China's media mouthpieces troll West over India-Canada spat asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter… via Nikkei Asia First co-byline with James Hand-Cukierman 😆

A source close to Hui said whether or not company and family assets were clearly separated may become an issue in the event authorities attempt to seize Evergrande assets. h/t Cissy Zhou asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke…

In several months this year, BYD claimed the throne of bestselling EV in Thailand, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel and Brazil. Cissy Zhou explores how they did it. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Huawei Mate 60 Pro teardown reveals 47% Chinese parts in phone asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn… via Nikkei Asia

Temu parent PDD’s market cap closes in on Alibaba after revenue doubles asia.nikkei.com/Business/China…

Exclusive: EU leaders plan to personally ask Xi Jinping to put a halt to China's sanctions circumvention in Beijing next week. If he is not amenable to helping, 13 Chinese entities will likely end up on the EU's sanctions blacklist scmp.com/news/china/dip…

If you want to read a bit more about the wild west of audit fraud in China, check out this investigation by me and Cissy Zhou from 2021 "Bribes, fake factories and forged documents: the buccaneering consultants pervading China’s factory audits" scmp.com/economy/china-…

PDD actively seeks out individuals who have a strong motivation to make money, on the assumption they will work harder and be more obedient. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-… via Nikkei Asia

Haneda air traffic control missed warning alert in JAL collision asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japa… via Nikkei Asia

Missing banker Bao Fan resigns from all roles at China Renaissance asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan… via Nikkei Asia

"The male protagonist has to be rich and handsome, and the female protagonist would usually look plain but have a likable personality...This helps to meet the female audience's fantasy." with ⁦Marrian Zhou 媛⁩ asia.nikkei.com/Business/Busin…

A new report finds Chinese investment in Asia rose 37% in 2023, led by Indonesia Story by Cissy Zhou asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt…

China bottled water giant Nongfu Spring under fire from nationalists asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retai…

Nikkei Asia does a deep dive into the India pharma ecosystem to examine the issues that have caused hundreds of deaths across the world and are now contributing to a cancer drug shortage in America. Worth your time, by Sayan Chakraborty & Cissy Zhou asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Spec…

Over the past two days, everyone has been buzzing about the scandal involving Baidu's PR head. More intriguing rumors surfaced today. Two sources just confirmed with me that Qu is now no longer employed by Baidu. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa…

Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal. This is my statement:

Professor Chen Zhiwu’s latest comments on A share market went viral in China. “For the mainland, I propose to just shut down the A share market as China has increasingly moved back to a planned economy with resources managed primarily by the state. Given that the state is

“This is essentially a Faustian bargain with no clear resolution. But now it seems there is a simple solution: video games are about gambling, but domestically produced games are a shining symbol of the country.” asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media…

Chinese carmakers are at the crossroads their Japanese peers reached 4 decades ago. Becoming the top source of imports has made them a lightning rod for trade tensions in many markets which they are seeking to defuse by building local factories Cissy Zhou asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Big-…