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  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    News in-depthChinese society
    Life in China’s oldest county exposes challenges of demographic crisis

    Primary schools become old people’s homes and factories struggle to find staff as population ages

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Chinese tech entrepreneurs go on global offensive

    Success of TikTok and Shein inspires start-ups to look abroad for growth

  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    Industrial goods
    DMG Mori tracks use of its machine tool products to prevent military application

    German-Japanese company’s move comes in wake of rising geopolitical tensions

  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s local governments stuck with bill for neighbourhood surveillance

    Cash-strapped authorities struggle to reduce headcount and meet Beijing’s demands for greater security

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    News in-depthChinese employment
    China urges jobless graduates to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and try manual work

    State media says university-leavers should put their professional ambitions on hold and consider lower-skilled roles

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    Chinese publishers ditch US books as geopolitical tensions mount

    Regulator delays authorisation of America-related titles and instead promotes critical volumes

  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    Chinese economy
    China’s economy rebounds more than expected after Covid reopening

    GDP expands 4.5% year on year in first quarter as Xi Jinping’s government seeks to restore business confidence

  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    FT SeriesDebt deadlock
    How China changed the game for countries in default

    The fragile process for dealing with insolvent economies is now at risk of unravelling completely owing to a powerful and unpredictable force in sovereign debt

  • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
    News in-depthChinese employment
    ‘Work until I die’: China’s over-50s cut out of job market in economic recovery

    Post-Covid rebound fails to reach ageing migrant workers as trade slumps and limited roles go to younger generation

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    News in-depthChinese trade
    China’s richest county suffers export slump as US tension hits factories

    Taiwanese manufacturers in Kunshan are cutting staff and wages and pushing orders abroad over geopolitical risk

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi Jinping to visit Vladimir Putin in Russia next week

    Chinese leader to affirm strong ties with Moscow despite Ukraine invasion

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi retains China’s central bank head in boost to markets

    President opts for greater continuity on economic team despite expectations of shake-up

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China’s local governments boost revenue by selling land to their own entities

    Official think-tank report hints at extent of financial woes in crucial economic engine for country

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    In charts: why women in China are climbing high — or quitting work

    Career or family? The dilemma is especially acute in the world’s second-biggest economy

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
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    China’s military spending to outpace economic growth

    Huawei is lobbying to build a 5G network in south-east Asia

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China sets 5% growth target to drive economic recovery

    National People’s Congress opens with Xi Jinping planning sweeping changes to further centralise power

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Chinese regulators probe large Covid-related writedowns

    Property developers have led in making provisions, even though home sales are starting to recover

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    Xi prepares to overhaul China’s economic team at watershed congress

    President expected to unveil sweeping changes to extend Communist party’s grip over finance and other sectors

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    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    Technology sector
    Dollar funding for Chinese start-ups dries up

    The country’s newest crop of technology companies is more likely to list at home rather than in the US

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Chinese society
    China’s elderly protest against health insurance reforms

    Cash-strapped local authorities seek savings after high cost of battling Covid

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Chinese property brokers despair as homebuyers sit on sidelines

    Tepid recovery underscores challenges in Beijing’s effort to revitalise critical economic sector

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Investors snap up Wanda bonds in bet on China property revival

    Books full for second dollar debt sale in less than a month

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s baijiu makers risk hangover from liquor glut despite new year’s binge

    Industry was among first to benefit from country’s reopening but distributors struggle to offload inventory

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese migrant workers face crackdown for ‘malicious’ protests over unpaid wages

    Officials side with employers against labourers seeking overdue new year pay amid economic malaise

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