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23 hours ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
While a US port fee targeting ships linked to China has made some vessel buyers hesitant, major shipping companies – including Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest – are opting to continue working with Chinese shipyards, saying their competitiveness cannot be easily matched in the short term.
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1 day ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
The rise of decentralised solar power has prompted a Pakistani think tank to call for China to play a leading role in Pakistan’s energy transition, creating a model for other countries in the Global South. However, a Chinese energy scholar has questioned whether its vision is too expensive to be true.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang |Mandy Zuo
US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, with some reaching what he considers to be “a ridiculous high” level before being drastically lowered or suspended, have given rise to an acronymic market trend that Trump lashed out at a reporter for mentioning: Taco trades. But despite Trump’s back-and-forth tariff whiplash that has roiled markets and left many investors scrambling to keep up, many still believe “there is no alternative”.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
Semiconductor representatives from China and Europe have come together at a government-hosted meeting in Beijing to explore deeper collaboration and enhance supply-chain resilience after the United States stepped up tech curbs on China.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
European businesses’ optimism about growth and profitability in China has hit a record low, overshadowed by economic downturns and rising geopolitical tensions, according to annual survey findings by a leading foreign business association, which called for the full implementation of recently announced measures aimed at improving the business environment.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
China is building the world’s first ship dedicated to salmon farming, and it is set to be delivered in June, in a sign of the country’s latest efforts to reduce its reliance on imported seafood through offshore aquaculture. The nearly 250-metre (820-foot) Su Hai No 1 vessel, built by Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou at a cost of 600 million yuan (US$83.6 million), is expected to produce up to 8,000 tonnes of salmon annually, according to the shipowner, Jiangsu Lianshen Marine Technology.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Carol Yang
2 hours agoOsaka, Japan - May 19, 2025 Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
Trade upheaval resulting from the tariff war ignited by US President Donald Trump last month appears to have cast a long-lasting impact on the mindset of Chinese policy influencers, with thoughts of “preparing for the worst” spreading at a forum in Beijing on Thursday.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
China has negotiated an updated free-trade deal with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), strengthening Beijing’s role in the region amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States. In a virtual meeting on Tuesday, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and his Asean counterparts announced that they had completed talks to update the 15-year-old free trade deal. The 3.0 version of the agreement now awaits ratification from member countries and could be signed within the year.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
A leading Chinese manufacturer has taken the rare step of publicly criticising US plans to hike tariffs on made-in-China cranes, warning that the proposal would only raise costs for American ports. Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries – China’s top producer of container gantry cranes – denied it was a threat to US national security in comments submitted to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Monday, adding that levies on Chinese products would not help revive American manufacturing.
