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Global

Guest Essay | Shatter the mirror

By Weijian Shan, Executive Chairman of PAG, a private equity ﬁrm, and the book author of Out of the Gobi, Money Games, and Money Machine

Oct 27, 2025 • Jiang Jiang and Weijian Shan

Chairman Rabbit on U.S. administration's tariff retreat regarding Chinese electronics

"For China and the rest of the world, the task is clear: see through America’s logic, abandon illusions, and focus on our own path."

Apr 14, 2025 • Jiang Jiang

Reuniﬁcation between two sides of Taiwan Straits: a human geography perspective

The current cross-Straits situation is in the second stage of the development of the Taiwan question.

Apr 8, 2025 • Jiang Jiang and Yifei Shi

Ginger River Review

Ginger River Review

Covering the priorities of both the leadership and the general public in China and views you do not normally see from mainstream English-language media

Economy

Full Text: Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National…

Today’s biggest piece of China news is here.

Oct 28, 2025 • Jiang Jiang

Where does China’s growth potential lie? -- views from Weijian Shan

A mid-year reflection on China’s economy

Jul 16, 2025 • Jiang Jiang

Chairman Rabbit on China-U.S. trade deal

A key pathway to resolving China-U.S. economic tensions lies in the U.S. producing more and China consuming more. While the former is a tall order, the…

May 12, 2025 • Jiang Jiang and Yifei Shi

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How Independent Bookstores in China Are Finding Ways to Survive — and Thrive

Blind-book boxes, revived out-of-print titles, and the quiet power of trust between booksellers and readers.

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How China’s City Leaders Work

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The post-2000 generation in China: A social mentality perspective

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Tech

Zhipu CEO Zhang Peng on Taking China’s First LLM Company Public

A wide-ranging conversation on AGI timelines, capital cycles, enterprise AI, and China’s AI competition, originally on the 張小珺Xiaojùn Podcast

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China’s EV Pioneers: What China’s EV revolution looks like through the lens of XPeng’s founder (part 2)

He Xiaopeng on China’s EV future, design and autonomy, and his bet on flying cars

Sep 11, 2025 • Bowen Xiao, Yifei Shi, and Jiang Jiang

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He Xiaopeng on ambition, reinvention, and AI-driven cars

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China’s EV Pioneers: What a four-hour conversation with Li Xiang reveals about China’s EV revolution

How China’s most influential tech leaders think about business, life, and the future

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