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China Censorship: 'Fight Club' Ending Changed
By Bloomberg
Don't Expect China to Ease Its Zero-COVID Policy Soon
By Chad de Guzman / Hong Kong
China’s Trade Surplus Hit Record in 2021
By Joe McDonald/AP
A Chinese Economist Called for Paying Parents a ‘Baby Subsidy.’ Then He Got Banned From Social Media
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China Is Finding Fewer Reliable Sources of Coal
China is the world's largest producer, consumer and importer of the dirty fuel, and how it shifts its power grid away from coal will have a significant impact on the world's ability to tackle climate change
By Amy Gunia
January 12, 2022
China Tells U.S.: Protect Our Space Station from Satellites
The call comes after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station
By Associated Press
December 29, 2021
China’s COVID Rules Lead Fugitive to Surrender After 3 Years
The 42-year-old man gave himself up to authorities amid stringent COVID-19 contact-tracing mechanisms launched across the country
By Bloomberg
December 29, 2021
Viya, China's Top Influencer, Fined $210M
Huang Wei—also known as Viya—was ordered to pay 1.34 billion yuan as China steps up on its crackdown on online influencers
By Bloomberg
December 21, 2021
Jamie Dimon Offers Hasty Apology After Joking JPMorgan Will Outlast Chinese Communist Party
The mea culpa underscores the bank's desire to keep cordial relations in China, where it has nearly $20 billion of exposure and has ambitions to expand further.
By Hannah Levitt/Bloomberg
November 24, 2021
Why the IOC Stepped in for China in the Peng Shuai Case
Human rights advocates say the IOC's intervention shows it chose to side with officials in China instead of athletes
By Chad de Guzman
November 23, 2021
China Tries to Make Peng Shuai's Story Disappear
Peng reemerged over the weekend in a series of appearances—in videos, photos and then in a video conversation with IOC President Thomas Bach.
By Chad de Guzman
November 19, 2021
Wuhan Wet Market Worker 1st Known COVID-19 Case: Study
A study in the journal Science suggests the Wuhan wet market was the source of the initial COVID-19 outbreak and not just where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was amplified.
By Jason Gale/Bloomberg
November 18, 2021
Is Climate Diplomacy Improving U.S.-China Relations?
Though, experts caution that tensions between the nations are unlikely to be easily solved.
By Amy Gunia
November 17, 2021
China May Start Reopening After Winter Olympics: Top Adviser
Adviser to the State Council Henry Wang Huiyao said he hopes China will gradually loosen its strict approach to battling Covid-19
By Iain Marlow, Shery Ahn and Haidi Lun / Bloomberg
November 16, 2021
Why Most U.S. Firms Are Staying in China Despite the Crackdown
Yahoo and LinkedIn are the latest U.S. companies to throw in the towel amid China's sweeping crackdown on private enterprise—with both announcing they are ending their services in the world's most populous country. But even...
By Amy Gunia
November 5, 2021
Why Coal Shortages in Asia Might Be Good News for Clean Energy
Power crises in China and India that have caused blackouts and factory shutdowns are highlighting the region’s reliance on the world's dirtiest fossil fuel: coal. But some experts say the energy supply problems facing two...
By Amy Gunia
October 13, 2021
China the Last Country Seeking 'Zero COVID'
One by one, Covid Zero places like Singapore and Australia have decided that the approach is unsustainable
By Michelle Fay Cortez and Ainsley Thomson/Bloomberg
October 6, 2021
Evergrande Halts Trading in Hong Kong
With more than $300 billion in liabilities, the developer has been trying to sell assets in a bid to raise cash.
By Russell Ward/Bloomberg
October 3, 2021
Meng Wanzhou's Release Caps Two Weeks of U.S. Moves on China
The Quad meeting, the AUKUS pact, and a Cold War-style prisoner swap reveal where new geopolitical fault lines lie
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 27, 2021
China Says All Crypto Transactions Are Illegal
All crypto-related transactions, including services provided by offshore exchanges to domestic residents, are illicit financial activities, China's central bank said
By Bloomberg
September 24, 2021
China's End to Coal Funding Is a Big Deal
Experts say the move could mark the beginning of the end of coal as a primary energy source for the world
By Amy Gunia
September 22, 2021
ByteDance Limits Access for Chinese Kids to 40 Mins per Day
Douyin, TikTok’s Chinese twin, had already upgraded its youth mode to limit daily usage to 40 minutes for users under 14
By Zheping Huang/Bloomberg
September 20, 2021
China's Tencent Opens WeChat to Rivals' Links
The move is a major step for Tencent, which along with Alibaba and ByteDance controls vast swathes of China’s internet.
By Zheping Huang and Coco Liu / Bloomberg
September 17, 2021
China Applies to Join Asia-Pacific Trade Deal
The treaty, originally called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was envisioned by the U.S. as an economic bloc to counterbalance China’s growing power.
By Bloomberg
September 17, 2021
Xi Reportedly Declined Meeting With Biden
Xi hasn’t left China for more than 600 days, the longest stint of any Group of 20 leader
By Nick Wadhams and Justin Sink/Bloomberg
September 15, 2021
COVID-19 Delta Variant Breaches China Again
The latest wave comes less than a month after China contained its broadest outbreak since the virus’s initial emergence in Wuhan
By Bloomberg
September 13, 2021
Why Common Prosperity Is Alarming China’s Billionaires
Xi Jinping's "common prosperity" drive has stunned China's wealthiest with the thought that the CCP might actually be socialist after all
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 8, 2021
What China's Tech Crackdown Means for the U.S.
New regulations include: only three hours of video games per week allowed for kids, limits on social media algorithms, and a ban on online celebrity fan clubs
By Billy Perrigo
September 1, 2021
China Plans 43 New Coal-Fired Power Plants
China built three times more new coal power capacity as all other countries in the world combined in 2020
By Amy Gunia
August 20, 2021
COVID-19 Delta Variant Reaches Wuhan as China Battles Widest Outbreak Since Disease Emerged in 2019
The Delta variant has broken through China's COVID-19 defenses, which are some of the strictest in the world, and reached nearly half of China’s 32 provinces in just two weeks.
By Bloomberg
August 3, 2021
China Reviewing WHO Plan for Next Phase of Virus-Origin Probe
China said it was reviewing plans for further inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, after the World Health Organization chief urged Beijing to cooperate in the next phase of the investigation. Chinese Foreign Ministry...
By Bloomberg
July 16, 2021
Senate Backs Bill to Ban Some Xinjiang Goods
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban all goods from or made in China’s Xinjiang region unless importers can prove they weren’t made with forced labor, a move that could potentially have...
By Bloomberg
July 15, 2021
China's Wandering Elephants Put New Focus on the Environment
The rogue herd is a social media hit, but conservationists want to to ensure their story ends happily
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
July 14, 2021
Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese
Freedom of religion, long suppressed in China, is now being squeezed to the limit
By CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI
July 12, 2021
China Signals Broad Clampdown on Company Data, Offshore Listings
The news comes just days after Didi Global Inc.’s contentious decision to go public in the U.S.
By Bloomberg
July 6, 2021
Xi Jinping Channels Mao as China's Communist Party Turns 100
After 100 years, the Communist Party has found new strength under Xi Jinping. But the world is beginning to turn against China
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
July 1, 2021
Tesla to Recall Over 285,000 Cars in China on Autopilot Issues
The decision was made after the market regulator conducted an investigation related to product defects
By Bloomberg
June 28, 2021
Why China Is Cracking Down on Bitcoin Mining
China's crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining amid financial stability and climate concerns will affect more than the cryptocurrency's price.
By Charlie Campbell / Chengdu and Shanghai
June 2, 2021
How China Is Responding to the Lab Leak Theory
The origin of the pandemic is once again a central fissure in the already-tense U.S.-China relationship
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
May 28, 2021
Biden: U.S. Wants ‘Competition, Not Conflict’ With China
But the U.S. president also made it clear that he would "defend American interests across the board.”
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 29, 2021
U.S.-China Meeting Descends Into Bickering
The rocky start signaled just how bad the U.S.-China relationship has become and augured poorly for the prospect of a rapprochement
By Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg
March 18, 2021
China's 'Two Sessions' Promise Major Policy Initiatives
The unveiling of a new Five-Year Plan means that the upcoming political meetings will be brimming with long-term goals
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghaii
March 2, 2021
How China's AIIB Has Charted an Independent Course
The AIIB may be the only piece of Xi Jinping-era foreign diplomacy that is not routinely skewered in the West
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
February 19, 2021
Jack Ma Spotted Playing Golf in Eastern China
For months, speculation over Jack Ma’s whereabouts has run rampant. As it turns out, the Alibaba founder has been working on his golf game
By Bloomberg
February 11, 2021
The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America
The U.S. is ceding influence in latin America to China
By Ciara Nugent/London
February 4, 2021
Wuhan, One Year After Lockdown
One year on, what happened in Wuhan during the COVID-19 lockdown is the cause of both hope and caution
By Charlie Campbell / Changsha and Wuhan
January 22, 2021
Jack Ma Resurfaces After Vanishing From Public
Ma’s re-emergence may help quell persistent rumors about his fate while Beijing pursues investigations into Ant and Alibaba
By Lulu Yilun Chen and Coco Liu / Bloomberg
January 20, 2021
China Delays Entry of WHO Team Probing COVID-19
The delay by Chinese authorities fuels concern that Beijing is obstructing international efforts to trace the origins of a pandemic that has now killed over 1.8 million people worldwide
By Bloomberg
January 6, 2021
Where Is Alibaba Founder Jack Ma?
The Alibaba founder, who is personally worth $48.2 billion, has now not been seen in public for at least two months.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
January 4, 2021
Wuhan Finds Redemption in Soccer
Plucky soccer team Wuhan Zall has been an inspiration to residents of COVID-19's ground zero
By Charlie Campbell / Suzhou
December 29, 2020
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