Hong Kong  —  Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting friction with the United States. The gathering, known as the fourth plenum, provides an opportune moment for Xi to showcase

Photo: Xinhua The 24th China Shanghai International Arts Festival launched its first-ever Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Cultural Week during the weekend, with vibrant lion dances and Yingge dance (dance to the hero’s song) performances, marking the opening of a major exhibition tracing a century of Guangdong art.   Running from Friday to November 27,

① The remote-eight carrier rocket ‘Force Arrow One’ was successfully launched; ② Ubtech Robotics won a billion-yuan order for humanoid robots; ③ MaxiTech will go public on October 24. The科创板Daily, October 20th report: Today’s main highlights from the Sci-Tech Innovation Board include: the successful launch of the remote-eight carrier rocket ‘Force Arrow One’; Ubtech Robotics

Faisal IslamEconomics editor Getty Images There is an eerie emptiness at the seat of US economic power. The US Treasury is in shutdown like much of the federal government. Most staff are furloughed as the world’s finance ministers and bankers jet in for the International Monetary Fund annual meetings a few blocks away, their delayed

AFP via Getty Images China’s top leaders are gathering in Beijing this week to decide on the country’s key goals and aspirations for the rest of the decade. Every year or so, the country’s highest political body, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, convenes for a week of meetings, also known as a