Open and candid exchanges about the national economy have helped authorities pinpoint problems and find quick solutions, but the silencing of prominent financial writer Wu Xiaobo could put a dent in those lively debates.
The black code’s lingering existence is a reminder of the days when China implemented draconian pandemic controls and this situation needs to end for travellers.
The founder of China’s largest online domestic helper agency tells Luohan Academy forum that a shortage of labour in the near future is one of the biggest risks it faces amid the country’s declining birth rate.
It is more important than ever for Alibaba to focus on small businesses and merchants, the group’s chief strategist said on Wednesday, endorsing a strategic business pivot initiated by its founder Jack Ma.
Beijing has rolled out the red carpet for global executives such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates, but China should also consider giving its own entrepreneurs the recognition they deserve.
Shanghai, behind China’s Great Firewall and under capital account controls, is unable to rival Hong Kong as a global financial centre, even though it is embedded deeper within China’s economic machine.
There is broad consensus that the central government must act to counteract anaemic post-pandemic growth, as premiers have done in the past.
The nation’s birth rate is plunging, its debt bubble is threatening to burst, and its allure as the world’s factory is losing its shine.
While China’s latest youth unemployment rate is comparable to global figures, it is particularly concerning given the country’s unique demographic structure.
The fundamental way to improve consumer spending on the mainland is to increase people’s income and lift their confidence.
The Chinese government has finally woken up to demographic reality, but Beijing’s challenge is that boosting fertility will be much harder than punishing people for having more babies.
Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and founder of Alibaba, has returned to public life as an educator and researcher, accepting professorships at several universities, including in Tel Aviv and Kigali.
Beneath this debate over the name of railway terminals, there lies China’s quest to determine its position in the world.
A bestselling book on how Chinese rulers rewrote their brutal history 3,000 years ago is shedding light on why narratives about the past can help the state build up legitimacy.
Ma, who taught English before entering business, would be the highest-profile addition to HKU’s Business School, as the institution invites entrepreneurs to bring real-world relevance to its academic courses.
Bankruptcy is not a dirty word, and even under China’s centralised power structure, it is necessary to let bad debtors face consequences – including when they are local governments.
Beijing has spent years trying to internationalise the yuan with little to show for it because of strict capital controls. It is time for a bolder approach.
The US House’s unanimous vote on the PRC Is Not a Developing Country Act is just the latest on a long list of quarrels between Beijing and Washington.
The objectives of the overhaul are to streamline the management of more than 200,000 employees and shorten the decision making process to help reignite its entrepreneurial spirit, according to the plan.
Constantly sweeping problems under the carpet is not a sustainable position, policy needs to be based on facts, with good and bad news communicated clearly.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China after nearly a year of overseas travel, and visited a school he founded in the city of Hangzhou to discuss AI.
In his first trip in the new job, Li targets embattled export and manufacturing sectors with stops in Guangdong and Hunan.
Jia Yangqing, a well-known AI researcher who previously worked for Facebook and Google, is said to be joining a new venture amid the growing frenzy around ChatGPT.
While major financial troubles have eluded China in the last two decades, Beijing’s concerns over the possibility of a financial crisis have grown, as revealed in its new regulatory framework.
The likely impact of the US lender’s collapse is that China’s tech elite will look to banks in Hong Kong, Singapore and even Europe.
China is a small step away from qualifying as a high-income country by World Bank standards, but it has eschewed the label that brings greater responsibilities as many citizens still earn very little.
Current measures like the three-child policy per couple are not enough to increase the country’s flagging fertility rate.
The unexplained vanishing of Bao could undo efforts by Beijing to win back the trust of investors since the end of its rigid zero-Covid policies.
With business confidence remaining weak, Beijing may have no alternative than to rely on local governments and state-owned firms to drive investment.
