Mainland China: the developers, the policy cycle, and the residential and commercial markets of the largest cities.
Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Friday defended its handling of a farmland conversion proposal for the Huwei Industrial Park development project, saying it had reviewed the plan in accordance with the law and asked the Yunlin County Government to provide additional documents. The ministry made the remarks after the county government criticised it for repeatedly questioning the project. The county government proposed the project in 2024, aiming to construct an industrial park in Huwei Township (虎尾). The 29.75-hectare site is located 300 metres south of the Central Taiwan Science Park's Huwei Science Park, near the Taiwan High Speed Rail's Yunlin Station.
Chinese social media users are complaining about 'tiaoxiu' (adjusted rest) workdays around the Golden Week holiday, arguing the system leaves them exhausted rather than rested. The debate has reignited over whether the policy is designed for worker welfare or to boost holiday spending.
Chinese EV maker NIO has signed definitive agreements with Geely subsidiaries for a deal involving battery-swapping and charging businesses. Under the terms, a Geely unit will invest 640 million yuan and contribute its own swapping business for a stake in NIO Power, valuing the unit at about 16 bill
Hong Kong's New World Development has received approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange for the spinoff and listing of its REIT, with an expected offering size of 3.82 billion yuan (S$570.36 million). The company will retain 20 per cent of the units and expects net proceeds of 3.24 billion yuan fro
GLP has begun developing a 200MW hyperscale data centre campus in Foshan, Guangdong, with an expected investment of RMB 4 billion (S$595.6 million). The purpose-built facility will serve the AI training and advanced compute needs of a leading Chinese internet and cloud services company expanding its
Huawei launched the Mate XT2, a new foldable smartphone with a tri-fold design and its own Kirin 9050 Pro chip, on 7 Sept 2026. The launch is part of an intensifying competition in China's premium handset market, with Xiaomi and Apple also unveiling new devices this week.
Chinese robotics companies are pushing their machines from exhibition floors into homes and factories, but face major hurdles in reliability, real-world data collection and commercial scalability. Industry leaders say the sector is still waiting for its 'ChatGPT moment', which may be two to three ye