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  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China lured graduate jobseekers into digital espionage

    FT investigation reveals student translators were targeted by front company for Beijing-backed hacking group APT40

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    Covid in China: Xi’s fraying relationship with the middle class

    The new buzzword for Chinese people sick of being locked down is ‘runxue’: the study of leaving the country completely

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
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    Crypto swindlers prey on ethnic Chinese women looking for love

    Fraudsters establish online romances before duping victims in highly methodical cyber scams

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi Jinping to make first trip outside mainland China for Hong Kong ceremony

    President will attend swearing in of new leader on 25th anniversary of city’s handover to Beijing

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
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    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
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    How a clash of cultures — and geostrategic interests — sank a German-Chinese joint venture competing in the new space race

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
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    ‘Silicon Valley Iron Man’ is under pressure over satellites as Chinese rivals close in on Tesla

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s locked-down urbanites heed call of wild, driving outdoor goods boom

    Chinese consumers are forecast to spend 20% more on camping equipment this year

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    ‘Ferocious’ Omicron outbreak in Beijing sparks closures and mass testing

    Chinese capital and Shanghai reintroduce restrictions just days after measures were lifted

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
    China ramps up coal power to boost post-lockdown growth

    The need for economic stimulus is hindering efforts to cut carbon emissions

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Shanghai reimposes lockdowns after detecting 11 Covid cases

    Residents in half of the Chinese financial hub’s districts to be tested as economic toll mounts

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
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    China’s international school sector threatened by Covid and crackdown

    New rules and a teacher exodus hurt bilingual schools offering foreign-style education

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
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    Ecommerce giant is the latest western tech group to scale back or retreat entirely from the country

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
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    Chinese ecommerce group achieves 9% revenue growth but is weighed down by Beijing’s pandemic restrictions

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
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    Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country’s censors

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
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    Regulations force Chinese affiliate of famous English public school to drop its foreign name

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China attacks ‘irresponsible’ WHO criticism of its zero-Covid policy

    Beijing censors silence online debate about health body’s claim that tough approach is unsustainable

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Shanghai lockdown tests Xi’s loyalties in China’s Communist party

    Tough conditions and botched management cause erosion of faith in regime’s ability to govern

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    EU Chamber of Commerce calls for new approach as country’s services sector activity sinks to lowest level in two years

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    Consumer confidence collapses as authorities enforce Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Alibaba
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    Chinese ecommerce group’s Taobao Deals app is aimed at the estimated 930mn consumers in smaller and less affluent cities

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Beijing teeters on edge of Covid lockdown

    Gyms and cinemas shut as data reveal impact of restrictions on China’s economy

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