China Economic ReviewA US congressional advisory body has warned that China’s dominance of open-source AI is challenging America’s lead in the tech race, despite restrictions on Chinese access to advanced AI chips. According to Reuters, China’s large language models (LLMs) are already surpassing app downloads such as ChatGPT and Claude in app stores, and Reuters even estimates […]
China’s second biggest chip manufacturer, Hua Hong, has developed the capacity to produce AI chips, according to Reuters, which has cited unnamed sources. If this is the case, then Hua Hong will be only the second Chinese company to be able to do so, with the other being SMIC. Reuters says that Hua Hong is […]
China’s domestic car sales plunged 23.1% year-on-year to 2.8 million vehicles during the first two months of 2026, as fading subsidies and policy changes have dampened demand. New energy vehicles (NEVs) had a particular large drop, with sales falling 27.5% during the period. One big hit to NEV sales was the removal of a tax […]
On the second day of the National People’s Congress (NPC) the country’s growth target of 4.5-5% was formally ratified. The figure was first proposed during the party’s plenum in October, the lowest growth target set by Beijing since 1991. A lot has changed since the target was proposed by the party back then. The current […]
With China’s primary school enrolment rate for 2025 down 10% from the previous year, and for sure falling ever faster, the shadow of the demographic steamroller is getting ever longer. Just 14.617 million children enrolled in primary schools across the country, and projections see that number halving over the next six years. 2025 also saw […]