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Caixin Global ANVF Innovation 2026: U.S.-China Ties to Shape Asia’s Strategic Room, Experts Say
Speakers at the Asia New Vision Forum 2026 in Singapore say regional autonomy, policy flexibility and a more stable U.S.-China relationship are critical as geopolitical fragmentation intensifies
In Depth: Iran Conflict Accelerates Dubai’s Tech Shift as China Ties Deepen
On a September morning in Dubai, bumper-to-bumper traffic clogged Sheikh Zayed Road, the sprawling multilane artery named after the UAE’s founding father. With schools reopening and expats returning from summer breaks abroad, the city’s bustling downtown suggested business as usual.
Free to Read: Chinese Science Blogger Detained After Aiding Cherry Growers’ Campaign
Police in Dalian detained Hong Guangyu on a charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble,’ according to a notice received by his family
In Depth: China’s Blood Supply Runs on a Knife Edge
When Li Ke saw the toilet bowl filled with blood, she knew her father might not make it. She was caring for him during his hospital treatment for lymphoma. His platelet count remained dangerously low, and he needed transfusions two or three times a week. On days when blood wasn’t available, the elderly man would ache all over and feel dizzy and weak. Li tried nearly everything she could think of to secure blood for her father. Doctors, however, couldn’t say when the next transfusion might arrive.
In Depth: China’s Deepwater Gas Expansion Collides With Whale Conservation Concerns
Experts say an environmental review for CNOOC’s Baodao 21-1 project fails to assess threats to a protected whale nursery area
In Depth: China’s Shrinking Births Push Guangzhou Schools to Cut Contract Teachers
Enrollment declines are reaching first-tier cities, ending jobs for teachers hired during the baby boom
In Depth: Why Geely’s Founder Broke With Chinese Business Tradition for His Succession
By passing over family in favor of seasoned professional managers, Li Shufu aims to turn his carmaking empire into an enduring modern corporation
Cover Story: The Gray Market Behind a Cross-Border Investing Boom
The collapses of ZD Group and Star Bridge Capital exposed a network of loosely regulated intermediaries, offshore vehicles and high-risk products that drew mainland investors into Hong Kong
In Depth: Inside the $50 Billion Rise of Moonshot AI
Between February and August of 2026, a seismic shift rippled through the global AI industry, emanating from Beijing. Over just six months, the pre-money valuation of Chinese startup Moonshot AI quintupled to $50 billion. Following a $3.5 billion funding round that closed in late July, the developer of the Kimi large language model added $15 billion to its value in a single month.
In Depth: How China’s Nickel Boom Left One Village Sitting Next to a Mountain of Slag
A 12-story heap of smelting byproduct has become a glaring symbol of the deficiencies in the country’s industrial waste recycling system, driven by a real estate slump, lax local enforcement and a bit
In Depth: As Gold Goes Digital, Hong Kong Vies for London’s Crown
Driven by blockchain technology and geopolitical change, global and regional financial hubs are pairing physical storage with digital infrastructure in a challenge to the city’s long-standing dominanc
Cover Story: The School at the Edge of China’s Education Dream
Inside a shadowy cross-border empire that promised a shortcut to the Ivy League, but preyed on anxious parents with physical abuse and cult-like control
In Depth: China’s Diagnostic Firms Bet on a New Front in Global Health
(Johannesburg, South Africa) — For years, funding for global health aid has flowed into this complicated, vibrant metropolis to address public health crises including HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).
In Depth: Chinese Students Flock to State Jobs as Economic Anxiety Reshapes College Choices
As employment anxiety reshapes college applications, top students are flocking to programs linked to government jobs — just as public-sector hiring tightens and the costs of stability become clearer
Free to Read: Chinese Retail Rush for U.S. Tech Stocks Drains Fresh Offshore Quotas
Asset managers slash daily purchase limits, driving fund premiums to risky highs
Long Read: China’s Local Charities Face a Fight for Survival
Tighter fundraising rules and disappearing foundation support are forcing small nonprofits to rebuild their donor networks
In Depth: AI Anxiety in China Fuels a Gold Rush in Job Training
Inside a cramped classroom in an office tower, more than 40 young people sat glued to a projector screen. For nearly the entire session, the instructor cycled through dry summaries of AI history that anyone could easily find with a quick online search. But nobody left. They were waiting for the final 10%, a rapid-fire drill of mock job interviews and teardowns of real tech company hiring tests.
Analysis: Stricter Rules, State Capital Are Rewiring China’s Venture Ecosystem
A sweeping regulatory reset weeding out weak players in the private equity market is leaving deep-pocketed state funds to dominate
Cover Story: How U.S. Tech Blockade Sparked China’s AI Chip Boom
As Washington tightens export controls, Chinese developers are pivoting to domestic alternatives, though severe manufacturing bottlenecks remain
In Depth: Marriage Fraud Exposes Holes in China’s Reproductive Rules
A husband’s illicit IVF procedure has sparked a national debate over who has the right to dispose of frozen embryos