As the period covered by China’s next five-year plan begins, the official newspaper of the country’s ruling Communist Party urged local governments to curb the herd behaviour that could fuel ...

THE term “involution” or curling inward became a common slang in China in the 2020s, to reflect excessive competition in social and economic life, where students, workers and even business leaders ...

The word “involution”, or neijuan – referring to excessive competition in social and economic life – has become a common slang term in China. Students, workers and even business leaders have been ...

Baijiu, China’s favourite firewater, is losing its bite. This year retail prices have been hovering around the benchmark of 1,499 yuan ($212) a bottle, as set by Kweichow Moutai, a state-owned giant.

If you are feeling dispirited at work or burned out by the general pressure of life, there is a perfect word for you: "involution." The Mandarin Chinese word for "involution" — neijuan — is now a ...

Since the Communist Party of China Central Committee put forward the call to comprehensively pursue anti-involution, the market has largely interpreted it as a supply-side policy — essentially "supply ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the CIO of KraneShares, a China-focused ETF provider. Asian equities were mixed on rising expectations of another US interest ...

China's electric vehicle (EV) sector, once a symbol of the nation's manufacturing ascendancy, is now showing signs of strain. As production far outpaces demand, the industry has entered a phase of ...

China is gripped by an insidious problem that is eroding its economy: It is trapped in a cycle of competition so fierce that it is destroying profits, driving a brutal rat race among workers and ...

Tim Moe of Goldman Sachs says the firm has designed an 'involution barometer' and says the older economy areas like solar and cement industry will see improvement from the campaign efforts. He expects ...