Category: Economy
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China Proposes Quadruped Robot Dogs for 2035 Lunar Base; Machines to Mine, Build Habitats and Support Astronauts
Read more: China Proposes Quadruped Robot Dogs for 2035 Lunar Base; Machines to Mine, Build Habitats and Support AstronautsAugust 13, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – Researchers from the China Academy of Space Technology have published a new concept for deploying quadruped robot dogs on the Moon, proposing that the machines replace astronauts in the heavy and hazardous work of mining resources and assembling habitats at the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) targeted for completion by…
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China’s Auto Exports Top 1 Million Units for Second Straight Month; NEV Sales Share Crosses 60% for First Time
Read more: China’s Auto Exports Top 1 Million Units for Second Straight Month; NEV Sales Share Crosses 60% for First TimeAugust 13, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – China’s automobile exports exceeded 1 million units for the second consecutive month in July, while new-energy vehicles (NEVs) accounted for more than 60% of total new-car sales for the first time — a dual milestone that underscores how external demand and electrification are offsetting soft domestic consumption. The China Association…
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PBOC Reiterates Accommodative Stance, Pledges Timely Incremental Policy as Q2 Report Points to Growth, Price Stability
Read more: PBOC Reiterates Accommodative Stance, Pledges Timely Incremental Policy as Q2 Report Points to Growth, Price StabilityAugust 13, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on August 12 released its China Monetary Policy Report, Second Quarter 2026, laying out the central bank’s next-step policy framework: continue with an accommodative monetary stance, deploy existing policy tools to their full effect, and design pragmatic incremental measures in a timely manner based on…
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2026 China Computational Power Conference to Convene in Langfang Sept. 11–13, Spotlighting AI Infrastructure Buildout
Read more: 2026 China Computational Power Conference to Convene in Langfang Sept. 11–13, Spotlighting AI Infrastructure BuildoutAugust 12, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – The 2026 China Computational Power Conference (CCPC) will be held from September 11 to 13 in Langfang, Hebei Province, under the theme “Weaving the Computing Power Network Together, Ushering in a New Intelligent Future,” according to an announcement from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The gathering arrives at…
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Beijing Should Prepare for a Blowback, as America Bets the Economy on AI
Read more: Beijing Should Prepare for a Blowback, as America Bets the Economy on AIThe explosion of artificial-intelligence investment in the United States has outrun the technology’s ability to generate cash. What began as a productivity story has mutated into a leveraged, debt-dependent capital cycle whose centre of gravity lies not in end-user demand but in a closed loop of supplier financing, hyperscaler capex and inflated equity valuations. For…
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Imported Inflation Fades, Domestic Demand Hasn’t Taken the Baton: Reading China’s July Price Data
Read more: Imported Inflation Fades, Domestic Demand Hasn’t Taken the Baton: Reading China’s July Price DataAugust 9, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) — China’s consumer and producer prices both cooled more than markets expected in July, but the headline weakness tells only part of the story. The synchronized decline in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) was overwhelmingly driven by the lagged pass-through of plummeting international crude oil prices…
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Beijing Cuts Home-Buying Barrier for Non-Locals, Lifts Mortgage Cap to 34 Million Yuan After Politburo Signal
Read more: Beijing Cuts Home-Buying Barrier for Non-Locals, Lifts Mortgage Cap to 34 Million Yuan After Politburo SignalAugust 8, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) — Beijing became the first tier-one Chinese city to roll out fresh property support after the July Politburo meeting called for stabilizing the real estate market, lowering the social-insurance threshold for non-locals buying inside the Fifth Ring Road and lifting the maximum housing-fund loan to 3.4 million yuan ($472,000) per household.…
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China July Exports Cool to 23.9%, Imports Miss at 27.5% as AI Chain Drives Value, Volume Eases
Read more: China July Exports Cool to 23.9%, Imports Miss at 27.5% as AI Chain Drives Value, Volume EasesAugust 8, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – China’s dollar-denominated exports rose 23.9% year on year in July, easing from 27.0% in June but beating Bloomberg’s 23.0% consensus, while imports advanced 27.5% against June’s 36.0% and missed the 29.7% market estimate, the General Administration of Customs said on August 7. The trade surplus narrowed to $112.5 billion from…
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From 3.35% to 1.60%: Rate Halving Drives China’s Banks to Dribble Out 5-Year NCDs Again
Read more: From 3.35% to 1.60%: Rate Halving Drives China’s Banks to Dribble Out 5-Year NCDs AgainJuly 31, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – After a near-total disappearance from state-bank shelves since late 2025, the five-year personal negotiable certificate of deposit (NCD) made a limited July comeback, with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China absent but Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and China Construction Bank all re-listing the tenor at a uniform…
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Domestic Demand, Not Tariffs, Sank China’s July PMI—New Orders Drop 2.7 Points
Read more: Domestic Demand, Not Tariffs, Sank China’s July PMI—New Orders Drop 2.7 PointsJuly 31, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) – China’s factory activity slipped back into contraction in July, with the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index falling to 49.2 from 50.3 in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday(July 31, 2026). The reading missed the median economist forecast of 50.1 and marked the first time the headline gauge has…