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Wed, December 6, 2023 | 13:40

China's debate over a 'people-oriented' economy is a troubling sign for its market reforms

China's debate over a 'people-oriented' economy is a troubling sign for its market reforms

A debate about China's future economic model should not have happened. But now that it has, it deserves attention.

2022-10-04 13:49

Google Translate app no longer available in China

Google Translate app no longer available in China

Google Translate, one of the few remaining consumer services that the U.S. tech giant made available in mainland China, is no longer accessible in the country, marking the company's latest retreat from the world's largest internet market.

2022-10-03 14:33

Travelers keen to visit Hong Kong, but cost of returning across border puts off mainland Chinese

Travelers keen to visit Hong Kong, but cost of returning across border puts off mainland Chinese

Property agent Glory Chen, 36, will be travelling from California in the United States, where she lives, for a Hong Kong holiday in early October.

2022-10-02 11:57

China's top memory chip maker treads path to semiconductor self-sufficiency as US ponders trade sanctions

China's top memory chip maker treads path to semiconductor self-sufficiency as US ponders trade sanctions

A few months before the U.S.-China trade war started in July 2018, local media coverage of President Xi Jinping was focused on his efforts to rally the country's top scientists and engineers to pursue breakthroughs in core technologies, as tensions simmered between Beijing and Washington.

2022-09-26 16:18

Ancient eggshells show dinosaurs already dying out before asteroid strike

Ancient eggshells show dinosaurs already dying out before asteroid strike

Chinese scientists who analyzed 1,000 eggshells unearthed in central China have concluded that dinosaurs were already in decline before becoming extinct 66 million years ago.

2022-09-20 14:49

Hong Kong's only drinks carton recycler faces closure after gov't-backed science park refuses to renew lease

Hong Kong's only drinks carton recycler faces closure after gov't-backed science park refuses to renew lease

Hong Kong's only drinks carton recycler is on the verge of folding after the government-backed landlord refused to renew its lease and told it to leave the premises within four months.

2022-09-19 16:15

China's youth jobless rate remains stubbornly high, despite slight improvement in August

China's youth jobless rate remains stubbornly high, despite slight improvement in August

After graduating with an economics degree last year, Zhe Ye had his eyes set on China's civil service, a career of increasing appeal for young Chinese craving job stability.

2022-09-18 17:02

Japan and China big sources of plastic in North Pacific Garbage Patch: study

Japan and China big sources of plastic in North Pacific Garbage Patch: study

More than three-quarters of the plastic mass in the North Pacific Garbage Patch comes from fishing activities, including floating nets and ropes, an analysis of ocean debris shows.

2022-09-13 16:39

Why it's still too soon to be optimistic about a recovery in US growth stocks

Why it's still too soon to be optimistic about a recovery in US growth stocks

This year is shaping up to be a challenging one for risk assets on the back of a sharp, hawkish pivot by many developed-market central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, at the start of 2022.

2022-09-02 15:16

Alibaba boosts clean-energy purchases to become largest buyer among Chinese companies

Alibaba boosts clean-energy purchases to become largest buyer among Chinese companies

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has increased its purchases of clean energy by 150 per cent, avoiding 619,944 tons of carbon dioxide emissions in the past year, according to a company report.

2022-09-01 14:33

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