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Grand ambitions, petty vision at the Élysée Palace - October 13, 2026
The Élysée Palace hosted a dinner for European automakers on the eve of the Paris Motor Show but excluded Chinese exhibitors, despite 16 Chinese companies showcasing over 20 brands at the event.
Adopt and adapt to seize opportunity given by AI - October 13, 2026
Asia must move beyond adopting AI tools to redesigning work and reskilling workers, since returns depend on organizational change rather than technology alone, a World Economic Forum official writes.
Effective investment can underpin high-quality growth - October 12, 2026
China held a national investment work conference outlining seven tasks to stabilize investment and shift focus toward quality and structure.
Who pays the bill for surging power demand? - October 12, 2026
A surge in data-center power demand is raising electricity bills and prompting US and Chinese policymakers to debate who should pay for the grid infrastructure needed to serve it.
How China achieved its photovoltaic turnaround - October 11, 2026
China's installed solar capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by end-July, surpassing coal for the first time as the country's largest power source by installed capacity.
Dialogue, not harsh rhetoric, drives progress in China-EU trade ties - October 11, 2026
China and the EU concluded two days of trade talks in Beijing, reaching 16 consensus points and pledging to explore WTO-compliant tariff cuts for certain goods.
When 25 million travel in one day: how a rail record illustrates Chinese modernization - October 08, 2026
China's railways carried a record 25.2 million passengers on October 1, the first time the daily figure passed 25 million, reflecting decades of state planning and operational coordination.
China builds its future on innovation - October 08, 2026
China has become a global innovation power by building an ecosystem that turns research, engineering, capital and market scale into products quickly and at falling costs.
When 25 million travel in one day: how a rail record illustrates Chinese modernization - October 08, 2026
China's railways carried a record 25.2 million passengers on October 1, the first time the daily figure passed 25 million, reflecting decades of state planning and operational coordination.
China’s modernization report card: why does the West keep asking ‘who pays’? - October 07, 2026
Every nation wants modernization. For a long time, the West saw itself as the frontrunner, convinced that its path was the universal model. But when China achieved in decades what had taken Western industrial powers centuries, some Western elites grew uneasy.
