China’s Economic Resilience Across First Seven Months2026-08-21
The economic data emerging from China for the first seven months of 2026 reveals a landscape in the midst of a profound structural transition. When examining the industrial output, which rose by 5.3 percent year on year, the headline figure is less revealing than the composition of that growth.
Summer Blockbusters Propel China's Consumer Economy2026-08-19
China's summer box office crossed the 10 billion yuan mark by mid-August. This momentum is driven by a diverse selection of films, highlighted by commercial successes like the drama Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, which pulled in more than 800 million yuan in ticket sales within days of its release.
China-Pakistan Academic Ties Deepen as UOG Researchers Join Tsinghua Summer School2026-08-10
Tsinghua University has welcomed researchers from the University of Gujrat (UOG), Pakistan, to the 2026 International Summer School on "Complex Systems in the Earth System," being held in Beijing from August 3 to 15. Jointly hosted by Tsinghua University and the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the programme offers an international platform for scientific exchange on complex systems, climate science, modelling, resilience and sustainability.
Pakistan's Exports to South China Provinces Surge Nearly 32% in First Half of 20262026-08-10
Pakistan's exports to five key Southern Chinese provinces and regions Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Hunan and Hainan rose to $549.15 million in the first half of 2026, up 31.9 percent from $416.19 million in the same period of 2025, according to trade data compiled from China's General Administration of Customs (GACC).
Debt Trap or Web of Development: Reality of Maritime Silk Road2026-08-03
When we review western academic literature about China's Belt and Road Initiative and China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road projects, we find an explicit ideological bias that tries to show these grand projects of economic development through the prism of political conspiracy. Whichever analytical angle is applied, the fact remains that examples of Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia and Philippine present an undeniable success stories of deep economic and strategic partnership between China and Southeast Asia. If facts and figures are seen without any political or ideological lens, the emerging picture reveals how China has provided such foundations to the whole region that are not only a means for economic progress but also guarantee regional peace and stability.
Balancing structural realities and technological momentum in China's economy2026-07-31
The release of economic data covering the first half of 2026 by the National Bureau of Statistics offers a clear window into the structural evolution of China's industrial sector. According to the figures, profits for major industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan expanded by an 18.7 percent rise year-on-year, totaling 3.95 trillion yuan. This performance, alongside a 6.5 percent growth in operating revenue during the January to June period, points to a distinct pattern of industrial transformation rather than a simple cyclical rebound.
China's BCI Tech Steps Out of the Lab2026-07-29
Ten years after a car accident left him with impaired hand function, a patient at Shanghai's Huashan Hospital received the world's first commercial implant of a regulator-approved invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) on July 13.