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 falls in behind the drumbeat of nationalism

August 11, 2022August 10, 2022 by China Factor Staff

President Xi Jinping’s caustic mood music has set the diplomatic tone for Beijing’s forceful foreign policy

Why China is losing the economic battle

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Taiwan military drills and Communist Party rhetoric can not hide the domestic challenges facing Beijing

Wolf Warriors howl at China’s ‘shock and awe’ strategy

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 by China Factor Staff

The ruling Communist Party has created a collective fit of nationalism after Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

President Xi in dangerous waters after Pelosi row

August 4, 2022August 3, 2022 by China Factor Staff

China’s naval operations near Taiwan could turn a diplomatic dispute with the US into a full-scale crisis

Economic storm clouds are hovering over China

August 2, 2022August 1, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Lightning lockdowns, slumping business confidence and geopolitical turmoil highlight the challenges facing Beijing

China’s economy risks being the big loser

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

President Xi’s government faces intense challenges in this new era of strategic competition

China accused of trying to ‘bury’ UN report

July 22, 2022July 21, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Media sources reveal Beijing’s campaign to suppress the findings of human rights violations in Xinjiang

Economic meltdown haunts China’s Party comrades

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

Bungled Covid-19 policies, banking scandals and a property crisis shatter the CCP’s myth of competency

China’s Party slogans are spun in a web of lies

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

President Xi Jinping’s revisionist policy relies on a ‘hard-line’ propaganda machine to suppress the truth

Economic risks are starting to pile up for China

July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Attack on bank protesters by the security services is just the latest incident of financial instability for Xi’s regime