Advertisement China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived to investigate the origins of the pandemic. On January 14 the country reported its first new death attributed to COVID-19 in months, raising the toll to 4,635 among 87,844 […]

A Hong Kong internet service provider has for the first time blocked a pro-democracy website under a new security law, raising concerns the financial hub is implementing mainland China-style limits on internet freedom. Hong Kong Broadband Network, one of the city’s main internet providers, said on Thursday it had disabled […]

The biggest question in geoeconomics this year will be how the US and the EU develop their stances towards China. President-elect Joe Biden will need to shape a policy that accommodates growing and bipartisan US worries about China’s influence, while leaving Donald Trump’s brand of pugilism behind. The EU continues […]

A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Wuhan on Thursday, more than six months after the probe was launched. The team of virologists landed a week later than intended after China delayed granting visas, earning a rare rebuke from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO […]

Day 1, trip to the mainland Leave home in Hong Kong at 3.30pm I take the MTR and then a taxi to Shenzhen Bay Port border checkpoint. Feeling very excited because Shenzhen is just across the bridge, with magnificent views on both sides. 5.00 pm The first noticeable difference is […]

China’s trade surplus hit its highest ever monthly level in December, as the country’s exports continued to boom during the coronavirus pandemic. Exports grew 18.1 per cent in dollar terms last month, while imports rose by 6.5 per cent, pushing the trade surplus to a record $78bn. Both exports and […]

Donald Trump has become the first US president in history to be impeached twice, New York City cuts business ties with the Trump Organization, and the City of London has a post-pandemic recovery plan. Plus, the FT’s Beijing bureau chief, Tom Mitchell, explains what the clash between Jack Ma and […]

Two big tech groups are set to give a shot in the arm to the market for Chinese depositary receipts (CDRs), once feted by Beijing as the premier channel for fast-growing companies to sell shares in mainland China. The planned offerings on Shanghai’s tech-focused Star Market for artificial intelligence start-up […]

The US Treasury has blocked an attempt by the Pentagon and state department to put some of China’s largest tech companies on a blacklist that would have banned US investors from holding their stock. The Pentagon and state department had pushed hard to add Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu to a […]

Stephen Orlins Stephen Orlins is president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and was previously managing director of Carlyle Asia, chairman of the board of Taiwan Broadband Communications, and president of Lehman Brothers Asia. He was a member of the State Department legal team that helped establish diplomatic relations […]