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Chinese Carmakers Enter 2024 Fighting Price War, Heightened EV Competition

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China’s automakers — on track for record sales in 2023 — have little to celebrate in the New Year as a continuing price war squeezes profitability and increased competition in the market for new energy vehicles (NEV) overhangs a key segment for growth.

China’s Internet Content Kings Struggle to Keep Users Paying

China’s internet content industry has finally cultivated its first group of paying customers following years of heavy spending and heated competition. Now the challenge is retaining them and expanding the subscriber base.

The Miracle and Mirage of Weight Loss Drugs

Chinese consumers wanting a quick weight loss fix are turning to a diabetes drug, raising concerns over misuse and potential side effects.

China Seeks Cure for Ailing Health System

Can restructuring the medical insurance system stave off a reckoning for the public insurance fund?

China’s Consumers Are Flush With Cash, So Why Does the Recovery Have the Wobbles?

With plenty of cash in circulation, policymakers must look for other levers to pull.

Hubris and Heartache: Behind the Tragedy of Beijing’s Deadly Hospital Fire

After 29 people died at a Beijing hospital, China searches for answers.

Giving China’s Death Row Inmates a Second Chance

The Legal Aid Law passed by China’s legislature in August 2021 requires justice departments at the county-level or higher to establish legal aid agencies.

How China’s ESG Policy Is Progressing

The Chinese ESG market still enjoys considerable room for growth, and top-down policies remain the most important force driving development of the sector.

The Evolution of Crime in China

China’s legal authorities are trying something new: leniency.

The Sweeping Impact of New U.S. Semiconductor Restrictions

China’s chip industry faces a brain drain under personnel rules; supercomputers take a hit; and chipmakers may have to just make do with old technology.

Does China Really Need That Much More Coal-Fired Electricity?

Following two summers of power shortages, authorities make an about-face on coal generation, but critics argue that China really needs electricity-market overhaul.

China’s War on Rampant Telecom Scams

A new law gives authorities powerful new weapons to help prevent millions of people from losing billions of dollars to cellphone and internet fraud.

The Challenges Ahead for China’s Digital Yuan

In its push to accelerate the e-CNY, the central bank faces big outlays for technology and processing capacity and the need for a robust regulatory infrastructure.

Homebuyers in Multiple Cities Go on Mortgage Strike Over Delayed Projects

Snowballing protest movement goes viral online, adding another twist to China’s real estate catastrophe and threatening as much as $83 billion of mortgages.

Uproar Over a Baby Taken During the One-Child Policy Days

Local South China officials suspended after rejecting parents’ request for an investigation of what happened to their months-old son in 1990.

The Disarray in China’s Vocational Training System

Supply of skilled workers to keep the economy functioning shrivels after decades of emphasis on university education and professional training.

Balancing China’s Development With Need for Food Production

Government aims to harness market forces in managing the trading of land-use rights between urban and farming areas.

China’s Silver Screens Lose Their Luster as Pandemic Grinds On

After years of disruption to theater operations and filmmaking, the country’s movie industry is nearing the brink.

Coal, Once a Boon, Turns Chinese Rustbelt City Into a Bust

As the golden years of mining fade, the resource-depleted city of Hegang is struggling to survive.

How the War in Ukraine Is Rattling China’s Energy Transition

Natural gas may be marginalized as domestic industries fall back on reliable coal, experts say.