Mandy Zuo
Correspondent, Political Economy
Mandy joined the SCMP in 2010 and has been reporting on China news ever since. She has covered a range of areas including China policies, economy and society news.
Mandy joined the SCMP in 2010 and has been reporting on China news ever since. She has covered a range of areas including China policies, economy and society news.
Areas of Expertise:
China coverageLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Beijing is scouring the nation for resources ranging from oil to rare earths, as it tries to shield its economy from rising geopolitical turbulence.
Loans reverse record contraction a month earlier but fall far short of expectations as property slump drags and deposits rise.
The outlook for China’s young jobseekers could worsen further, after an ugly fallout from Xingyu’s mass dismissal of university graduates.
The city’s fertility rate last year was just 0.66 – well below the 2.1 needed to ensure a stable population.
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The major sugar importer is expected to lean on strong domestic supplies amid soaring international prices.
China’s growing number of educational joint ventures receive more applicants as students seek a simpler path to an international edge.
Beijing says the transition marks a turning point but integrating the 31.5 per cent share still requires a multi-trillion-yuan push to forge a modern grid.
The central government has announced plans to provide nationwide coverage by 2028, but uneven regional development is a major hurdle.
Law orders provincial-level governments to ensure that total amount of arable land does not decrease.
China’s fertility rate could soon fall to world’s lowest unless action is taken, as current subsidies are ‘a drop in the bucket’, scholars warn.
Inbound visitors are considered a low-cost initiative to address the nation’s consumption figures.
As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide.
After Canada stood firm in negotiations, analysts say that Washington failed to gain ‘veto’ on Ottawa’s trade with other countries.
Participants say they spent a lot of time queuing for library cards, and a visit to Germany turned into a bus tour circling factory grounds.
New platform is China’s latest effort to improve home-grown soybean varieties and reduce reliance on imports.
Dozens of firms that source from the region were added to a US import blacklist, but few appear worried after years of diversification.
The global perspective and anti-war message offered by ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ is resonating with audiences, helping boost summer ticket sales.
Incident sparks concern, but indicates China taking a proactive stance, not necessarily a gloomy forecast for relations, experts say.
About 1.7 million South Koreans visited China in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent from the same period last year.
A growing number of local brands are winning over premium consumers who prize craftsmanship, innovation and a high‑value sense of luxury.
Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares.
Ageing rural populations are driving up demand for intelligent aerial devices, and the ‘irresistible trend” is expected to sweep through Southeast Asia.
One major driver of overall decline in corporate donations has been the prolonged slump in country’s real estate sector.
Beijing’s energy regulator has set more modest production targets this year after a record 2025 as mature fields deplete and extraction challenges mount.
Official data points to a resilient tech-led rebound even as prominent economists warn household spending remains stubbornly cautious.
China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates.
The measures include greater market access in services, finance and healthcare, though analyst says it remains unclear how the reforms will be implemented.
Chinese tech and mass production capabilities could transform the nation’s farming industry with AI-enabled workforce.
At the end of last year, 15.87 per cent of China’s population was aged at least 65, compared with 15.25 per cent aged between 0 and 14.
