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Ralph Jennings
Senior Correspondent, Political Economy
Ralph Jennings joined the Political Economy desk as a Senior Reporter in August 2022 having worked as a freelancer since 2011. Ralph previously covered news for Thomson Reuters in Taipei and for local newspapers in California. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication.
China’s demand for natural diamonds has ‘fallen off a cliff’ amid plunging marriage rates, while its factories are churning out synthetic alternatives that are up to 90 per cent cheaper.
Travel platforms such as Fliggy and Trip.com see huge influx in interest as Beijing makes it easier to transit.
China’s shipyards are set to be the main beneficiaries of a wave of new orders as their South Korean competitors adopt a more “cautious” approach, according to ING.
Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport will cover an island that dwarfs the ones occupied by Hong Kong and Kansai airports.
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Hangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing, plus a part of the southwestern Sichuan province, release robotics policies to accelerate innovation.
China’s annual tone-setting central economic work conference is expected to convene this week at a key time for the world’s second-largest economy.
Brisker trade and new investments in factories and infrastructure among the fruits of pragmatic approach to relationship.
The deportation of 190 individuals involved in online gambling shows bilateral cooperation is not foreclosed by the South China Sea dispute.
American universities are trying to address an outpouring of concern among anxious international students fearing ‘worst-case scenario’.
New York-based Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison plans to close its Beijing office at the end of the year.
South Korea’s six hours of martial law caused some concern among Chinese tourists and tradespeople, but most effects should be short-term.
China set a goal of cultivating 10,000 so-called ‘little giant’ firms by 2025 amid increasing tech competition with the US.
The number of countries whose citizens can enter China visa free for 30 days has been increased to 38, including Japan.
A Chinese company is preparing to fill 1 billion yuan in orders for its new drone as the ‘low-altitude economy’ gains momentum.
Existing BeiDou system, used in telecommunications, transport, and natural resource management, has also been expanding its use in developing countries.
Number of Chinese manufacturers shifting production to Vietnam has boomed since Donald Trump’s first term as US president.
Eastern China’s Jiangsu province and commercial hub of Shanghai expand trade-in schemes amid efforts to drive up consumption in China.
A decline in profits for China’s large firms was reported in October, with those linked to property and retail hit hardest.
US$3.5 billion Chancay port will initially be able to handle 1 million containers a year.
Though China tariffs would make factories in Vietnam or Thailand more appealing, analysts said other restrictions could wipe out those gains.
American fan of Chinese crosstalk comedy finds that cultural connection helps attract customers to online teahouse.
Officials hope to eventually source hi-tech plane components domestically to drive industrial self-sufficiency, but for now overseas producers are essential.
Taking a page out of rivals’ playbooks, China’s Comac wants to turn its Shanghai plane factory into a tourism hotspot.
At least five airlines will increase flights within the next two months, connecting Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen with Toronto and Vancouver.
China is on a path toward self-sufficiency, but advanced plane parts from overseas remain essential to its aviation dreams.
More details about China’s home-grown passenger planes emerge at Zhuhai air show, with new sales and lofty aviation ambitions on display.
The home-grown C929, still under development, was the subject of a preliminary purchase agreement at China’s premier air show.
The US and China are in a race to secure greater access to Africa’s vast mineral reserves with an infrastructure push by land and sea.
Swiss investment bank UBS cuts China’s gross domestic product growth projection to ‘around 4 per cent’ for next year, others remain optimistic.
Mofcom message comes as Trump revels in re-election win after vowing higher tariffs on China, and with EU officials in town for ‘intensive’ negotiations.
