SCMP: China offers joined-up rail ticketing to belt and road countries
Laos is first to sign up to the universal platform, which uses Swiss francs, not the US dollar for international payments
SCMP: China’s longest US ambassador vacancy provides latest sign of bleak relations
Speculation that Beijing is ‘having a full-scale review’ and may be ‘questioning whether it’s worth it to invest in the diplomatic relationship’
SCMP: US pivot to Asia allows China and Russia to build Middle East influence
China and Russia are growing their diplomatic and economic influence in the Middle East, making the most of space left behind by an absent US
SCMP: China to introduce early 6G mobile applications by 2025, putting the country on track to rolling out commercial services by 2030
China Unicom expects to complete technical research and launch early 6G ‘application scenarios’ on the mainland by 2025
SCMP: Shenzhen unveils new infrastructure expansion plan, with goal to add 10,000 5G base stations in 2023 to help boost digital economy
Shenzhen’s latest programme is in line with the MIIT’s focus on advancing the pace of 5G infrastructure buildout across China
SCMP: Beijing envoy warns Dutch of retaliation for chip curbs: ‘China won’t just swallow this’
Tan Jian, Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, says export restrictions on chip technology ‘will not be without consequences’
SCMP: China population: a shrinking workforce is chipping away at nation’s ‘demographic dividend’, so where are the new policies?
Policy influencers such as legislative delegates and demographers are calling for expedited reform after an earlier-than-expected decline in China’s population
SCMP: China calls for faster push into 5G, IoT and supercomputing engines of growth in new grand digitalisation plan
An acceleration of digitalisation is crucial to fully promoting China’s ‘great rejuvenation’, says road map released by ruling Communist Party
SCMP: Review of Chinese-owned US private schools and military academies sought by American lawmaker
‘What we’re worried about is a concerted effort by the CCP to influence the next generation of Americans,’ Representative Michael Waltz of Florida says
SCMP: ‘Two sessions’ 2023: China’s new premier and what stock investors want to hear from him
Li Qiang, tipped to succeed Premier Li Keqiang, is in the spotlight as China holds its biggest political gathering