Rachel Cheung

Hong Kong

Staff Writer at The Wire China

Staff Writer @TheWireChina. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Contact: [email protected]

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Articles

China’s Self-driving Danger

1 week ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Rachel Cheung

The intense rivalry between Chinese auto companies has helped drive the country to pole position in the global race to develop self-driving cars. But as the speed of travel accelerates, concerns are rising that the industry is taking on too many risks. A section of the timeline of the SU7 collision. Before the collision, the 'Navigate on Autopilot' (NOA) system indicated 'obstacles ahead'. See full translation.
U.S.-China Drugs Tie-ups Come Under Threat

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

Much as in the world of artificial intelligence, 2025 has begun on a high note for Chinese companies in biotech, with global interest in their work never greater. An announcement from Keymed Biosciences on a deal made with Timberlyne Therapeutics.
Beijing’s Uranium Edge

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

China’s energy ambitions are setting off a new nuclear race with the U.S. and other major economies — this time to secure enough uranium to power its growing roster of reactors. The world’s second-largest economy has long embraced nuclear power as part of its energy mix to help cut down its use of high-polluting coal. China already accounts for half of the new reactors installed globally in the past decade and has increased its nuclear power output by nearly fourfold during this period.
Kublai Khan, from Land to Ocean

1 month ago | chinabooksreview.com | Taili Ni |Christopher A. Cottrell |Andrew Peaple |Rachel Cheung

While many books have been written on Kublai Khan, none have framed him in terms of sea power.Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024) is anthropologist and author Jack Weatherford’s latest historical account of the vast Mongol empire that rampaged across the 13th and 14th centuries, from Baghdad to Beijing, with control of the oceans as its central theme.
A Seat at Xi's Table

2 months ago | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after listening to a work report, February 8, 2025. Credit: Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images When Chinese leader Xi Jinping sat down with Chinese entrepreneurs on Monday, many observers cast the meeting as Beijing’s attempt to reset its relationship with the business sector.
The Quantum Panic

2 months ago | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

In October, researchers at Shanghai University published a paper in the Chinese Journal of Computers that triggered a tsunami of panic across the Pacific. Using a quantum computer developed by D-Wave, a Canadian company, the researchers said they had developed a hybrid method and successfully executed attacks on three encryption algorithms. “This marks the first practical attack on multiple full-scale SPN structure symmetric cipher algorithms using a real quantum computer,” they said.
Mark Clifford on Why Jimmy Lai’s Story Matters

Jan 19, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

During his long career, mostly as a journalist, Mark Clifford has been the editor in chief of the South China Morning Post and an executive director of the Asia Business Council among other roles. He was also a board member at Next Digital, parent company of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, until it shut down in 2021. He is currently the president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, which seeks to free all political prisoners in the city.
TikTok Refugees Head for Other Chinese Apps as Ban Looms

Jan 14, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

As the U.S. government’s ban on TikTok over its ties to China approaches, some of its 170 million American users are finding new homes — on other Chinese social media platforms. Xiaohongshu, a lifestyle app, and Lemon8, TikTok’s sister app that was also developed by ByteDance, have become unexpected beneficiaries of the imminent ban on TikTok, which is scheduled to kick in as soon as Sunday — just 24 hours before the Biden administration gives way to incoming President-elect Donald Trump.
Developing Countries Want More Than Just Cash From China

Jan 12, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

China’s foreign investment is booming as its companies search for profits overseas. But for some countries, their arrival has brought complications. Last month, Brazilian authorities suspended operations at a factory site owned by Chinese carmaker BYD in Camaçari city in the northeastern Bahia state, after the country’s labor ministry said it had rescued 163 workers from “slavery-like” conditions which saw them forced to sleep on beds without mattresses and their passports withheld by the company.
The Great Brew Battle

Jan 5, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Rachel Cheung

It’s been hailed as one of the most successful comebacks in business history. Luckin Coffee, which was on the verge of collapse in 2020 after an accounting scandal that rocked the Nasdaq, somehow re-emerged in 2024 seemingly stronger than ever. The Chinese coffee chain went from reputational chernobyl and bankruptcy proceedings in 2022 to opening 8,034 stores in 2023 — equal to almost one per hour — and recorded a 87 percent growth in net revenues.