China’s export powerhouse is feeding global demand for cheaper electronics, cars, clothing, and plenty more besides. But the supercharged competition driving that trend is causing problems within ...

Browse Chinese social media and you will notice an intriguing development: posts and comments by young Chinese internet users are becoming increasingly academic. We often see abstruse terms in Chinese ...

Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Beijing has stepped up efforts to curb price wars between China’s largest technology groups, launching ...

China’s top antitrust body has launched an investigation into competition practices in the online food delivery market, citing concerns that subsidy-driven price wars are distorting the real economy ...

China’s energy storage firms, battered by a three-year price war, have been jolted by lithium battery maker Deegares, which has announced plans to raise prices by 15 per cent, a move that is sparking ...

The term “involution”, meaning curling inward, became common slang in China in the 2020s to reflect excessive competition in social and economic life, where students, workers and even business leaders ...

Domestic AI breakthroughs and policy supports have fueled strong rallies in China Tech stocks – FTSE China Tech rose 30% YTD. Technological self-reliance and anti-involution campaigns are widely ...

If you are feeling dispirited at work or burned out by the general pressure of life, there is a perfect word for you: "involution." The Mandarin Chinese word for "involution" — neijuan — is now a ...

While the West focuses on large language models, China's fierce internal competition and broader approach may define AI's next chapter. When DeepSeek released its open-source, low-cost generative AI ...

China has announced production curbs in its strategic non-ferrous metals sector, the latest step in Beijing’s drive to rein in cutthroat competition and boost industrial efficiency. In a new action ...