The Caixin Must-Read newsletter brings you the best of our coverage over the past week, handpicked by our editors.
How Bad Is China’s Manufacturing Exodus?
While disruptions from pandemic controls threaten to add impetus to the outflow, China retains tremendous advantages over India and Southeast Asia
In Depth: Local and National Interests Clash in China’s New Green Power Market
The system has at times suffered from opaque pricing, obstacles to interregional trading, and confusion about the corresponding mechanism for obtaining carbon credits
China Regulator Issues Draft Rules for Private Pension Investment Products
Beijing is in a race against time to provide financial security for its ballooning elderly population
China Expands REIT Market to Spur Infrastructure Growth
As the economy slows, regulators have turned to the hot investment product as a source of funding
China Looms Large in Laos Debt Crisis
The Southeast Asian country’s public and publicly guaranteed borrowings have surged since 2019, reaching 88% of its GDP last year, which was much higher than its regional peers, according to the World Bank
Roundup: Where Analysts Think China’s Economy Is Going This Year
Observers say that the recovery from the latest Covid spike won’t be as robust as the one seen in 2020
Analysis: More Chinese Cities Drop Regular Covid Testing as Cost Concerns Mount
Hefei in Anhui province is among the latest to join a growing list of cities rolling back costly testing campaigns
Four Things to Know About Chinese Policy Banks’ Extra $120 Billion for Infrastructure
China is pinning its hopes on an old playbook — government-led infrastructure investment — to lift its economy out of the doldrums
Xi Calls on BRICS to Safeguard World Justice, Oppose Hegemony and Bullying
President says members of the group should ‘support each other on issues concerning core interests, practice true multilateralism, safeguard justice, fairness and solidarity and reject hegemony, bullying and division’
In Depth: China’s Relaxation of Penalties for Wildlife Breeding Raises Concerns
A new judicial interpretation revises how punishments for artificial breeding of wild animals are decided. But activists say a potential escalation of trafficking is a cause for worry
China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Revised to Tighten Supervision on Platform Economy
The top legislature amends the law for the first time to better regulate and punish operators engaging in monopolistic practices that involve abusing their data, algorithms, technology or capital advantages
Analysis: The Balancing Act Behind China’s New Covid Control Plan
Public health policymakers making adjustments for evolving virus slash quarantine requirements while retaining ‘zero-Covid’ strategy
Analysis: What’s Next for China’s Generic Drug Industry?
Following a frenzy of innovative development, drugmakers led by Hengrui and Henlius rediscover the low-investment, stable-return generic medicine business
How to Mend a Deepening Rift in China-U.S. Science Cooperation
Marred by geopolitics, science collaboration has been in decline since the launch of the Trump-era ‘China Initiative,’ with the number of scholars declaring dual affiliations down by an estimated 20% over three years
Gallery: Dine-in Services Resume in Shanghai
China Cuts Quarantine Stays for Inbound Travelers
Speculation brews that Beijing might be moving away from ‘zero Covid'
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