Here's what to know about the collapse of China's Evergrande property developer
In 2018, Evergrande was listed as the world's most valuable real estate company. But on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated.
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Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
China Evergrande is one of the biggest Chinese developers that have collapsed under pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China's slowing economic growth.
Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries dozens of people
The disaster struck in the early morning in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in houses, officials said.
A Chinese and a Taiwanese comedian walk into a bar ...
Taiwanese comedian Vickie Wang and Chinese comedian Jamie Wang work through the lived experience of cross-strait tensions through comedy.
German government wants companies to 'de-risk' from China, but business is reluctant
Tough new rhetoric on China from some members of Germany's governing coalition has led to disagreement rather than unity on what the government's policy should be.
They flocked to build China's cities. Now builders are aging with little retirement
A booming migrant workforce helped propel China's growth in the past four decades. Now those workers are approaching retirement age and straining local governments and social services.
Affluent Chinese have been moving to Japan since the COVID lockdowns
Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan.
China's millennial and Gen Z workers are having to lower their economic expectations
Their parents saw decades of significant economic expansion. But today, China's young workforce faces the prospects of slower economic growth.
Taiwan's election was a vote for continuity, but adds uncertainty in ties with China
Taiwan's vice president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te, will be the island's next leader. Tensions with Beijing seem poised to rise.
Taiwan's China-skeptic ruling-party candidate wins presidential election
Lai Ching-te of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is Taiwan's new president-elect, after a three-way election that will determine the self-ruled island's future stance towards China.