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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China turns a blind eye to labour violations to spur economy

    Businesses offered immunity from infractions but initiative threatens Xi’s common prosperity pledge

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China’s premier issues stark warning on economy as growth stalls

    Li Keqiang urges officials to help companies resume production after Covid lockdowns

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China diverts anti-poverty funds to Covid testing as crisis deepens

    Local governments say resources are being used to cover costs of zero-Covid policy

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
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    Harrow Beijing school loses its hallowed British branding

    Regulations force Chinese affiliate of famous English public school to drop its foreign name

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Can Xi vanquish Covid without crushing China’s economy?

    In a crucial political year, a series of open-ended lockdowns have heaped pressure on struggling businesses

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
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    US and Chinese accounting regulators discuss potential audit deal

    On-site inspections being considered to prevent 270 companies from being delisted

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
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    Purchases come as Chinese state-owned commodity traders shy away to avoid sanctions

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
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    Officials and advisers fear president is blind to the impact of harsh anti-coronavirus measures

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
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    China meets banks to discuss protecting assets from US sanctions

    Officials concerned that measures taken against Moscow could also be applied to Beijing

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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    China policymakers clash over how to counter property slump

    Xi’s economic tsar Liu He worries Beijing underestimating impact of real estate and Covid restrictions

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s Covid strictures scupper hopes of property revival

    Beijing has implemented measures to boost the economy but data point to significant downturn

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Shell starts talks over ‘nightmare’ Russia exit

    Chinese state groups the only buyers available to western oil and gas majors divesting from country

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Chinese society
    ‘Voting with their feet’: China’s wealthy look to leave after Shanghai lockdown

    Emigration inquiries surge as harsh Covid restrictions cause food and medicine shortages

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid death data obscure true impact of Omicron, experts say

    Official statistics show only two people have died since March despite tens of thousands of cases

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China escalates zero-Covid propaganda effort as experts warn of economic damage

    Healthcare official says Beijing’s coronavirus prevention policy is ‘not viable’

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s zero-Covid policy risks causing agricultural crisis and food shortages

    Farmers lack fertiliser and labour ahead of crucial spring season due to strict lockdowns

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
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    Shanghai lockdown forces bankers to camp in offices

    Tougher Russia sanctions and comments from top Fed official drag down government debt

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Chinese economy
    Shanghai extends Covid lockdown measures despite economic concerns

    Two-week local restrictions come as PMI data show negative financial impact of controls

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    Russia’s Ukraine war forges new unity of EU purpose on China

    Bloc’s leaders will use Friday summit to pressure Beijing over its close ties with Moscow

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
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    Shanghai’s alternating Covid lockdown batters bankers and vegetable buyers

    Coronavirus outbreak causes disruption across Chinese financial hub and challenges zero-Covid policy

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Shanghai to lock down financial district as it tries to rein in Covid

    People in Pudong and nine other areas will have to stay at home to allow for mass testing

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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    Ukraine’s criticism of drone maker DJI highlights challenge of maintaining commercial links

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China Inc unconvinced Xi Jinping’s regulatory storm is over

    Beijing’s business elite wait to see if powerful agencies heed economy tsar’s warning

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China warns of retaliation if hit by Russia sanctions fallout

    Beijing slams what it calls US efforts to spread disinformation and ‘distort and smear’ its position on Ukraine

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    The rising costs of China’s friendship with Russia

    The war in Ukraine represents a threat to China’s economy and could lead to a diplomatic backlash over its support for Moscow

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