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Plus, major layoffs at short video company Kuaishou; India orders Xiaomi to pay almost $90 million in import taxes; and China overtakes Japan to become the world’s largest importer of LNG

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Tianjin urges residents not to leave city after confirming cases of the new variant; medical institutions ordered not to turn away patients amid Covid outbreaks; and kiwi dispute leaves bitter taste for New Zealand producer

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Eight-month pregnant woman forced to wait outside hospital due to invalid Covid test result; top epidemiologist calls Xi’an virus outbreak the country’s worst since Wuhan; and China’s services industry growth speeds up.

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Experts cite organizational flaws and lack of professionalism in rapidly developing trail running sector

Read the article by Guan Cong and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-25/in-depth-safety-standards-under-scrutiny-after-gansu-trail-race-tragedy-101717881.html

Narrated by Heather Mowbray

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Shein’s opaque ownership and media-shy approach means it’s hard to know who is calling the shots, let alone whether or not its vast supply chains are ethical

Read the article by Matthew Walsh and Flynn Murphy: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-06-03/in-depth-the-15-billion-chinese-fast-fashion-app-youve-never-heard-of-part-2-101722555.html

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Closely-held Shein is valued among the world’s biggest tech startups and is challenging Western rivals like Zara with a wide product range sold at bargain-basement prices.

Read the article by Flynn Murphy and Matthew Walsh: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-06-03/cx-daily-the-15-billion-chinese-fast-fashion-app-youve-never-heard-of-part-1-101722104.html

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo

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Though it has 1.4 billion people now, China’s ultra-low fertility rate, shrinking workforce and aging population demand policy changes to maintain economic growth

Read the article by Ma Danmeng, Huang Huizhao, Deng Yiyun and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-17/cover-story-the-challenge-of-keeping-china-from-shrinking-101713548.html

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Kai-fu Lee on why China is well-poised to maintain its position as the world’s factory by virtue of its advantages in big data, AI, automation and intelligent production capacity

Read the article by Kai-fu Lee: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-24/weekly-must-read-five-ways-ai-will-put-china-ahead-101744996.html

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Seven types of companies are on the firing line, including those viewed as ‘too big to fail.’ Overseas investors need to start to understand the government’s rationale

Written by Ren Yi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-30/opinion-the-who-what-and-why-of-chinas-regulatory-crackdown-101746931.html

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

This podcast is based on an article by Ren Yi. Ren Yi is a graduate of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is an influential Chinese blogger who has more than 1 million followers on Weibo.


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Will nonfungible tokens solve creators’ copyright problems or end up a vehicle for piracy?

Read the article by Wei Wuhui: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-08-14/weekend-long-read-how-a-caixin-photo-starts-debate-on-the-value-of-nfts-101754829.html

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