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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthChinese trade
      China’s richest county suffers export slump as US tension hits factories

      Taiwanese manufacturers in Kunshan are cutting staff and wages and pushing orders abroad over geopolitical risk

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      China’s ‘big white’ pandemic workers reel from end of zero-Covid

      Migrant labourers who formed backbone of antivirus effort stranded after Beijing scrapped restrictions

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      News in-depthChinese economy
      China pins growth hopes on struggling small businesses

      Mom-and-pop enterprises crucial to driving post-Covid revival after GDP expansion slows in 2022

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Chinese business & finance
      ‘Let it rot’: China’s tech workers struggle to find jobs

      Beijing’s assault on Big Tech has led to mass dismissals as Covid-19 lockdowns batter economic growth

    • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
      Chinese business & finance
      China’s food delivery groups slammed after undercover TV exposé

      Alibaba and Meituan criticised over labour practices after government official poses as driver

    • Friday, 5 February, 2021
      Chinese bosses push staff to work through new year festivities

      Companies offer bonuses in bid to meet booming global demand

    • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
      Chinese society
      China’s migrant workers spurn cherished ‘hukou’

      Reluctance of millions of rural residents to apply for city permit threatens a Beijing goal

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    • Saturday, 1 February, 2020
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      Measures to contain outbreak interrupt travel and spark job-seeking closer to home

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      Households say domestic concerns far more worrying than US tariff actions

    • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
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      China’s small bank blow-up darkens economic outlook Premium content

      Latest interbank market squall spells more trouble for private company financing

    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
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      China turns again to infrastructure to support growth Premium content

      Reliance on old economic driver reflects failed efforts to boost private companies

    • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
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      China’s online banks adapt to state domination Premium content

      New lenders have the tech but lack the capital and bureaucratic support to compete head on

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
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      More Chinese exporters brush off trade dispute Premium content

      Companies have scrambled to counter tariffs but business still slows

    • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
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      For all the rhetoric, state struggles to break economic addiction to bricks and mortar

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      Worker rights and environment clean-up spell trouble for light manufacturing in Foshan

    • Wednesday, 26 December, 2018
      China factory jobs dry up as trade tensions hit manufacturing

      Workers blame US tariffs and economic slowdown for drop in job opportunities

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    • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
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