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How much does China invest abroad? US$174 billion keeps it world’s No 3 FDI source As China redraws global investment map, mainland firms use leading roles to secure critical supply chains with overseas plans China was the world’s third-largest source of foreign direct investment

Beijing seeks chip stability and fair market access during Dutch trade minister’s trip Wang Wentao meets Sjoerd Sjoerdsma amid ASML export limits and Nexperia debacle, with calls for secure chip supply chains and broader EU-China market access Beijing has urged the Netherlands to

A healthy economy isn’t built on asset bubbles and debt pyramids A financial system designed to increase market valuations rather than improve people’s quality of life is prone to crisis In the animated Soviet film The Golden Antelope, inspired by Indian folklore, a magical antel

Chinese city ‘sold’ same plot of land 18 times to inflate fiscal revenue: watchdog Central Commission for Discipline Inspection says Nanning used tactic to mask budget strains The party’s top anti-corruption watchdog said the tactic allowed the city government to artificially sho

Are the US’ AI models better than China’s? That may be beside the point Rather than fight US frontier AI control, China is thinning the margins of premium AI with cheap-enough, good-enough models for mass adoption Increasingly, the answer is China – because its air conditioners a

China targets 190 million inbound travellers, more global influence in 2030 plan Inbound tourism has grown since late 2023, when China began expanding its visa-free entry scheme to cover an additional 50 countries China aims to attract 190 million international visitors by 2030 –

Gao Shanwen, economist who mapped China’s structural shift, dies at 55 after cancer fight During a career mapping property markets and credit cycles, the widely watched market commentator questioned official GDP figures Gao Shanwen, one of China’s most influential economists, who

EU imposes anti-dumping measures on Chinese tyre firms The bloc says that pricing by the companies had created ‘economically non-viable’ conditions for its local firms The EU will impose definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 45.3 per cent on Chinese car and light lorry tyres fr