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Gateway to the World
With the launch of an island-wide free trade port featuring special customs operations for trade liberalization and investment facilitation, China is eyeing developing the province into a pivotal gateway that links it to the global economy through deeper opening-up and institutional innovation
New Metrics
With the newly unveiled 15th Five-year Plan (2026-2030), China has set a course for the next stage of modernization, aiming for innovation-driven growth, domestic resilience and wider opening up, and more “investment in people”
Unholy Matrimony
Targeting men who cannot find a wife, ‘flash marriage’ agents attempt to marry their clients within days. Fraud and other disputes often follow, as couples find out there is no quick way to their ‘happy ever after’
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Fire Alarm
Experts warn that as China builds more super-tall residential buildings, fire safety standards are far too lax, and responsibility is unclear
Earth to Investors
Local governments are fueling their water and soil conservation efforts through carbon sink transactions with businesses. Now China is exploring how to bring these trades to the carbon market
No More Lie-ins
As governments across China attempt to deal with the issue of ‘lying-flat’ among officialdom, experts warn that the real problem may lie in the system