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China looks for signs of optimism in its housing market Florence Lo/File Photo/Reuters Economists debated whether there’s light at the end of the tunnel for China’s multiyear property slump. Home prices in the country’s largest cities have ticked up this year, and sellers’ “panic

Putin leaves China without pipeline deal The Russian president’s trip to China this week reflected the countries’ shared opposition to a US led world order, but Vladimir Putin left without an agreement on a long stalled gas pipeline he urgently sought. The lack of a deal shows th

Putin to discuss long delayed pipeline with Xi Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing this week could clear a logjam for the construction of a long delayed oil pipeline to China. Putin said earlier this month that a deal to increase overland flows eastward was “very

Chinese men are learning to spoil themselves Chinese men are learning to spoil themselves. As more of them live alone and delay marriage, those who might have spent money on romantic relationships are instead splurging on skincare, fragrances, fitness equipment, and other self ca

Chinese EV firms race for new tech China’s EV juggernauts are focusing on speeding up charge times and increasing the size of batteries in hybrids, but next generation storage technology is likely some years away, a new report noted. Industry behemoths BYD and CATL are taking dif

Chinese telecom giants plan to charge for AI tokens Chinese telecom giants are planning to charge consumers for AI tokens, capitalizing on the AI boom. China Telecom introduced packages targeting casual AI users, developers, and businesses, citing “token operations as] its centra

Global data center operator DayOne weighs IPO in Singapore, NY Global data center operator DayOne is weighing a dual IPO listing in New York and Singapore, amid scrutiny of Chinese origin firms using Singapore as an international base. A spin off of a Shanghai based company, DayO

West intensifies efforts to delink supply chains from China Western governments intensified efforts to delink supply chains from China. Australia ordered six investors with links to Beijing to divest their holdings of a rare earths firm that is central to efforts by Washington an

China lags the US in financial power, expert argues Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters While China and the US are commonly cast as rivals on equal footing, Beijing remains fundamentally outmatched by Washington’s financial power, a leading Financial Times columnist argued. China may

The scene as U.S. President Donald Trump participates in events at the Great Hall of the People and does a greeting with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping May 14, 2026, in Beijing China during a trip focused on trade, regional security, and strengthening