Gloria Li is desperate to find a job. Graduating last June with a master’s degree in graphic design, she started looking in the fall, hoping to find an entry-level position […]
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Back to news homeNanchang, Once a Symbol of China’s Growth, Signals a Housing Crisis
The rows of towering buildings crowding the banks of the Gan River are a testament to the real estate boom that transformed Nanchang in eastern China from a gritty manufacturing […]
Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining
Deep in rural Western Australia, Pilbara Minerals’ vast processing plant looms above the red dirt, quivering as tons of a lithium ore slurry move through its pipes.The plant turns the […]
China Escalates U.S. Tech War With Micron Ban
When cutting foreign technology companies from Chinese supply chains, Beijing has long chosen to work obliquely or even secretly. Regulators would give executives back-room lectures, weigh them down with excessive […]
China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks
China has banned some sales of Micron products after launching a probe into the American memory chip giant for cybersecurity risks in early April. The decision is widely seen as […]
China’s Youth Unemployment Crisis: 1 in 5 Are Out of Work
Shu Xiang, 21, started looking for a job in February and still has had no luck. A financial management major at a college in Chengdu, China, Ms. Shu said she […]
Biden Team to Counter Tech Espionage Unveils Cases Involving China and Russia
The Biden administration announced arrests and criminal charges on Tuesday in five cases involving sanctions evasion and technology espionage efforts linked to Russia, China and Iran.Two Russian nationals were taken […]
‘De-Americanize’: How China Is Remaking Its Chip Business
Last October, construction plans for a hulking semiconductor factory owned by a major state-backed company in central China fell into disarray. The Biden administration had escalated the trade war over […]
The Elusive Fix for China’s Budget Crisis
Across China, many local governments are on the brink of insolvency. Some cities have reduced pay for civil servants. Cuts to municipal health insurance have triggered street protests.Central government bailouts […]
Capvision, a Consulting Firm, is Raided by Chinese Authorities
For weeks, little was known about why prominent international consulting firms in China were being raided by the police. Employees had been questioned and even detained for doing what has […]