49 h. ago China urged to boost innovation to drive development at home and abroad

China should focus on technological innovation to drive domestic and global development, a forum this week has heard. China would push for high-quality development and opening up to the outside world, Li Shulei, head of the Communist Party’s publicity department, told the 2025 Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou on Monday. The event, which ran between Sunday and Tuesday, was attended by around 800 people and technological innovation was a central theme. China also strove to help...

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63 h. ago From Illegal ‘Police Stations’ to Rolling Consulates: Beijing’s New Interference Tactic Expands Beyond Major Cities on Canadian Soil

From Illegal ‘Police Stations’ to Rolling Consulates: Beijing’s New Interference Tactic Expands Beyond Major Cities on Canadian Soil  The Bureau | Sam Cooper

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2 d. ago China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push

China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push  Business Insider

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3 d. ago China’s finance chief calls for fiscal firepower as Beijing weighs 2026 goals

China’s finance minister has called for a more proactive fiscal policy to boost domestic demand, strengthen industrial security and advance technological self-reliance while mitigating debt risks, as Beijing prepares for one of its most important economic planning meetings of the year. Finance Minister Lan Foan outlined the country’s top fiscal priorities on Tuesday in an editorial published in the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s flagship newspaper. He stressed the need to support...

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1 week ago Beijing, Shanghai roll out policies to boost pharma, medtech

Beijing, Shanghai roll out policies to boost pharma, medtech  ecns.cn

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1 week ago Beijing Rolls Out New Policy to Boost Medical Device Development With Focus on Digitalization, AI

Beijing Rolls Out New Policy to Boost Medical Device Development With Focus on Digitalization, AI  Yicai Global

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1 week ago Beijing Unveils Policy to Boost AI Use, Digitalization in Medical Device Industry

Beijing Unveils Policy to Boost AI Use, Digitalization in Medical Device Industry  Yicai Global

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1 week ago ‘Real investments’ reflect global community’s ‘confidence’ in Hong Kong: Zhou Ji

The international community has cast “a vote of confidence” on Hong Kong’s prospects with their investments, with achievements attained through the proper implementation of the “one country, two systems” principle, Beijing’s top representative in the city has said. Zhou Ji, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, also said that, having “filled the gaps” in national security, now was the “best time” for the city to focus on the economy, push for development and construction – including...

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1 week ago Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked

Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, both Washington-based think tanks. He has studied the Chinese economy extensively, publishing several books on its growth and development since the late 1970s. His most recent, 2019’s The State Strikes Back, posits a rollback of Beijing’s economic reforms via renewed government intervention into the market. This interview first appeared in SCMP...

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1 week ago ‘A mistaken view’: US economist Nicholas Lardy on the ‘peak China’ hypothesis

Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, both Washington-based think tanks. He has studied the Chinese economy extensively, publishing several books on its growth and development since the late 1970s. His most recent, 2019’s The State Strikes Back, posits a rollback of Beijing’s economic reforms via renewed government intervention into the market. This interview first appeared in SCMP...

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3 w. ago Beijing Rolls Out Perks to Lure Young Talent as Youth Population Shrinks

Beijing Rolls Out Perks to Lure Young Talent as Youth Population Shrinks  Caixin Global

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4 w. ago Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Focus on U.S. Shutdown Developments, China Data

Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Focus on U.S. Shutdown Developments, China Data  The Wall Street Journal

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4 w. ago China’s Reit to grow to US$1 trillion as developers shift focus: Morgan Stanley

China’s real estate investment trust (C-Reit) is poised to grow by 30 times to become a US$1 trillion industry in the next 20 years – a transition borne out of several factors, including declining home sales – which is expected to benefit select mainland developers, according to Morgan Stanley. Following 25 years of property growth, primarily focused on the residential segment, mainland developers are increasingly weaning off from building projects that would yield one-time profits, the US...

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