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How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:51AM
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Taiwan
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Why peeling back layers of strategic ambiguity will only hurt Japan
4 Dec 2025 - 10:52AM
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Banking & finance
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How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap
3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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China economy
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China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse
Beijing is moving away from the old growth model reliant on rising leverage, towards a framework that prizes risk management and data integrity.
3 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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An aerial view of buildings under construction in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on March 15. Beijing is allowing underperforming and overleveraged segments, especially property developers and local government financing vehicles, to contract. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence
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Why the real AI race is within China and not across the Pacific
Which vision of AI leadership within China wins out will be more impactful in shaping the future than a simple two-horse superpower race.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
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Battery revolution set to spark Global South’s century of prosperity
The rise of the sodium-ion battery promises to supercharge a green energy transition that will help level the global playing field.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong economy
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Why Hong Kong universities are heading north for mainland Chinese collaborations
Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, which celebrates its 20th year, is a case study for why strategic cooperation is vital.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:40AM
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China economy
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How China could solve its consumption conundrum
Beijing’s priority should be bold short-term countercyclical action: issuing US$400 vouchers and stabilising the property sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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China property
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Why China Vanke’s debt woes have barely made a ripple in markets
Robust exports, surging stocks and investors looking elsewhere have curbed pressure for more forceful government intervention.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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US-China relations
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Trump’s world view offers Beijing a window of opportunity on Taiwan
As the US reframes the dynamics between allies and adversaries, Beijing may see an opportunity to advance its cross-strait goals.
30 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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Hong Kong economy
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In betting on Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong is really betting on itself
Hong Kong’s future may lie not in choosing between East and West, but in linking Asia with the Middle East and beyond.
30 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (left) visits the New Murabba Development Company under the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia with Murabba CEO Michael Dyke, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30. Photo: Handout
Japan
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Why Chinese are cancelling their trips to Japan
The Japanese prime minister crossed a red line and reopened old wounds in employing language that echoed rhetoric used by imperial Japan to justify invasion.
30 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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Women and gender
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Why Chinese women like me are done being quiet and ‘appropriate’
Chinese women are praised for gentleness. Our tone must please; our anger must be graceful. But a new generation is speaking out.
29 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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China property
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China’s extended property slump was always expected
History has shown that when real estate bubbles burst, the economic damage is usually severe and prolonged.
29 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
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How Cop30 laid bare the new geopolitics of climate action
Fractures, even among the Global South, show the energy transition is not just a technical challenge but a deeply political negotiation.
28 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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Hong Kong society
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National Games underscored ties that bind Hongkongers with rest of China
Through tears and celebrations, the Games highlighted the importance of connectivity and the shared spirit among China’s peoples and regions.
28 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM
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China society
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Elite success stories are cold comfort for disillusioned young workers
The backlash over a tycoon’s letter to overburdened staff during his trip to Antarctica reveals a fissure beyond a generational divide.
27 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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Technology
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How AI, quantum and space technologies will define the Asian century
Together, they form an engine that will determine which nations shape the century ahead and which struggle to keep pace.
26 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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European Union
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Stumbling Germany needs a clear strategy on China
Berlin must ditch the fantasy that it can profit without strategic risks, stop acting like a junior partner and decide what it stands for.
25 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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Climate change
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China’s quiet climate leadership offers hope for Global South and world
The Global North is failing to deliver on its climate pledges while Beijing patiently lays the groundwork for a greener future.
25 Nov 2025 - 7:44AM
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My Take
My Take
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How China goes toe to toe with the West and softly-softly with the rest
Beijing rarely claims altruism. It always wants something from you, but most of the time, its approach is pragmatic, respectful and usually beneficial.
23 Nov 2025 - 10:15PM
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Artificial intelligence
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How China’s focus on affordable, accessible AI will shape the future
While US firms prioritise artificial general intelligence and high performance, China’s leaner models could have a big impact at home and abroad.
23 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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People visit the 2025 World Internet Conference Light of Internet Expo in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on November 6. The expo showcases more than 1,000 cutting-edge AI tech products from over 600 domestic and overseas enterprises. Photo: Xinhua
China economy
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The rise of a Beijing-led ‘Global South Consensus’
As the Global South seeks a better development model and China looks for alternatives to mature markets, a match made out of mutual need is emerging.
22 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM
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US-China relations
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The bright side to US-China decoupling and global self-reliance drives
And despite opposing perspectives, it may reduce mutual dependence such as to assure a strategic peace of mind for both the West and China.
21 Nov 2025 - 9:15PM
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China economy
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As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy
Firms seeking to localise in China must see the country not just as a place to manufacture and sell, but as a co-creator and innovator.
21 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM
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Open Questions series
Ex-PLA colonel Zhou Bo on Taiwan reunification, lessons from the Ukraine war
1 Dec 2025 - 3:57PM
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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky
20 Oct 2025 - 11:18AM
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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish
5 Oct 2025 - 8:13AM
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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter
11 Aug 2025 - 9:13AM
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‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended
4 Aug 2025 - 11:00AM
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Ex-PLA colonel Zhou Bo on Taiwan reunification, lessons from the Ukraine war
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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky
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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish
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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter
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