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# Macro #
In Depth: How China Can Tackle Global Challenges to Expansion in Key Emerging Sectors
Solving industrial overcapacity by increasing exports is facing mounting resistance overseas. Boosting domestic demand may the solution
Caixin Explains: How Will the U.S. Import Tariff Hikes Impact Chinese Industries?
The move will affect $18 billion worth of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, chips and lithium-ion batteries, and is part of a broader strategy said to prevent them undercutting U.S. products
Cover Story: China’s Pension Plan Faces Prospect for Change or Going Bust
Demographic shifts make current system unsustainable as numbers of retirees climb
Analysis: China Tests Whether State Purchases Can Lift Housing Market
Government offers $41.6 billion in financing to help cities buy unsold homes
# Industry #
Cover Story: China Set to Ease Controls on Genetic Resources to Plug Biotech Innovation Gap
The National Health Commission is spearheading the reform, Caixin has learned, in response to complaints that overly tough restrictions are choking innovation, particularly in the biotech and pharmaceutical sectors
In Depth: China’s Dwindling AI Chip Stockpile Leaves Little Room for Sora Copycats
Chinese enthusiasm for generative video has been notably cool compared with the frenzy over ChatGPT-style large language models
In Depth: Chinese Firms Are Working on AI-Powered Androids
While the tech is in its infancy, the push to equip robots with machine-learning capabilities is raking in new investment
In Depth: EV Battery Startups Take the Driver’s Seat in Race for Solid-State
Newcomers have invested billions in ramping up production of the promising technology, while the industry giants are holding back in the face of thorny tech issues
In Depth: Getting China’s Low-Altitude Economy Off the Ground
Buzz grows around idea that drones and other flying vehicles could create a new engine for growth
Cover Story: U.S. Widens China Trade Fight to Shipbuilding Which It Lost Decades Ago
Union-spurred probe into Chinese shipyards threatens retaliatory port fees
In Depth: Why Chinese PE and VC Firms Are Chasing Middle East Money
Firms are turning to the region’s sovereign wealth funds as it becomes increasingly difficult to raise capital from their traditional backers in China and the West
Cover Story: Will China’s Latest Policy Call-to-Arms Turn the Ailing Property Market Around?
The government hopes to end the slump by studying policies to reduce the record vacant housing overhang, earning cheers from foreign investors and buoying share markets
In Depth: China’s Securities Firms Rein In Pay Packets as Pressures Mount
The industry is being squeezed by a government campaign to cut excessive remuneration, a bearish stock market and regulatory tightening of IPOs
# Company #
In Depth: Mega Blunder Adds to Li Auto’s Troubles as Huawei Rivalry Hots Up
The model’s distinctive aesthetics proved controversial, with sales amounting to just a fraction of the company’s ambitious target
Four Things to Know About Tesla’s Advanced Self-Driving Tech in China
Elon Musk’s surprise trip to China has led to speculation that the visit will lay the groundwork for the launch of the automaker’s Full Self-Driving system in the country
