Just a few years ago, China was on track to challenge United States dominance in artificial intelligence. The balance of power was tilting in China’s direction because it had abundant […]
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Back to news homeChina’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.
The first sows arrived in late September at the hulking, 26-story high-rise towering above a rural village in central China. The female pigs were whisked away dozens at a time […]
Why China Is Changing Its Tone on Business
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, used his annual New Year’s Eve address in 2021 to laud the patriotic achievements of the Chinese people. In a year marked by crackdowns on tech […]
China’s Young Elite Clamber for Government Jobs. Some Come to Regret It.
In Beijing and cities across China, as many as 2.6 million job applicants, including graduates from the country’s top universities, will report to testing centers in early January to face […]
As China Drops Travel Rules, Wariness Rises Over its Covid Outbreak
For the past three years, China largely shut its borders and kept its people home, retreating from the global engagement that was the foundation for its rise.As the country now […]
China Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
The toll of China’s unwavering approach to fighting Covid has rippled through the world’s second-largest economy for months: Youth unemployment reached a record 20 percent, corporate profits sagged, and economic […]
Yellen Calls for ‘Stabilizing’ U.S. Relations With China Ahead of G20
She added, “It’s important for us to explain why we’re doing things, how it’s delineated, that it’s not an attempt to completely paralyze China’s economy and stop its development.”Despite Ms. […]
China’s Great ‘Zero-Covid’ Guessing Game
It is the great economic guessing game about China: When will the Chinese government ditch its zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19?Companies and manufacturers are worrying about their profits, while uncertainty is […]
China’s Business Elite See the Country That Let Them Thrive Slipping Away
“When the ability to govern decreases, even in the absence of any particular policy from the top, the ineptitude, brutality, and ignorance of lower-level officials will brew disasters for the […]
China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge
China is poised to take advantage of the global urgency to tackle climate change. It is the world’s dominant manufacturer and user of solar panels and wind turbines. It leads […]