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In today’s episode: Simon Hu steps down from the top position at the fintech titan, citing personal reasons; China’s corporate earnings to see their greatest leap in 10 years; and Xiaomi triumphs in legal fight against Trump-era ban

Emboldened by lax regulation and protected by a network of corrupt officials, Ouya Men’s Health Hospital perpetrated brazen medical fraud for years

Read the article by Matthew Walsh: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-10/in-depth-scam-surgeries-expose-ills-at-chinas-for-profit-hospitals-101663075.html

Narrated by Heather Mowbray.

If many of its products run on the same tech infrastructure, why does the company behind TikTok need so many new employees?

Read the article by Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-23/in-depth-behind-bytedances-hiring-binge-101666298.html

Narrated by Alex Urist.

In today’s episode: Three men who stole 600 rolls of toilet paper have been sentenced to 40 months in prison; new report suggests that Chinese millennials  can’t get enough of trendy milk teas; and Beijing to ramp up funding for science and technology research.

In this week’s episode: China’s new economic growth goal set at above 6%; Beijing formally ratifies the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade pact; and Wuhan’s dashed $18.5 billion chipmaking dreams

In today’s episode: the smartphone-maker challenges Trump-era ban in court; speculation brews that China’s government is getting ready to reorganize the domestic power sector to cut prices and boost efficiency; and a look behind Beijing’s new rules on foreign sanctions.

In today’s episode: attendees to the country’s biggest annual political meetings submit policy recommendations on soil pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon trading; despite performing pretty poorly in 2020, real estate stocks are once again a hot property;  and it’s not all glitz and glamour for China’s box office, which has suffered a steeper than usual post-holiday slump.

In today’s episode: Foreign minister says the country is planning to issue electronic health certificates and implement mutual recognition of other countries’ virus tests and shots; how the nation’s 2021 GDP growth target of over 6% could shape the world’s second-largest economy; and China’s social insurance funds have reported their first ever deficit.

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In today’s episode: A Caixin investigation finds that little has changed since the logistics firm promised to improve user safety and driver screening; what policy proposals are attendees to the Two Sessions making?; and ByteDance is reportedly working on its own version of the highly popular audio chat app, Clubhouse.

Humanity faces a rugged battle to make enough vaccine quickly enough, distribute it worldwide and get it into billions of people’s arms