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Podcast | Beijing’s quiet deleveraging push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio. In a recent Qiushi essay, central bank (PBoC) Governor Pan Gongsheng laid out why credit growth has to slow. Trivium made this call back in July, wh
China’s Battery Advantage Meets the AI Boom
From China’s western computing hubs to America’s grid-constrained data centers, batteries are becoming an increasingly important part of AI infrastructure.
Ep 91 - Beijing’s quiet deleveraging push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Russians’ Post-Election Fears Partially Materialize
Executive Summary: Rumors that a new formal wave of mobilization would follow the September 18–20 State Duma elections saturated the Russian media space for months. These fears now seem unlikely to materialize soon (Vazhnye Istorii, June 24). Russian society has come to expect unpopular measures after elections because Russian President Vladimir Putin established a pattern
EU-China talks conclude with potential hybrid vehicle deal – and a lot more dialogue
EU-China trade talks concluded in Beijing this week – with a headline deal on hybrid vehicles but few concrete details. Talks between commerce minister Wang Wentao and EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič wrapped up October 9, producing a joint statement and a 16-point consensus list. The headline
Türkiye Expands its Security Strategy in Libya
Executive Summary: In late May, Türkiye hosted military training exercises that brought together personnel from Libya’s rival armed factions for the first time since the country’s post-2011 civil war began. The exercises saw the unprecedented participation of soldiers aligned with both the internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) and the eastern-based Libyan National Army
Demand for pet ants fuels Kenya’s illegal trade
Traffickers repeatedly risk arrest to bring African ants to the international market
Transcript: Building an Asia-Pacific community to prosper together
CGTN and CCG bring together Henry Huiyao Wang, Gonzalo Talavera, Bert Hofman, Paul Samson and Ravi Velloor to discuss the road to the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen.
China-EU Trade Talks: What Was Actually Agreed?
The China-EU trade talks have now wrapped up, with both sides issuing a joint statement.
The US-China AI Race: Competing Models, Global Stakes | China Considered | Hoover Institution
In a new episode of China Considered, Elizabeth Economy sits down with Martin Chorzempa, the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, to ask whether the United States and China are in an AI race—and, if so, what the prize is. Drawing on his work on Chinese fintech, Chorzempa explains how lessons from that sector’s boom and crackdown have shaped Beijing’s approach to AI, from registration and censorship requirements to quiet, behind-the-scenes supervision of its labs.
EU’s readout on the Second China-EU Trade Talk
The EU’s official texts have now been released, and they clearly support some of the assessments I made in my previous article: the two sides reached an understanding that also includes arrangements to restrict Chinese hybrid vehicle exports.
China and EU reach ‘understanding’ on hybrid cars, Beijing says
Statement follows two days of talks aimed at avoiding full-scale trade conflict
Xinjiang’s “Blue Miracle”
Fish farming in Xinjiang is being sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is more complicated: a desert seafood boom built on political control, imported feed and a food system that masks its real burdens.
Submit your questions: who’s doing better in their trade battles with China — the EU or the US?
Senior trade writer Alan Beattie and economics columnist Soumaya Keynes will answer reader questions in a live Q&A on Thursday October 15 at 1pm (BST)
The Daily Roundup
October 9th, 2026 | Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations.
PBoC says it won’t appreciate the RMB to rebalance trade
Stop asking for the RMB to appreciate – we’re not going to do it. That’s the message from China’s central bank (PBoC) in a short essay published October 8 in both Chinese and English. Some context: EU politicians are demanding the RMB appreciate to help tackle the surge of Chinese imports threaten
Beijing authorizes RMB 550 billion in local bonds to bolster growth
The finance ministry (MoF) has authorized local governments to issue RMB 550 billion of additional debt in Q4. The announcement – issued October 9 – says the debt will draw down unused bond quotas from previous years. Some context: Every March, Beijing allocates local governments a quota of bonds.
China’s readout on the Second China-EU Trade Talk
We still need to read this alongside the EU’s readout, but my initial impression is that the negotiations have produced a meaningful, albeit partial, easing of tensions.
The Making and Unmaking of China’s Intellectual Influencers
Inside China’s grassroots war on intellectual plagiarism
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