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Weekly Must-Read: China Turns to Credit Easing to Kick-Start Sluggish Economy

The Caixin Must-Read newsletter brings you the best of our coverage over the past week, handpicked by our editors.

# Economy #

In Depth: China Turns to Credit Easing to Kick-Start Sluggish Economy

Credit demand has been declining while the rapid recovery from Covid-19 has begun to stutter

Chinese Homebuyers Shun Market Despite Government Revival Efforts

Top 100 developers saw sales value drop 52.7% in March while fundraising plunged, report shows

# Cover Story #

Shanghai Fights a New Covid Enemy With Old Weapons

China’s playbook of lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines can’t keep up with BA.2 variant as city experiences shortages of food and medical care

# Finance #

In Depth: Uncertainty and Anxiety in Chinese Private Equity

Freeze on IPOs — especially abroad — casts a chill over tech startup finance in China, despite recent signals of a government thaw

China Proposes Revised Rules to Enable Sino-U.S. Audit Cooperation

As authorities move to keep Chinese stocks from being kicked off American exchanges, draft regulations would set up a cross-border audit inspection system

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China-U.S. Audit Regulation Talks Are Proceeding Smoothly, Securities Regulator Says

# Business #

In Depth: As Tencent Lays Off Staff, Is Its ‘Winter’ Approaching?

President warns the company faces ‘fundamental changes and challenges’ as the tech titan grapples with rising rival ByteDance and the tech crackdown

BYD Stops Making Fossil-Fuel Powered Cars, Goes Fully Electric

The carmaker sold more electric cars than combustion-engine vehicles for the first time in 2021

# Tech #

Eyeing IPO, Chip Design Giant Arm Moves to Distance Itself From Chinese Unit

British company transfers its shares in Arm China to a special purpose vehicle that it jointly owns with Softbank

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China Venture Deal Poses Uncertainties to Arm’s Licensing Income

# Research & Analysis #

In-Depth Analysis: China’s Private Sector Has Actually Gotten Bigger

Contrary to the widely held view of SOEs playing a bigger role in the economy, private companies occupy an increasingly significant share of the largest companies

# Editorial #

People’s Livelihood Must Be Guaranteed Amid Fight Against Covid-19

Virus control policies should give consideration to science, market and information transparency, and truly put lives above everything else

# China #

Shanghai Reverses Covid Separation Policy to Let Families Stay With Their Infected Kids for Treatment

The city changes course after public uproar over a policy that separated Covid-positive children from their parents

China Clears Two More Homegrown mRNA Vaccines for Clinical Trials

CanSino and CSPC candidates for Covid vaccines join Walvax-led group testing advanced technology as government presses to expand its arsenal

# World #

EU Leaders Vow to Share mRNA Vaccine Technology With China

In online ‘wartime summit,’ top officials concur on pressing for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict as a threat to global stability and world economy

# Weekend Long Read #

Demystifying China’s Evolving Urbanization

Future urbanization will be multifaceted, comprising both rapid development of mega-urban regions and steady growth of smaller cities and towns

# Gallery #

Gallery: China Pays Tribute to the Departed

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