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.

China risks sending the global economy into a tailspin

November 8, 2022November 7, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Rising debt and President Xi’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy highlight the threats facing the world’s second-largest economy

Chancellor Scholz appears to be Chinese crackers

November 3, 2022November 2, 2022 by China Factor Staff

A high-level German delegation to Beijing causes consternation inside the European Union and angers France

Covid-19 curbs leave China’s economy creaking

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022 by China Factor Staff

President Xi Jinping’s ideological push is wrecking the country’s manufacturing base and stifling consumer demand

Take a deep breath as the origins of Covid deepen

October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 by China Factor Staff

China rolls out ‘aerosol’ vaccine just days after a study suggests the virus could have been genetically modified

Warning from history and China’s Taiwan threats

October 26, 2022October 25, 2022 by China Factor Staff

President Tsai draws parallels with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid Beijing’s bullying of the island democracy

Protests reveal the brutality of Xi’s dictatorial rule

October 20, 2022October 19, 2022 by China Factor Staff

The Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on freedom of speech at home is now being exported abroad

China faces an economic headache after the Party

October 19, 2022October 18, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Disappearing data is unlikely to pop up until after the 20th National Congress big bash in Beijing

Autocrat Xi masterminds Great Fall of the People

October 18, 2022October 17, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Chinese citizens face more misery as the ‘chairman of everything’ doubles down on draconian policies during his Beijing address

Choreographed cliches fail to hide China’s weakness

October 17, 2022October 14, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Discontent at home and a changing landscape abroad overshadow the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party

US chips away at China’s high-tech military complex

October 14, 2022October 13, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Virtual export ban will target AI industry and supercomputers amid rising tension in the Taiwan Strait