he collapses of ZD Group and Star Bridge Capital exposed the gray market behind a cross-border investing boom, where Chinese mainland money flowed into Hong Kong through loosely regulated intermediaries, offshore vehicles and high-risk products
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Weekend Long Read: Mulan, a Beijing nonprofit serving migrant women and children, lost a longtime foundation partner and faced a fundraising reset. Its experience shows a glimpse of the pressures reshaping China’s local charity sector.
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Former China Merchants Bank vice president Shi Shunhua is under investigation for suspected severe violations, more than three years after his retirement, adding to a string of high-profile executive downfalls at the Chinese lender
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The Week Ahead (Sept. 14-20): The U.S. Federal Reserve convenes to decide its next interest rate move, while China's central bank will inject up to 600 billion yuan in daily liquidity to ease mid-month funding pressure
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China’s anti-graft watchdog and finance ministry named officials in six cases involving new hidden local debt and falsified cleanup results. The joint notice signals continued pressure on local governments as Beijing pushes to contain financial risks
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Ant Group has rolled out a new Know Your Agent trust infrastructure for Alipay as the tech industry races to solve the security and liability hurdles slowing the commercial adoption of AI-driven payments
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A China Overseas unit paid 2.55 billion yuan for a Shenzhen residential parcel after 250 rounds of bidding. The deal highlights developers’ willingness to chase prime, low-risk sites despite tighter presale rules and rising funding pressure
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China shipped about 7.2 million vehicles overseas in the first eight months of 2026, surpassing its total for all of 2025. With August marking a third straight month of more than 1 million shipments, car exports are on track to hit 10 million this year.
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China has established a framework for determining when manufacturers are selling goods below cost, giving regulators a clearer basis for intervening in price wars.
China is ordering centrally administered state-owned enterprises to pay small suppliers in cash, stepping up a campaign against chronic payment delays that have strained businesses.
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Chinese chipmaker Enflame's share price nearly tripled in its Shanghai debut Friday, adding its listing to a series of dazzling debuts by the mainland’s top five AI chip startups.
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Hong Kong’s securities regulator suspended trading in Cloudbreak Pharma after raising concerns that demand for the ophthalmic-drug developer’s IPO may have been artificially inflated.
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Podcast: Behind China’s youth correction camps lurks a lucrative industry that promises desperate parents solutions while subjecting young people to confinement, punishment and psychological manipulation.
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Commentary: China’s latest inflation prints have delivered a clear message: prices are marching upward again.
China has appointed a veteran trade lawyer and former diplomat with extensive experience in U.S.-China trade disputes as the new Communist Party chief of its national intellectual property regulator.
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In Depth: Portable, lower-cost tuberculosis tests are giving Chinese companies a foothold in South Africa, where strained health budgets are increasing demand for innovation.
AI is promising a productivity revolution, but economists warn its biggest economic legacy could be weaker labor income, softer consumer demand and prolonged deflation. For China, that risks deepening an already entrenched supply-demand imbalance.
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The yuan’s steady climb toward a four-year high is drawing more foreign money into Chinese assets and strengthening Beijing’s push to expand the currency’s global use.
Commentary: Star hurdler Liu Xiang’s decade-long limbo reveals the urgent need to reform how China compensates and transitions its retiring athletes.
Analysis: For nearly seven years, the LPR has served as the sole reference for loan pricing in China. The introduction of real-time price-benchmarked loans signals a major structural shift.
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