The Caixin Must-Read newsletter brings you the best of our coverage over the past week, handpicked by our editors. Enjoy!
Group access and applicable discounts are available. Contact us for a customized plan.
# Cover Story #
China’s Once-Booming Online Healthcare Sector Sees Its Vital Signs Sink
Investors turn skeptical as HaoDF, Chunyu Yisheng and Ping An Good Doctor cut jobs
# Finance #
In Depth: Battle for China’s Deposits Pits Banks Against Regulators
While lenders want to raise savings rates to attract funds, regulators want to lower them to curtail the amount of idle cash in the financial system and protect banking profits
# Business #
In Depth: Are AI-Powered Learning Gadgets Ready to Be at the Head of the Class?
The tablets have been a hit with parents in the wake of China’s ban on after-school tutoring, but the devices won’t replace the teacher just yet
In Depth: Tesla’s Chinese Rival Hits Accelerator on Smart Driving
BYD chief appears to shift stance on the technology as China’s government throws its weight behind autonomous cars
# Tech #
White House Asked to Probe Microsoft-UAE AI Deal Over Links to China Military
U.S. lawmakers worried deal could lead to sensitive technology being transferred to China
# News Graphics #
In Depth: Sanctions Spark Race to Bottom for China’s Lower-End Chipmakers
Manufacturers of less advanced legacy chips are slashing prices as capacity balloons
We highly recommend WSJ’s coverage you shouldn’t miss this week:
A Billionaire Wedding Puts ‘Crazy Rich Indians’ in the Spotlight
The over-the-top celebration is taking place in a fast-growing economy that is creating more billionaires and millionaires
# China #
Key Party Plenum to Prioritize Reforms in Tech, Fiscal and Tax Systems, Observers Say
‘New productive forces’ to be a key phrase at the political event, which kicked off Monday
# World #
Fugitive Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui Convicted in U.S.
Businessman-turned-influencer faces decades in prison for racketeering conspiracy, money laundering and multiple frauds
# Opinion #
The Principle of Taxation by Law Should Be Firmly Followed
Rule by law is the fundamental requirement of taxation, as is the bottom line of not overtaxing
# Weekend Long Read #
Making Sense of China’s Controversial Trade Surplus Data
As the gap grows between the figures calculated by the customs administration and the forex regulator, senior state researcher Zhang Ming offers up some explanations for the disparity
# Gallery #