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Aug 03, 2026 04:41 AM- Cover Story: China’s Power Market Enters a More Volatile Era as Prices Go Real Time
- As spot trading spreads and renewable capacity surges, China’s move toward market-based electricity pricing is bringing sharper price swings, higher balancing costs and new strains for power retailers, generators and industrial users
Aug 01, 2026 12:49 PM- Weekend Long Read: The 100-Million-Tree Bet to Halt China’s Desert
- A nonprofit-led planting campaign has helped restore degraded land in Inner Mongolia, illustrating the promise and limits of ecological restoration in one of the country’s driest regions
Aug 01, 2026 02:38 AM- Former State Grid Chairman Comes Under Anti-Graft Investigation
- China’s top disciplinary authorities announced a probe into Xin Baoan, extending scrutiny of the state-owned energy sector
Aug 01, 2026 02:13 AM- Beijing Clears Eight New Reactors as China Accelerates Nuclear Buildout
- Most of the newly approved units will use the domestically developed Hualong One design as Beijing pushes to expand operating nuclear capacity to 110 million kilowatts by 2030
Aug 01, 2026 01:37 AM- DeepSeek Releases Official V4-Flash Model as China’s AI Race Intensifies
- Startup says the updated model delivers stronger agent capabilities and better benchmark results, while maintaining aggressive pricing amid mounting competition
Aug 01, 2026 12:44 AM- The Week Ahead (Aug. 3-9): Hong Kong Launches T-Bond Futures, SpaceX Lock-Up Expires
- Toyota halts production following the Kumamoto earthquake, Canada implements its foreign influence registry, and Unitree Robotics begins its IPO price inquiry
Aug 01, 2026 12:23 AM- China’s Elderly Population Tops 323 Million as Aging Pressures Mount
- New official data show China added more than 100 million people aged 60 and older in a decade, intensifying strains on pensions, eldercare services and the shrinking workforce
Jul 31, 2026 11:32 PM- Xiaomi Unveils New Extended-Range EVs Amid Cooling Market
- The tech company’s first hybrid launch comes as extended-range and plug-in hybrid sales weaken, inventories rise and Xiaomi faces pressure to revive EV momentum
Jul 31, 2026 06:59 PM- Tech Brief (July 31): ByteDance Reshuffles Workplace Tool Feishu in AI Push
- Robotics startup Unitree launches $620 million STAR Market IPO, Zhongji Innolight slides in Hong Kong debut following $7 billion IPO
Jul 31, 2026 06:37 PM- Business Brief (July 31): GPU Prices Spike as AI Demand Strains Supply
- China denies reports of supplying missiles to Iran; EU issues preliminary anti-dumping ruling on Chinese sodium benzoate
Jul 31, 2026 06:07 PM- ByteDance, MiniMax Roll Out Upgraded AI-Video Models
- Seedance 2.5 and H3 have been designed to create longer content as both companies double down on multimodal context understanding
Jul 31, 2026 06:01 PM- U.S. Firms to Shrink Asset Freeze in Insider Trading Suit Over China Regulatory Leak
- Susquehanna International and Citadel Securities plan to scale back blanket court order following pushback from retail investors who claim they were unfairly caught in the dragnet
Jul 31, 2026 05:54 PM- Nature Retracts Two Papers by Chinese Scientists Following Blogger’s Fraud Crusade
- Nature pulling the studies follows institutional probes that led to the dismissal of two university deans for severe academic misconduct
Jul 31, 2026 05:36 PM- China Names Top Market Regulator Luo Wen as Hebei Party Chief
- The seasoned technocrat brings extensive experience in industrial policy, economic planning and antitrust oversight to the helm of the key northern industrial hub
Jul 31, 2026 05:26 PM- In Profile: Lawson’s New China Chief Inherits a Winning Formula — and Its Limits
- As Takashi Fujiwara prepares to take over as president, the expansion model he built for the convenience store chain in Guangdong province faces a far tougher test in a market that has stopped growing
Jul 31, 2026 05:15 PM- China Launches One-Year Crackdown on Organized Crime
- The one-year initiative will focus on eliminating online syndicates and the “protective umbrellas” of corrupt officials who shield them
Jul 31, 2026 04:46 PM- Hong Kong Freezes $16 Million in Futu Client Accounts in IPO Fraud Crackdown
- The move comes as syndicates exploit vulnerabilities in the city’s new share allocation rules
Jul 31, 2026 04:12 PM- China Drafts Sweeping Anti-Cyberbullying Law, Targets Tech Platforms
- Proposed rules would impose fines of up to 10 million yuan, force rapid content removals and expand police and court intervention for victims of online abuse
Jul 31, 2026 03:41 PM- China Bans Assisted Driving Indicator Lights Amid Safety Concerns
- The move highlights growing concerns over the use of the non-standardized devices that may cause light pollution and traffic accidents
Jul 31, 2026 02:51 PM- MSCI Fast-Tracks Chinese Chipmaker CXMT Into Indexes After Mega IPO
- The global compiler bypasses standard reviews to add the stock, while strict domestic rules will sideline local passive funds for months or even years
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