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What can we learn from China’s provincial-level GDP targets? - March 02, 2026
China’s GDP target for 2026 is due to be announced during March’s Two Sessions, the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consu
Intl community should take a clearer and firmer stand in opposing law of the jungle - March 02, 2026
The just-concluded weekend saw the US and Israel launch surprise strikes on Iran, resulting in the deaths of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials. This has plunged the Middle East into a perilous abyss.
‘China is a good place to deploy capital’: French investor - March 02, 2026
GT reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Louis-Vincent Gave (Gave), founding partner and CEO of Gavekal Group, a research and financial services firm based in Hong Kong. Gave shared his insights into the importance of five-year plans for the Chinese economy.
China's import growth good for world trade - March 01, 2026
Chinese import growth will continue to expand, deepen and diversify in 2026, despite the US-led tariff wars.
Use of force amplifies problems, not solve them - March 01, 2026
The missiles arrived on a Saturday, puncturing the uneasy quiet of a region already conditioned to the sound of sirens. Coordinated strikes by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran — reportedly near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — mark a grave escalation that violates the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and the basic norms governing international relations. Smoke rising over Tehran and shuttered airspace from Iraq to Israel are not merely images of conflict; they are warnings of a perilous path that risks igniting wider instability.
This Spring Festival, China’s vitality galloping forward is on full display - February 24, 2026
The Bingwu Year (Year of the Horse) began with joyous and peaceful Spring Festival holidays. The festive atmosphere of this Spring Festival goes beyond the crowds returning home; there are also the agile domestically produced robots on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the outstanding box office performance exceeding 5.6 billion yuan ($810 million) by Monday, and a market consumption boom driven by policies such as the "trade-in" policy.
Merz's visit can help reaffirm Germany's commitment to pragmatic cooperation - February 24, 2026
The two-day visit to China by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, which starts on Wednesday, just after China's Spring Festival holiday, serves as an opportune moment to reflect on the multifaceted relationship between the two countries.
China's robot revolution in motion - February 23, 2026
When Unitree's G1 humanoid robot executed a flawless 720-degree backflip on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, it was easy to read the moment as spectacle. It crystallized a broader transformation: China's deliberate evolution from the world's factory floor into a central architect of next-generation robotics.
Takaichi's election 'victory' calls for vigilance - February 10, 2026
The supermajority moment for Japan's right-wing forces might prove to be a troubling watershed for Japan and beyond.
Chief economists stay positive on China's economy for seventh straight month, Yicai poll shows - February 10, 2026
A gauge of sentiment in China's economy compiled by Yicai remained above the boom-bust line for the seventh straight month in February despite a slight dip, with a series of growth stabilization measures the government introduced at the end of last year gradually taking effect.
