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China’s New-For-Old Subsidies Spark Surge in Appliance and Smart-Device Sales, Selling Over 15 Million Units in January
China’s subsidy programme for appliance trade‑ins and purchases of digital and smart products produced more than 15 million unit sales in January, generating nearly 590 billion yuan in turnover. The rapid local rollout — with all 32 regions activating subsidies — signals an early policy success in boosting consumption and encouraging greener, higher‑tech upgrades, though risks remain around front‑loading, fiscal cost and recycling capacity.
Retail Traders Double Down as Gold Crashes; Chinese Banks Raise Bar to Curb Risk
A sharp fall in global gold prices at the end of January and early February prompted Chinese retail investors to average down aggressively while major banks raised minimums and issued warnings to curb risk. The episode reflects growing retail participation in precious‑metals markets and a tension between long‑term structural demand drivers for gold and short‑term monetary policy signals that can reverse price gains rapidly.
China's Markets Steady as Tech and Aerospace Advance, Gold Surges and Platforms Trim Creator Tools
Chinese equities advanced broadly on February 3, buoyed by gains in space, photovoltaic and chip-related sectors while international spot gold spiked nearly 6%, lifting mining stocks. Key industrial developments included the first flight of a hybrid-propulsion unmanned transport aircraft and a private reusable rocket planned for mid-2026, amid renewed travel flows and provincial housing-stability measures.
Trump’s Iran Gamble: Bluster, Bargaining and What It Means for China
President Trump’s simultaneous threat of force and offer of talks toward Iran reflects deliberate brinkmanship intended to maximize U.S. leverage. Tehran remains resistant on core issues such as ballistic missiles and regional influence, and a military campaign would carry heavy regional and global costs that complicate any claimed benefits for China.
Ningxia’s Quiet Campaign to Rebuild Veterans’ Lives: A Model of Integrated, Localized Welfare
Ningxia has redesigned veteran assistance from ad hoc charity into a coordinated, multi‑agency welfare system that pairs caseworkers with needy veterans, uses dynamic ledgers, and mobilises social organisations. The programme reports thousands assisted and measurable exits from poverty, while raising questions about financing and scalability beyond small autonomous regions.
China’s Tech Giants Burn Billions in a New Year ‘Red-Envelope’ Bet to Buy AI Habit
China’s leading tech firms have poured 45 billion yuan into Spring Festival promotions that tie cash rewards to usage of AI assistants, aiming to convert holiday curiosity into habitual use. The campaign marks a strategic shift from traffic grabs to direct competition for the status of ‘AI super‑entry,’ but its long‑term success will depend on retention and differentiated product value.
China’s 2025 Marriage Spike: Policy Changes and Folklore Produce a Likely One‑Year Bounce
China saw a sharp increase in marriage registrations in 2025—driven by a removal of hukou limits in a revised Marriage Registration Ordinance and auspicious lunar‑calendar timing. Analysts warn the rise is probably a temporary rebound and that deeper economic constraints will determine longer‑term marriage and fertility trends.
China’s Only Silver Futures Fund Plunges 31.5% in One Day as Retail Arbitrage Unravels
Guotou-UBS’s silver LOF plunged 31.5% in a single day after the manager revalued domestic Shanghai silver futures positions by reference to international prices, creating a rush of limit-down selling and exposing a socially-driven retail arbitrage bubble. The fund — China’s only public vehicle tracking silver futures — faces possible further limit-down sessions as investors try to escape a crowded position.
Gen‑Z Caught in the Silver Storm: How a record precious‑metals swing turned a trendy fund into a classroom for retail investors
A historic surge and collapse in gold and silver prices at the end of January exposed fragile market mechanics and left many Chinese retail investors—particularly Gen‑Z—caught in volatile trades around Guotou Silver LOF (161226). The shock combined stretched valuations, elevated implied volatility, regulatory curbs and a hawkish shift in U.S. monetary policy to produce a rapid deleveraging in precious metals.
How a Star Manager and Strategic Drift Turned a Promising China Fund into a Cautionary Tale
A Huaxia Fund product launched in late 2020 with a tech-and-consumption strategy has underperformed severely, suffering near-50% cumulative losses and a nearly 70% drawdown amid manager turnover and strategy drift. Successive managers failed to restore performance in time to capture the 2024–25 AI-led market recovery, exposing governance and succession weaknesses within the asset manager. The episode highlights systemic risks in China’s mutual fund industry: overreliance on star managers, misalignment between rhetoric and trading, and the reputational danger of poor product governance.
How ‘Free’ Psychiatric Beds Became a Lucrative Fraud: Inside China’s Private Mental‑health Market
An undercover probe by New Beijing News uncovered systematic insurance fraud and abuse at private psychiatric hospitals in Hubei, where facilities recruit patients with promises of free care, fabricate diagnoses and billable treatments, and sometimes coerce or harm inpatients. The practices—paired with “fake discharge” tactics to evade audits—have siphoned public medical insurance funds and left vulnerable patients mistreated and trapped.
China Shows Drone-Mounted Gun in Tibet Drill, Signaling New Low-Cost Firepower for High-Altitude Warfare
Chinese state media released footage of a drone fitted with a gun firing during motorized troop exercises in Tibet, signaling an operational push to integrate armed UAVs into high-altitude combined-arms tactics. The demonstration highlights both the PLA’s interest in cost-effective, distributed firepower and the technical limits and countermeasures that such systems will provoke.