
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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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
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

Oct 28, 2026 01:04 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



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