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China Securities Regulator Unveils Next Wave of Capital Market Reforms at Lujiazui Forum
CSRC details expanded STAR Market listing for AI, new RMB FX futures and active ETFs, plus deeper opening to foreign inv...
Vocational Colleges Urged to Train 'Rural Tourism Livestream Officers' for China's Ethnic Villages
A Chinese state-media commentary argues that vocational tourism programs should train 'rural tourism livestream officers...
China's State Council Lays Out IP Rules for AI and Open Source by 2030
China's new five-year IP plan targets algorithms, AI-generated works, data and open-source licensing, shifting policy fr...
Chinese Regions Pay Travel Agencies Cash to Attract More Inbound Tourists
Chongqing, Guizhou and other Chinese regions are paying travel agencies per inbound visitor — with higher rates for emer...
Beijing Rejects Japan's Defense White Paper, Warns of 'New Militarism'
China's defense ministry dismissed Japan's 'Defense of Japan 2026' as false narratives meant to justify military expansi...
Anthropic Said to Sign $10 Billion, Six-Year Data Centre Deal With Volta Infra
Anthropic reportedly commits $10 billion over six years to data centre capacity run by startup Volta Infra, deepening th...
Why Henderson Land Paid 80% More to Close Out Its Robinson Road Site
Henderson Land spent HK$180 million on the last four units of a Mid-Levels West building, paying about 80% above 2024 pr...
Hong Kong Stocks Stall Near 26,000 as Oil Slips Below $80 on Hormuz Report
Hong Kong's benchmark opened higher after a record US close but hit resistance at 26,000, while reported talks to reopen...
China Targets 50% Non-Fossil Power by 2030 in New Five-Year Grid Plan
Beijing's 2026-2030 power plan aims for half of electricity from non-fossil sources, 2.8bn kW of new-energy grid integra...
China Revises Chip Design-Protection Rules in First Update Since 2001
China has issued its first overhaul of integrated circuit layout-design protection rules since 2001, tightening registra...
China's AI Debate: New-Tech 'Xiaodeng' and Traditional 'Laodeng' Are Allies, Not Rivals
A Sina Finance commentary argues that China's AI-driven 'K-shape' is a transition, not a permanent split, and that new t...
CIMC Vehicles Faces 213% Preliminary US Duty Blow on China-Made Trailers
US trade probe into van-type trailers hits CIMC Vehicles' Qingdao unit with steep preliminary duties; a completed US fac...
HKEX Launches 5-Year RMB Bond Futures as Beijing Widens Offshore Hedging
Hong Kong listed its first five-year RMB government bond futures in early August, giving international holders of Chines...
China's Top Wig Maker Rebecca Faces ST Status After Fund Diversion, Misstated Accounts
Regulators plan to fine Rebecca 6.5M yuan and flag its shares over years of related-party fund transfers and inflated ca...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets IMAX China Record With CNY130 Million Opening
Sony and Marvel's new Spider-Man film took over CNY130 million on IMAX screens in China in its first weekend — 16% of th...
Shanxi Mine Blast Exposes Black-Market Workforce and $100 Million Untaxed Coal Trade
A gas explosion that killed at least 82 workers at a Shanxi mine has uncovered unregistered miners, hidden 'black face' ...
A 320-Yuan 'Australian' Supplement Was Made for 35 Yuan: The Nuofeili Scam Explained
Police say a bestselling 'Australian' supplement was actually made in Guangzhou and sold through shell companies, genera...
Chinese Peacekeeping Units in Lebanon Pass First Full UNIFIL Evaluation
Three Chinese contingents in Lebanon cleared a three-day UNIFIL capability review, with 146 landmines destroyed since th...
Hong Kong New-Home Weekend Sales Slump 74% as Kam Tin Project Sells Just 35% of Units
The city's primary market logged roughly 60 deals in the first August weekend — down 74% week on week — while Sun Hung K...
Alibaba's Qwen 3.8-Max Claims Anthropic-Level Performance in New China AI Wave
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8-Max, its largest AI model, claiming parity with Anthropic's top systems — the latest sign China...
China's Ocean Economy Grows 5.1% to 5.5 Trillion Yuan in H1 2026
China's gross ocean product hit 5.5 trillion yuan ($810bn) in H1 2026, up 5.1% year on year, as shipbuilding orders surg...
China's SAFE Outlines FX Opening and Stability Plans for Second Half
SAFE pledges to extend cross-border FX facilitation nationwide, support e-commerce and service trade — while strengtheni...
How Loan Intermediaries Turned China's Credit-Repair Policy Into a Debt Trap
Loan intermediaries are exploiting China's one-time credit repair policy — funding repayments with high-interest private...
Tianzhihang's 'Snake-Swallows-Elephant' Deal: Investors Wary of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics' Debt and Losses
Tianzhihang plans to buy 62% of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics, a firm with an 86% debt ratio and mounting losses, raisi...
Xiaomi Raises Phone Prices Third Time This Year as Memory Costs Bite
Xiaomi lifted prices on its Xiaomi 17 and Redmi K90 lines by 300–500 yuan on Aug 2 — its third increase this year — as m...
China's Open-Government Rules: What the Information Disclosure Regulation Guarantees
The regulation behind China's open-government system sets 20-day deadlines, wide exemptions and appeal routes for access...
China's CSRC Unveils Second-Half Agenda: Stable Markets, Long-Term Capital, Tighter Enforcement
The Chinese securities regulator pledged to keep markets steady, channel more long-term capital in, and crack down on fr...
Xiaomi Q1 Revenue Holds at ¥99.1bn as Auto Sales and Overseas IoT Offset Memory Costs
Xiaomi's first-quarter revenue held near ¥100 billion despite memory price pressure, with more than 80,000 EV deliveries...
China's M&A Market Jumps 60.7% in 2025 as Policy Reshapes Deal Logic
Chinese M&A activity hit 2,800 deals worth over 964 billion yuan in 2025, with policy support and AI tools reshaping how...
China Puts Elderly-Care Branding at the Core of Its Silver Economy Strategy
Beijing is pushing a fragmented elderly-care sector — 40,000-plus homes, fewer than 20 listed operators — to consolidate...
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