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Evergrande: Life Sentence Ends a $300 Billion Fraud

Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 20, 2026 by a Shenzhen court for bribery, fraud, and falsifying $78 billion in financ…

Finance Business World

Elisabeth Saar · Aug 20, 2026 • 08:43

Aristotle as Forgery: China's Academic Pseudo-History

A Beijing organization founded in 2019 has become the institutional home of China's pseudo-history movement, whose university-affiliated members claim that Aris…

World Opinion China

Henrik Mägi · Aug 18, 2026 • 06:28

How did Zhu Rongji’s 1994 tax reform build the modern Chinese state?

Zhu Rongji acted as the architect of modern China by dismantling the 'iron rice bowl' and integrating the nation into the WTO. This article examines the ruthles…

Finance World China

Rein Kaljumäe · Aug 12, 2026 • 13:26

Can Western defense budgets outspend China’s mineral monopoly?

Rare earth elements have transformed from industrial commodities into strategic levers of national sovereignty, with China controlling 90% of global processing.…

Politics World Estonia

Rein Kaljumäe · Aug 08, 2026 • 11:02

Can China’s regulators fix the gap in gene therapy oversight?

A secret $860,000 unauthorized clinical trial in China resulted in the 2025 death of a six-year-old girl, yet lead researchers published preclinical findings wh…

Science Health Biotechnology

Elisabeth Saar · Aug 01, 2026 • 14:36

How do China’s hospital labs bypass gene therapy safety rules?

Behind the headlines of China's genetic breakthroughs lies a dangerous backroad of unregulated trials where families pay $860,000 for experimental cures. This i…

Science World Technology

Henrik Mägi · Jul 24, 2026 • 15:51

Is China Rewriting the Global Capital Playbook?

China's mainland blue-chip CSI 300 delivered nearly 11% gains in US dollar terms in H1 2026 — without dependence on Federal Reserve pivots or the global AI boom…

Finance World China

Elisabeth Saar · Jul 07, 2026 • 15:23

Why must China's first brain chip be regulated like a heart valve?

China has leapfrogged global competitors with the commercial approval of the NEO brain chip, a semi-invasive interface designed to restore movement to paralyzed…

Technology Health World

Henrik Mägi · Jun 09, 2026 • 12:16

Can the human heart adapt to China's year-long orbital stay?

China has launched Shenzhou 23, embarking on its first 365-day mission aboard the Tiangong space station to prepare for a 2030 lunar landing. Beyond the enginee…

Science Technology World

Henrik Mägi · May 26, 2026 • 10:17