Chinas
China’s US$7 trillion cash pile is shifting into stocks, gold
With rates now sliding towards 1%, that capital is increasingly looking for a new home.CHINESE households are scouring for higher-yielding investments as roughly US$7 trillion in time deposits come...
China’s new tech stock boom leaves its economic malaise behind
Momentum may gain further support as DeepSeek rolls out a new AI model and China unveils a tech-focused five-year plan[BEIJING] Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global...
China’s electricity use hits record in 2025, surpasses 10 trillion kWh
[SHANGHAI] China’s electricity consumption climbed 5 per cent to a record high last year, surpassing 10 trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time, the National Energy Administration said on Saturday.The...
China’s 2025 rare earth exports hit highest since at least 2014 despite restrictions
[BEIJING] China’s rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of several medium to heavy elements from April.The...
GigaDevice jumps nearly 40% in Hong Kong debut amid China’s chip self-sufficiency drive
Proceeds from the share sale will fund research and development as well as strategic and industry investments [HONG KONG/SINGAPORE] Shares of GigaDevice Semiconductor soared almost 40 per cent in...
Europe and China’s feud over chips is reaching a breaking point
[BEIJING] An effort by Europe to stand up to China and retain local technology is approaching a breaking point. In a fight over a critical link in the global...
Australian rare earths miner VHM scraps offtake deal with China’s Shenghe Resources
AUSTRALIAN rare earths miner VHM said on Monday (Jan 12) that it had terminated its offtake agreement with China’s Shenghe Resources for its Goschen rare earths project after conditions...