Yesterday
Why Britain’s new PM could hold the key to Jimmy Lai’s freedom
Keir Starmer cut his teeth as a barrister at the same firm as Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, who is fighting for the release of Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai.
- Gus McCubbing and Hannah Wootton
June
China charges defence ministers in military anti-graft purge
The two generals were accused of taking huge bribes and of corruption that reached into the armaments sector, as China hinted that more heads could roll.
- Chris Buckley
- Opinion
- Opinion
China’s banks feel the sting as problem loans mount
China’s deepening housing market crisis is eroding the balance sheets of the country’s largest state banks.
- Karen Maley
China output growth slows, but consumers provide bright spot
Retail sales, a key metric of consumer spending, rose in May, but industrial production lagged, in mixed data for the world’s second-largest economy.
- Jessica Sier
China’s broken housing market and a generation ‘lying flat’
While wallets were open at last weekend’s national Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese consumers are still not spending enough to get the economy out of its housing hole.
- Jessica Sier
May
China’s army tests gun-toting robot dog
The new military tech was made by a start-up with funding from major venture capital firms.
- Ryan McMorrow
IMF lifts China growth forecast but warns on trade war
The International Monetary Fund said it was raising its forecast for the country’s gross domestic product growth in 2024 to 5 per cent from 4.6 per cent.
- Haslinda Amin
China’s online ‘Kim Kardashian’ banned for being too ostentatious
The online disappearance last week of Wang Hongquanxing is part of the government’s latest campaign to maintain its dominance over China’s social media culture.
- Joe Leahy and Wenjie Ding
China’s curse is to raise hopes and dash them
In her book “Wild Ride”, an American journalist details her life in China as it opened to the world, then regressed back to an oppressive, inward-looking regime.
- Anne Stevenson-Yang
PwC braces for China crisis and a hefty fine
PwC’s role in approving accounts for troubled property developer Evergrande has led to infighting at the big four firm as clients reconsider their relationship.
- Stephen Foley, Sun Yu and Cheng Leng
- Opinion
- Opinion
Two massive things happened while we were watching the budget
Two big overseas developments will be much more crucial in determining our economic prosperity than last week’s budget. The first is Beijing finally taking steps to address the bursting of the country’s property bubble.
- Karen Maley
China unveils dramatic steps to rescue property market
China announced a slate of measures aimed at reinvigorating its ailing property industry and stabilising growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
- Updated
- Amanda Wang
Time to fix budget’s structural deficit: accountants
Accounting bodies say the federal budget should have done more to deliver substantive tax reform and a plan for implementation. Here’s how the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Putin to meet ‘dear friend’ Xi in China, defying US
The Russian president is set to arrive in Beijing, underlining the key relationship as China faces growing US pressure to curtail support for the war in Ukraine.
- Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge
China’s exports return to growth in boost to shaky economy
China’s exports edged higher in dollar terms last month as Beijing pinned its hopes on a manufacturing-led revival to boost flagging growth.
- Updated
- Joe Cash
- Analysis
- Analysis
China’s flood of cheap exports is about to get worse
EU leaders were this week the latest to scold China about overcapacity, but there are no quick fixes to its factory glut.
- Updated
- Karthikeyan Sundaram
China’s supercarrier is about to launch. Only one nation can beat her
The Fujian, China’s newest, biggest and most powerful aircraft carrier, is about to go to sea. What does that mean for the balance of naval power?
- Tom Sharpe
April
China’s factory activity slows, denting recovery
China’s factory activity expanded for a second consecutive month in April, but at a slower pace, suggesting its vast manufacturing sector might have lost steam.
- Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo
- Opinion
- Opinion
Battered from all sides, China needs new solutions
Mindful of the inspiration deficit that ultimately brought the East Asian growth miracle crashing down, Chinese policymakers must seize the moment.
- Updated
- Stephen Roach
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Aussie tech pushes into China, Taiwan despite geopolitical risks
Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht has warned start-ups China should not be their first market but says it has massive rewards for companies that can make it there.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier