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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
New emission rules for strategic sectors come as the Iran war reinforces the need for energy security.
Manufacturers are expected to see stronger overseas orders even as price wars hurt profits at home.
China’s official youth jobless rate climbed to 16.9 per cent in March, with another 12.7 million graduates set to enter the job market this summer.
The waterway has ‘returned to its previous state’, Tehran says, accusing Washington of banditry and maritime piracy.
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Beijing’s move to lift offshore-loan quotas seen helping stabilise yuan against weaker US dollar while accommodating a surge in net financing via ‘panda bonds’.
‘Stronger than expected’ growth figure indicates minimal impact from the conflict and a low likelihood for near-term stimulus, analysts said.
Export figures fall short of predictions, rising by 2.5 per cent, while imports grow by 27.8 per cent as conflict in Middle East causes global disruption.
European companies keep becoming ‘collateral damage’ in others’ disputes, laments president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Zhou Xiaochuan, who laid the foundation for China’s currency to go global, says Beijing can capitalise on changes in the international monetary landscape.
Data processing or research jobs promising easy money could be ‘traps’ aimed at illegally collecting sensitive information, ministry says.
A new department will guide state-owned enterprises expanding overseas, as China’s firms look outwards for growth opportunities.
Some lenders are also deferring bonuses and cutting headcount as they tighten their purse strings.
Ministry says 11.5% growth in personal income tax revenue partly driven by ‘significant rise in income from share transfers and dividends’.
China is overhauling its home-grown satellite navigation system as part of a push to expand the network’s global influence.
Pending announcement from regulator, two airlines reveal plans for sixfold increase in surcharges.
As US-Israel war with Iran sends prices up, a monetary expert says impact on China depends on conflict’s severity, while higher energy costs are worrying.
Vast hog farms – some rising 26 storeys high – have caused China’s pig herd to swell, but consumers dislike the industrially produced meat.
German chemical giant opens US$10 billion Zhanjiang complex, its largest overseas investment, as Beijing courts foreign capital.
China is better equipped to navigate its current challenges than the US, which will remain mired in ‘self-defeating’ conflicts, scholar says.
The tariff increases – made in part to appease demands from Washington – have been designated a breach of trade rules by Beijing.
Surveys in Sichuan reveal fresh reserves of rare earth oxides as well as ‘super-large’ deposits of fluorite and baryte.
In a call with Paris, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi urges mediation efforts and an end to the spread of the conflict.
More than doubling the number of institutions using digital yuan in day-to-day operations, China is deepening the currency's role in its financial system.
China’s need to bolster crude stockpiles amid rising geopolitical risks likely to have been a factor behind pre-war import surge, analyst says.
But young job-hunters say they are still struggling to find work in a testing post-holiday labour market amid rising global economic uncertainty.
Beijing has removed several key restrictions on its payment system, allowing it to expand beyond yuan settlements, economist says.
The Chinese firms’ price increases are ‘a reasonable response to evolving market conditions’, says IDC China analyst Cui Tingting.
Initiative to expand industrial hydrogen use and lower the renewable fuel’s price dovetails with Beijing’s energy security strategy amid oil crisis.
Before the Iran energy crisis and latest round of China-US trade talks, retail spending grew 2.8 per cent while fixed-asset investment increased 1.8 per cent.
