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    Nian Liu

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    Nian Liu is the FT's China Tech Researcher based in Beijing. She covers China's technology companies, policies, and regulations. Prior to her current post, she reported on business, finance and politics for Handelsblatt and the German News Agency.
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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      EU-China relations
      China and EU agree export controls ‘mechanism’ to ease trade tensions

      Signal of willingness to engage as Brussels trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis warns two sides could ‘drift apart’

      EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis, left, and Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng shake hands
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Tencent declares AI ‘war’ on Chinese rivals

      Tech company releases large language model as it joins battle to become China’s AI national champion

      Signage outside Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      News in-depthChinese economy
      China stirs hope in property market with latest stimulus plan

      Beijing seeks to rekindle growth in economically crucial sector but investors remain cautious

      An aerial photograph shows a residential complex in Zhengzhou, Henna province, China
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Visual story
      Have we reached peak coffee?

      Whether the world can produce enough beans to fulfil growing demand is in doubt

    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Beijing’s tougher regulations thwart Big Tech’s electric vehicle dreams

      Overcapacity and EV-maker bankruptcies have led to a throttling back on issuance of production licences

      Geely’s Panda mini EV
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      Technology sector
      China proposes tighter limits on children’s use of tech

      Draft restrictions pose fresh challenge to online content providers

      A child uses a mobile phone outside a restaurant in Beijing
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Work dries up for US consultancies in China after national security raids

      Bain, BCG and McKinsey push back start dates for new recruits to as late as 2025

      The Plaza 66 complex in Shanghai
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China deletes Covid-19 death data

      Statistics from Zhejiang province offer rare look at impact of Beijing’s pandemic policies

      Workers in protective suits transfer a body in a casket at a funeral home in Beijing during a Covid-19 outbreak
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Chinese premier’s meeting with tech executives fuels stock rally

      Sector appears back in Beijing’s favour as government sees role for companies in rivalry with US

      Chinese premier Li Qiang
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Xi warned Putin against nuclear attack in Ukraine

      Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats

      Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shake hands
    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      Gerson Lehrman Group Inc
      GLG scales back in China as Beijing zeroes in on due diligence firms

      US expert network consultant is latest to lay off staff in the country as scrutiny intensifies on national security grounds

      A pedestrian flies a dragon-shaped kite in front of the Bund in Shanghai
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      Chinese tech groups suffer as foreign investors take flight

      Geopolitical tension and poor economic recovery drive stock price falls and funding shortages

      A montage of a skyline, a line graph and the logos of Bilibili and Tencent
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      #techAsia
      Microsoft trims hardware output, India seeks new investors Premium content

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

      The logo of Microsoft is seen on the exterior of their office
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      News in-depthByteDance
      Cottage industry of Chinese scammers target TikTok

      Parent company ByteDance struggles to police videos promoting dubious products such as ‘enzyme’ weight loss coffee

      Montage of TikTok logo and an influencer
    • 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

      Readers visit Xianfeng Bookstore
    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      China slaps security reviews on AI products as Alibaba unveils ChatGPT challenger

      Regulator warns content should embody ‘socialist values’ as Chinese companies race to catch up with US tech

      Daniel Zhang, chief executive of Alibaba
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Baidu Inc
      Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints

      Chinese search company plays safe with pre-recorded launch of rival to ChatGPT

      Baidu chief Robin Li introduces the functions of the company’s AI chatbot Ernie in Beijing
    • 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

      Headquarters of the People’s Bank of China
    • 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

      Li Keqiang, China’s premier, is shown on a video screen as he speaks to the National People’s Congress
    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      Three-day weekends and more time for love: China’s elite dream up policies for Xi

      Delegates to annual political gathering starting on Saturday compete to get proposals noticed

      Silhouette of a newly married couple
    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      News in-depthArtificial intelligence
      China plays catch-up to ChatGPT as hype builds around AI

      Baidu and Alibaba tout innovations but are disadvantaged by lack of suitable data and computing power

      Exterior of Baidu headquarters in Beijing
    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Chinese society
      Relatives outraged as Chinese officials keep Covid off death certificates

      Medical professionals cite pressure after questions emerge over mortality rates

      A coffin is moved into a storage container at a funeral home in Beijing that is permitted to handle Covid cases
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Coronavirus
      China’s Covid patients face medical debt crisis as insurers refuse coverage

      Narrow definition of cases leaves claimants on the hook after state-backed policies drop free care

      A Covid-19 patient in the emergency ward of a hospital in Fuyang in central China’s Anhui province
    • 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

      Punk band RWF plays at Beijing’s D-22 club
    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      Coronavirus treatment
      China’s elite give Paxlovid to friends as demand soars for Covid drug

      Pfizer’s antiviral ‘more coveted than Moutai’ as authorities restrict imports despite virus wave

      Covid-19 patient being moved on a wheelchair at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin
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