China Factor Staff

China Factor staff writers cover a range of issues from Beijing’s global ambitions to the rise of China’s economy. They also serve up the latest news, views and analysis of the political landscape along with developments in science and technology in the world’s second-largest economy. Cross-Strait tension between China and Taiwan is another key area of interest as is the regional rivalry in the South China Sea. Chinese companies we cover include Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent, Nvidia, Baidu, China Mobile, ByteDance, Neusoft, China Telecom and China Unicom. Banks covered include Bank of China, HSBC, China Merchants Bank, Communications Bank and others.

US security risks rise over China’s AI androids

December 26, 2024December 24, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Shanghai group Agibot joins the ranks of robot manufacturers amid Washington’s fears of a ‘stealth army’

‘Fantasy figures’ blur China’s economic reality

December 25, 2024December 16, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month will only increase the pressure on Beijing

China’s reputation in the Middle East left in tatters

December 12, 2024December 11, 2024 by China Factor Staff

President Xi Jinping’s prestige takes a hit after backing Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad

Musk risks ending up in the ‘trade war’ hot seat

December 11, 2024December 9, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Tesla’s chief executive ‘has huge skin in the game when it comes to relations’ between Beijing and Washington

Red-star General Xi and the never-ending PLA purge

December 5, 2024December 4, 2024 by China Factor Staff

A member of the powerful Central Military Commission of the Communist Party is the latest senior officer to be suspended

EU needs to ‘get tough’ on China to rein in Russia

December 4, 2024December 3, 2024 by China Factor Staff

German Foreign Minister warns Beijing of ‘violating European security interests’ as exhausted Ukraine hangs on

Fentanyl crisis is ‘China’s payback for Opium Wars’

December 3, 2024December 2, 2024 by China Factor Staff

US President-elect Donald Trump to target Chinese imports with punitive tariffs to stem the tide

China is speeding toward a US$1 trillion black hole

November 26, 2024November 25, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Rail revolution becomes a ‘money pit’ as debt soars for one of Beijing’s most prestigious projects

Beijing plays the victim while backing Putin’s war

November 21, 2024November 20, 2024 by China Factor Staff

President Xi ramps up state-media propaganda push to paint China as a “peace-loving” country

Hong Kong 2024 slides into an Orwellian vision of ‘1984’

November 20, 2024November 19, 2024 by China Factor Staff

‘We dared to confront the regime with the question: will democracy be possible within such a structure?’