Not boxing clever? Is there a better solution to China’s aging population?
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By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age men and women.
All seeing, all powerful, all Xi.
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The all-important third plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was heavy on intensions, but light on detail.
Presidents Xi and Biden sit down for dinner at a meeting in November 2023. China was hoping to carve out some trade concessions.
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Canada and Mexico have replaced China as the US’s largest trading partners, due to friend-shoring policies.
Chinese president, Xi Jinping, claps during the closing meeting of the Two Sessions annual parliamentary meetings.
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China is facing many economic obstacles, but Beijing remains optimistic about growth.
Some U.S. lawmakers have grown concerned about TikTok.
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In China, ‘private’ businesses aren’t entirely private and the ultimate boss is the CCP, not the CEO.
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China’s steel mills are shifting to greener production processes which don’t favour Australian iron ore. Australian miners must quickly adapt or get left behind.
Made it, Mao! Top of the World?
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Most Americans see China as the biggest threat to the US. But away from headline economic figures, China has a slew of challenges.
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Xi’s New Year address wasn’t about threatening Taiwan – there’s more going on than we think.
People walk under a light projection at a shopping mall in Beijing.
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China has a lot of vacant retail space, including many underused shopping malls. An urban policy scholar describes how the Chinese are rethinking what the mall is for.
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Youth unemployment is a complex issue but even more so in China as a result of government policy and society’s expectations.
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Japan’s “lost decades” of near-zero economic growth began when its economy looked eerily similar to China’s today.
UK foreign secretary, Jame Cleverly, visited China just before news broke that an alleged spy had been working as a parliamentary researcher before being arrested earlier in the year.
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As a key UK trading partner, the government should tread carefully when addressing the very real risks posed by China.
The global tourism industry is rebounding – but cautious Chinese consumers are choosing to stay closer to home.
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Big-spending Chinese tourists once buoyed the global travel industry. But with Chinese economy looking a little shaky, more are staying at home.
There are several good reasons why fears that a recession in China could spark a recession in Australia need to be kept in perspective.
Xi Jinping speaks at one of the year’s key events, the ‘two sessions’ in Beijing.
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The decision-making process can be difficult to follow.
Opening the doors to Russia and China’s perception.
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The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
All the rage: bunny balaclavas from fashion chain Ambush to help Chinese youth celebrate the Year of the Rabbit.
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For China’s new youth generation, shopping has become an outpost of politics.
Mourners hold blank sheets of paper during a vigil for the victims of China’s zero-COVID policy, November 28 2022.
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Recent unrest will affect China’s domestic economy as well as international businesses with a stake in the country.
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Evergrande has a very high likelihood of failing without intervention by the Chinese government.
Are friends electric?
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The revolution in AI harbours dangers for humanity – here’s why.