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    Eleanor Olcott

    China Correspondent

    Eleanor Olcott writes about Chinese technology for the FT. Before she joined the FT, she was a China policy analyst at the financial research firm TS Lombard.
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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      News in-depthChinese society
      China’s singles fight family pressure to get married as population declines

      Youth share tips on parrying pushy parental inquiries about having children during lunar new year

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
      Rural China runs short of Covid drugs over lunar new year holiday

      Officials row with Pfizer over price as villages struggle to obtain antiviral medication

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      InterviewElectric vehicles
      Taiwan’s Gogoro signs deal to test EV battery-swapping in India

      Early adoption of electric cars has been partly hindered by sparse coverage of charging stations

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Chinese society
      China’s population falls in historic shift

      First decline in 60 years set to have long-term consequences for domestic and global economies

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Didi Chuxing
      Didi resumes new customer sign-ups as China eases tech crackdown

      Ride-hailing group was forced to delist within a year of New York debut

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC gives cautious outlook despite strong earnings

      Chipmaker bucks weak sales in sector as pandemic electronics boom fades

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
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      China suspends travel visas from Japan and S Korea over Covid curbs

      Beijing accuses countries of ‘political manipulation’ for introducing testing requirements during exit wave

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
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      Pfizer gears up to make Covid drug Paxlovid in China

      Demand for antiviral treatment has rocketed after jump in infections following Beijing policy U-turn

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      Tech investors wary of China’s charm offensive to attract funding

      Beijing about-face met with caution after brutal regulatory campaign to tame large internet groups

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
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      China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

      Lockdowns have often been more relentless in rural areas, upending the education of millions and blocking social mobility

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      News in-depthChinese society
      Covid and crackdowns muffle China’s live music scene

      Industry takes stock of damage wrought by years of lockdowns and curbs on gatherings

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      ‘Made of flesh, not iron’: China’s medics battle zero-Covid exit wave

      Doctors and nurses given ‘no choice’ but to work while infected after influx of cases inundates hospitals

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
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      Chinese vaccine tourists flock to Macau for mRNA Covid jabs

      Explosion of cases and ban on more effective western shots lead residents to look abroad

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Xiaomi Corp
      Three Xiaomi executives to step down as smartphone demand weakens

      China’s leading handset maker has suffered Covid disruption at home and regulatory woes abroad

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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      ‘We have no beds, we have no oxygen’: Covid overwhelms Beijing’s hospitals

      China’s coronavirus exit wave overwhelms one of the country’s best healthcare systems

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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      Fear, misfortune and Kanye West: how Adidas lost its lustre

      German sportswear giant is reeling from a triple whammy of crises as it awaits its new chief

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
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      Covid outbreak throws Chinese factories and supply chains into chaos

      ‘Closed loop’ system to protect employees and production likely to be overwhelmed

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
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      Inside Samsung’s Fold 4 and Japan’s hopes for IBM Premium content

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

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      US-China trade dispute
      China hits back at US chip sanctions with WTO dispute

      Beijing says move necessary to defend ‘legitimate rights’ in response to Washington’s semiconductor controls

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Covid-19 vaccines
      China warned to accelerate approval of updated jabs to tackle Covid ‘tsunami’

      Authorities have relied on vaccines made using original strain found in Wuhan

    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      China’s internet darlings seek growth after zero-Covid

      Meituan and Pinduoduo, winners in the pandemic, adapt to renewed competition as curbs are relaxed

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China’s elderly vaccine refuseniks pose obstacle for Xi Jinping

      Nearly 90mn Chinese are insufficiently protected against Covid as Beijing begins to unwind pandemic controls

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese cities ease Covid restrictions following nationwide protests

      President Xi Jinping acknowledged public discontent with lockdowns in closed door meeting with EU officials

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China’s Covid tsar says fight against virus entering ‘new stage’

      Sun Chunlan’s comments buoy hopes of Beijing softening pandemic restrictions

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
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      Top Adidas executive rebuked in ‘final warning’ over comments on diversity

      Chief sales officer Roland Auschel received a bigger bonus even after compliance investigation

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