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Xinyi Wu
Reporter, Political Economy
Xinyi joined the Post in 2024, starting out in Hong Kong. She previously reported on business news in Singapore and taught writing at a university in Shanghai. She graduated with a degree in anthropology from Yale-NUS College.
Xinyi joined the Post in 2024, starting out in Hong Kong. She previously reported on business news in Singapore and taught writing at a university in Shanghai. She graduated with a degree in anthropology from Yale-NUS College.
Areas of Expertise:
China economyLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
The divide between China’s booming tech industry and struggling consumer sector has drawn attention. But regional disparities are also widening.
As President Xi and President Trump prepare for an expected summit, trade officials are weighing public input on reciprocal duty cuts.
The jobless rate for 16- to 24-year-olds fell for the third month, though China’s broader labour market faces headwinds.
Chinese imports of liquefied natural gas rose 8.3 per cent year on year in June, while the country purchased nearly 30 per cent more coal in the month.
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The fact-finding mission by members of a congressional advisory body is the first of its kind since 2019.
While its men’s team has not competed since 2002, this year’s tournament has generated significant profit for many Chinese firms.
Raising the fertility rate above 1.3 still remains crucial to preventing a far worse scenario later in the century, analysts say.
Beijing plans further reforms to make it easier to issue and trade panda bonds, as it focuses on boosting the yuan’s role as a global currency.
Growth rate of 4.3 per cent complicates the country’s push to meet annual targets, contrasts with strong trade figures.
Exports rose by 27 per cent year on year and imports grew by 36 per cent last month, both beating projections.
The US and China have secured a fragile truce, but analysts warn Washington’s protectionist pivot marks a structural shift likely to last.
Multinationals remain committed to the Chinese market despite pressures, analyst says, citing the actions of Apple and Nvidia as evidence.
Even as US trade policy fractures the global system, China faces ‘credibility problem’ in trade leadership over its own practices.
The Chinese premier made the speech at the opening plenary of the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian.
At the high-profile forum, Beijing expressed its willingness to work with Astana on deepening cooperation in energy and mineral resources.
Economists highlight the potential for China’s green manufacturing capacity to support the global energy transition, despite overcapacity fears.
Those aged 16 to 24 are still struggling to catch a break in the job hunt, a trend worsened by external wars and geopolitical strife.
Despite surge in exports, the economy remained under pressure in May, with first decline in retail sales seen since end of Covid lockdown in late 2022.
The system is creating huge new compliance burdens for China’s steel firms, with smaller producers using greener technology often hit hardest.
From refiners to shippers, Chinese firms have been swept up in Washington’s Iran sanctions campaign. Could a new US-Iran deal change that?
The only vessel moving in the waterway on Monday morning was a patrol ship, as analysts warned uncertainty lingered over the US-Iran agreement.
Beijing eyes themed journeys and new on-board services as part of broader efforts to rebalance the economy.
Beijing is building new reactors at unrivalled speed – but the US still holds an edge in nuclear fusion research, analyst says.
Fragile April ceasefire collapses as direct tit-for-tat strikes resume on day 100 of the US-Israel war against Iran.
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the country’s leader, rejects ‘anachronistic’ US push for denuclearisation a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival.
Guangdong and Jiangsu are among those looking to tap state capital returns to shore up budgets.
Even China’s inventories are now starting to decline, with Gulf oil supplies likely to take months to recover even if a peace deal is agreed.
The Chinese-made jet debuted in Xinjiang as recently as 2023, but is now being used on more than 120 routes in the region.
While warning of retaliation against ‘new trade instruments’, Beijing says China-EU communication channels remain open.
