The suspect in Monday night’s deadly car attack in Zhuhai is the owner of a construction materials store, according to registration information obtained by the South China Morning Post. In all, 35 people were killed and 43 others injured in what police in the southern Chinese city labelled as a “major malicious case”. The suspect … Read more
President Xi Jinping has issued a slew of economic-centric instructions in the past week, at a time all eyes are watching Beijing’s stimulus package aimed at shoring up China’s economy. The latest message from Xi was conveyed on Sunday in the northeastern city of Tianjin during an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China’s … Read more
China’s top police officer has made a rare comment on economic matters with a call for better risk management and stability. The state media reports of Wang Xiaohong’s comments highlighted that he was speaking in his capacity as a senior member of the Communist Party and as a state councillor, rather than as public security … Read more
Wu Bangguo, the former head of China’s top legislature, died in Beijing on Tuesday morning at the age of 83, official news agency Xinhua reported. Wu was one of China’s most powerful men between 2002 and 2012, serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, and … Read more
With three months still to go on the calendar, China’s top anti-corruption watchdog has detained nearly the same number of “tigers” as it did last year, setting a fresh record for President Xi Jinping’s signature clean-up campaign. The latest “tiger” to fall is again one of its own, a senior inspector from the Central Commission … Read more
China’s leaders are again seeking to rally risk-averse cadres to the cause of decisive economic action by stressing the need to “get things done” and its tolerance of mistakes in a policy known as the “three exempts”. The Politburo, the ruling Communist Party’s inner circle, signalled the renewed political commitment in a statement after a … Read more
Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo will start removing sellers of counterfeit products from its multibillion yuan subsidy programme, as its operator – Temu owner PDD Holdings – and major rivals make operational changes in response to Beijing’s “anti-involution” call. Pinduoduo on Monday updated its rules for merchants taking part in its subsidy programme, stating that the … Read more
Breaking | China’s Politburo pledges support, sending stronger-than-expected signal to boost economy China has vowed to step up macro policies and stabilise market confidence to ensure it achieves leaderships’ full-year economic growth goal as the economy faces “increasing negative influence” from the outside world and insufficient demand at home. The top leadership signalled more support … Read more
The former defence minister Li Shangfu, who is facing corruption charges, and two other senior commanders have also been removed from the committee. There continues to be much speculation about the fate of Qin, China’s shortest-serving foreign minister, whose disappearance the foreign ministry attributed to “health reasons”. Once seen as a trusted aide to the … Read more
Huawei Technologies has entered into a partnership with Sichuan Zigong Conveying Machine Group Co (ZGCMC) to expand the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in heavy industries such as mining, bulk material transport and equipment manufacturing. The three-year pact between the two firms will involve the “deep integration” of large language models – the technology underpinning … Read more
