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China Regains Its Market-Stabilization Playbook: Regulators Call Monday Meetings as Tech Boards Limp Out of October

The People's Bank of China and the securities regulator summoned brokerages, fund firms and banks for November 2 meetings on expanding two stock-market support tools, after a month in which China's tech boards fell more than 23 percent.

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China's Fifth Plenum Decision, in Full: Hidden Crypto, 'Iron-Cap Princes,' and a Rule That Leaders Speak Last

Two days after the Fifth Plenum closed, the party published the full text of its discipline decision — naming the places corruption now hides, from virtual currency to 'white gloves,' and ordering the head of any organization to speak last in meetings.

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Changsha Falls Out of China's Top 20 City Economies, and the Internet Wants to Know Why

When the first three quarters' city GDP rankings appeared without Changsha, the viral question 'what happened to Changsha?' became a national debate about the ceiling of China's influencer-city model.

A childless Shanghai couple willed their apartment and savings to help children with heart disease. After their deaths, the foundation inheriting the home found that selling a donated property is taxed like a corporate deal — about 4.5 million yuan on a 6.5-million-yuan flat.

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A Couple Left Their Home to Charity. Selling It Would Cost 4.5 Million Yuan in Taxes.

1 Nov 2026

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China Is Moving Surplus Primary-School Teachers Into Middle Schools as Birth Rates Bite

1 Nov 2026

A tourist died in May riding a giant swing at a scenic area in Sichuan; a newly released investigation report blames an operator who let an untrained worker run the ride, and a local government that failed to spot the danger — and two people have been referred to the courts.

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Five Months After a Deadly Swing Ride, a Sichuan Report Blames a Lax Operator and a Sleeping Regulator

31 Oct 2026

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Two Tibetan Blue Bears Broke Into a Nagqu Home and Fell Asleep on the Bed

31 Oct 2026

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Sinopec's Former Chairman Fu Chengyu Is Under Investigation, Eleven Years After Retirement

31 Oct 2026

At a spaceflight conference in Beijing on October 31, chief designer Wang Xiang gave the most detailed public account yet of China's first crewed lunar landing: a crew of three, two of them walking on the moon before 2030, launched on two Long March 10 rockets in a 'two launches, one landing' sequence.

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China's First Moon Crew Will Be Three, With Two Walking on the Surface: Beijing Lays Out the 2030 Plan

31 Oct 2026

A standoff over Poland's Constitutional Tribunal escalated on October 30 when protesters clashed with police outside the court, the president cut short a state visit, and Poland's ambassador to China resigned rather than defend a government he accused of trampling the law. On Weibo, where the hashtag 'Poland coup' trended, Chinese readers watched a familiar constitutional drama unfold in a European capital.

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Poland's Constitutional Court Crisis Reaches Beijing: An Ambassador Resigns Over a 'Coup' at Home

31 Oct 2026

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From Maternity Wards to Baby Bonuses: China Moves to Make Childbirth Nearly Free

30 Oct 2026

Intel's weak profit guidance triggered the largest single-day share fall in the chipmaker's modern history — erasing nearly $150 billion in market value and dragging the global semiconductor sector down with it — while Chinese investors watched their own tech-heavy market sink in sympathy.

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Intel's Worst Day Since 1974 Wipes Out Nearly $150 Billion and Drags the Chip Sector Down With It

30 Oct 2026

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Gold Slides 400 Yuan a Gram From Its Peak, Splitting China's Buyers Into Two Camps

30 Oct 2026

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Police Open Case After Sichuan Spa Technician Performs Sexual Act on a Sleeping Customer

30 Oct 2026

On the last trading day of October a midday rally briefly trended as good news, then faded by the close. China's ChiNext and STAR Market indices ended the month down more than 23 percent as the global AI trade comes in for a repricing.

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China's Tech Boards End October Down More Than 23% as the AI Trade Unwinds

30 Oct 2026

A People's Daily commentary this week went after the viral claim that 'young people can't afford to support the old,' countering pension-collapse posts with three ledgers — structural, fairness and long-term — while conceding readers should plan their own finances. Weibo took both sides.

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People's Daily vs. the Pension Doomers: Inside China's Fight Over Whether the Young Can Support the Old

29 Oct 2026

The communiqué closing the Fifth Plenum on October 29 formally confirmed the expulsion of 33 of the party's most senior officials — including a former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission — promoted ten alternates to fill the vacancies, and co-opted a Central Military Commission member to the Politburo.

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China's Fifth Plenum Communiqué Confirms 33 Party Expulsions, Zhang Youxia Among Them

29 Oct 2026

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China's Fifth Plenum Closes With a Sweeping Directive on Party Discipline

29 Oct 2026

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News & Politics

China Regains Its Market-Stabilization Playbook: Regulators Call Monday Meetings as Tech Boards Limp Out of October

China's Fifth Plenum Decision, in Full: Hidden Crypto, 'Iron-Cap Princes,' and a Rule That Leaders Speak Last

Changsha Falls Out of China's Top 20 City Economies, and the Internet Wants to Know Why

A Couple Left Their Home to Charity. Selling It Would Cost 4.5 Million Yuan in Taxes.

China Is Moving Surplus Primary-School Teachers Into Middle Schools as Birth Rates Bite

Five Months After a Deadly Swing Ride, a Sichuan Report Blames a Lax Operator and a Sleeping Regulator

Two Tibetan Blue Bears Broke Into a Nagqu Home and Fell Asleep on the Bed

Sinopec's Former Chairman Fu Chengyu Is Under Investigation, Eleven Years After Retirement

China's First Moon Crew Will Be Three, With Two Walking on the Surface: Beijing Lays Out the 2030 Plan

Poland's Constitutional Court Crisis Reaches Beijing: An Ambassador Resigns Over a 'Coup' at Home

From Maternity Wards to Baby Bonuses: China Moves to Make Childbirth Nearly Free

Intel's Worst Day Since 1974 Wipes Out Nearly $150 Billion and Drags the Chip Sector Down With It

Gold Slides 400 Yuan a Gram From Its Peak, Splitting China's Buyers Into Two Camps

Police Open Case After Sichuan Spa Technician Performs Sexual Act on a Sleeping Customer

China's Tech Boards End October Down More Than 23% as the AI Trade Unwinds

People's Daily vs. the Pension Doomers: Inside China's Fight Over Whether the Young Can Support the Old

China's Fifth Plenum Communiqué Confirms 33 Party Expulsions, Zhang Youxia Among Them

China's Fifth Plenum Closes With a Sweeping Directive on Party Discipline