Mandy Zuo
STORY ANGLES - Economic and Market Trends: Focuses on shifts in markets, trade, and regional economic competition (e.g., Jiangsu vs Guangdong, wine exports).
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 7
- Latest publication
- Aug 31, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for South China Morning Post
- Top 50K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 21, 2026
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In Focus | China’s elderly need long-term care. Will a new insurance scheme provide it? (opens the original)
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The central government has announced plans to provide nationwide coverage by 2028, but uneven regional development is a major hurdle Wu Boyao was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 26 years ago. Now 86, he lives with his wife and one of their two daughters in a suburb straddling the border between the eastern Chinese cities of Shanghai and Suzhou. Originally from Shanghai, they moved to the area – which is administered by Suzhou – in search of a larger home. The trade-off was that Wu would no lo
China passes first law on farmland protection and improvement (opens the original)
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Law orders provincial-level governments to ensure that total amount of arable land does not decrease China has passed its first law on farmland protection and improvement amid intensified efforts to ensure its food security as climate change and geopolitical tensions increase global concerns over food supplies. The law, which will take effect from the beginning of next year, tightens control on the use of China’s arable land – a limited resource relative to the country’s huge population – and se
China needs 600% child subsidy rise to prevent deeper birth crisis: scholars (opens the original)
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China’s fertility rate could soon fall to world’s lowest unless action is taken, as current subsidies are ‘a drop in the bucket’, scholars warn Beijing should drastically raise its nationwide childcare subsidies to stave off a deepening birth crisis, according to Chinese scholars, who warned the country’s fertility rate could soon fall to the lowest in the world unless action was taken. The government should learn from the examples of Singapore and South Korea – two nearby countries facing simil
‘On-the-ground exports’: Shanghai turns to foreign tourists to boost consumption (opens the original)
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Inbound visitors are considered a low-cost initiative to address the nation’s consumption figures When British actor Tom Holland and his actress wife Zendaya arrived in Shanghai late last month to promote Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the celebrity couple’s sightseeing excursions and shopping expeditions grabbed even more headlines than the blockbuster itself. From dining at a local noodle shop to wearing affordable Chinese apparel brands, the A-list pair spent a day exploring the city, reigniting
Writing the rulebook? China to steer world’s first solid-state battery standards (opens the original)
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As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide A Chinese-proposed international standard for automotive solid-state batteries has been approved as a new work item by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) – marking the first of its kind for the advanced power systems and the nation’s latest effort to shape rules in emerging industries. Led by China, with input from technical experts in France,
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