2025 Newsletters
2025 Calendar Week 30
China Breaks Ground on the World’s Largest Hydropower Project in Tibet On July 19, China officially launched the construction of the Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project (also known as the Motuo Hydropower Station) in southern Tibet’s Nyingchi region. Premier Li Qiang attended the groundbreaking…
2025 Calendar Week 29
China’s Q2 GDP Grows 5.2% Amid Strong Export Tailwinds, Cautious Policy Outlook Ahead On Tuesday, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that GDP grew 5.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, with Q2 growth clocking in at…
2025 Calendar Week 28
U.S. Loosens Export Curbs on Aircraft Parts, Aiding China’s C919 and Rebooting Boeing Deliveries In a notable shift in U.S.-China trade dynamics, the Biden administration has quietly approved the resumption of key aviation component exports to China. On July 4th,…
2025 Calendar Week 27
China Bans Non-Compliant Power Banks on Flights Amid Safety Crackdown Starting June 28, China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) will enforce a new regulation banning power banks that lack valid 3C certification, bear unclear 3C labeling, or have been subject to…
2025 Calendar Week 26
JD.com Eyes Global Stablecoin Licenses to Slash Cross-Border Payment Costs On June 17, JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong told China Entrepreneur and other media outlets that the company plans to apply for stablecoin licenses in all major currency jurisdictions, aiming to cut cross-border payment costs…
2025 Calendar Week 25
China’s CPI Falls 0.1% in May as Consumer Goods Weaken, Services Remain Resilient China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by 0.1% year-on-year in May 2025, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, signaling ongoing deflationary pressure in…
2025 Calendar Week 24
China’s Services Trade Grows 8.2% in First Four Months, Travel Sector Leads Gains China’s services trade maintained solid growth in the first four months of 2025, with total services imports and exports reaching CNY 26,320.6 billion (approximately USD 3.64 trillion),…
2025 Calendar Week 22
More Chinese Banks Cut Rates as Demand Deposit Interest Near Zero Following the lead of six major state-owned banks and institutions like China Merchants Bank and China Everbright Bank on May 20, an additional seven banks—including Ping An Bank, China…
2025 Calendar Week 21
Chinese Regulators Summon Food Delivery Giants to Rein in Unfair Practices, Signal Push for Healthier Platform Economy China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), along with four other government departments, has summoned three of the country’s leading food delivery platforms—JD.com,…
2025 Calendar Week 20
China and U.S. Agree on Trade Consultation Mechanism and Tariff Rollbacks to Ease Tensions China and the United States have taken a significant step toward de-escalating trade tensions with the announcement of a new “trade consultation mechanism” and a sweeping…