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Zhou Xin
Zhou Xin
Hong Kong
@xinzhou
Tech Editor
Zhou Xin is Tech Editor of the Post, following stints as Political Economy Editor and Deputy China Editor. He has previously worked for Reuters and Bloomberg in Beijing.

Open and candid exchanges about the national economy have helped authorities pinpoint problems and find quick solutions, but the silencing of prominent financial writer Wu Xiaobo could put a dent in those lively debates.

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The founder of China’s largest online domestic helper agency tells Luohan Academy forum that a shortage of labour in the near future is one of the biggest risks it faces amid the country’s declining birth rate.

It is more important than ever for Alibaba to focus on small businesses and merchants, the group’s chief strategist said on Wednesday, endorsing a strategic business pivot initiated by its founder Jack Ma.

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Beijing has rolled out the red carpet for global executives such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates, but China should also consider giving its own entrepreneurs the recognition they deserve.

Shanghai, behind China’s Great Firewall and under capital account controls, is unable to rival Hong Kong as a global financial centre, even though it is embedded deeper within China’s economic machine.

While China’s latest youth unemployment rate is comparable to global figures, it is particularly concerning given the country’s unique demographic structure.

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The Chinese government has finally woken up to demographic reality, but Beijing’s challenge is that boosting fertility will be much harder than punishing people for having more babies.

Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and founder of Alibaba, has returned to public life as an educator and researcher, accepting professorships at several universities, including in Tel Aviv and Kigali.

A bestselling book on how Chinese rulers rewrote their brutal history 3,000 years ago is shedding light on why narratives about the past can help the state build up legitimacy.

Ma, who taught English before entering business, would be the highest-profile addition to HKU’s Business School, as the institution invites entrepreneurs to bring real-world relevance to its academic courses.

Bankruptcy is not a dirty word, and even under China’s centralised power structure, it is necessary to let bad debtors face consequences – including when they are local governments.

Beijing has spent years trying to internationalise the yuan with little to show for it because of strict capital controls. It is time for a bolder approach.

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The objectives of the overhaul are to streamline the management of more than 200,000 employees and shorten the decision making process to help reignite its entrepreneurial spirit, according to the plan.

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Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China after nearly a year of overseas travel, and visited a school he founded in the city of Hangzhou to discuss AI.

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Jia Yangqing, a well-known AI researcher who previously worked for Facebook and Google, is said to be joining a new venture amid the growing frenzy around ChatGPT.

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While major financial troubles have eluded China in the last two decades, Beijing’s concerns over the possibility of a financial crisis have grown, as revealed in its new regulatory framework.

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China is a small step away from qualifying as a high-income country by World Bank standards, but it has eschewed the label that brings greater responsibilities as many citizens still earn very little.

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With business confidence remaining weak, Beijing may have no alternative than to rely on local governments and state-owned firms to drive investment.

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