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- Sep 26, 2026
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Before Apec meeting, China’s mobile-payment overhaul is helping foreigners spend (opens the original)
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Smartphone apps such as Alipay and WeChat Pay now link foreign cards and wallets, easing a cashless barrier that has long frustrated international visitors After three weeks of travelling across China, Bojan Tomic and his wife found that one of the biggest conveniences of the trip was being able to pay for daily expenses almost entirely via smartphone. The Croatian couple’s journey spanned the cities of Beijing, Xian, Chengdu and finally Shenzhen. Visiting China for the first time, they quickly
China is investing record amounts overseas. Why are US-bound flows plunging? (opens the original)
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Chinese investment in the US has fallen to its lowest level since 2011 amid tighter scrutiny and trade tensions China’s outbound direct investment reached a record high of US$214 billion last year, even as investment in the United States plunged to its lowest level in more than a decade amid growing geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty, latest official data showed. Outbound direct investment was up 11.1 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, making China the world’s second-largest so
Digital yuan push quickens as Ant International spurs instant cross-border flows (opens the original)
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The Shanghai-to-Hong Kong settlements worth hundreds of millions of yuan bypassed traditional channels and could accelerate Beijing’s broader yuan strategy Two Chinese state-owned banks and Ant International have trialled cross-border digital yuan transfers worth hundreds of millions of yuan, marking the latest step in Beijing’s efforts to streamline settlements and promote wider international use of the digital yuan. The Shanghai branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) facilita
Weathering the storm: can China’s grain reserves defend against El Nino? (opens the original)
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As climate shocks and supply chain disruptions push global food prices higher, Beijing believes it has the tools to fend off rising risks Amid mounting global concern over food security risks posed by the El Nino weather pattern, Chinese officials have moved to reassure the public that national grain reserves remain well above international safety thresholds. “China has a solid foundation and sufficient capacity to withstand risks and challenges such as El Nino,” said Li Chao, an official from t
China’s drug firms set to compete on the world stage, analysts say (opens the original)
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Amid systemic efficiency and a wave of innovation, the country’s biotech sector is expanding at a pace that has caught the market off guard Thanks to an efficiency edge that transcends simple cost advantages, China is set to see the emergence of a home-grown drug giant capable of competing with global players in a decade, analysts say. “For the past three decades, there was only one global research and development ecosystem, which was the US,” said Fu Wei, founder and CEO of CBC Group, a healthc
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