The Chinese economy is so bad, even Chinese people can't be enticed into buying dirt-cheap mega-sale items

Tech Insider
A citizen buys goods online in Zhoushan city.
A citizen buys goods online in Zhoushan city.

CFOTO/Getty Images

China is freaking out after discovering the 'open secret' that its cooking oil was ferried for years in chemical tanks that weren't cleaned

Tech Insider
A worker is working at a tank truck production workshop in Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province, April 28, 2024.
A worker is working at a tank truck production workshop in Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province, April 28, 2024.

CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Why Microsoft is reportedly mandating its employees in China stop using Android phones for work

Tech Insider
An iPhone displays a white box with a colorful
Microsoft reportedly told employees that all staffers in China would be required to use Apple devices for work.

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Image

Beijing's 'monster ship,' the world's largest coastguard vessel, dropped anchor in the South China Sea

Tech Insider
China Coast Guard anchored in the exclusive economic zone
China Coast Guard anchored in the exclusive economic zone

Philippine Coast Guard

Chinese millennials and Gen Zers have had enough of work, so they're embracing 'naked resignations'

Tech Insider : Travel
A woman looking up at trees in Xi'an, China.
This feeling of monotony and overwork has inspired unsatisfied workers to push back, one expert said.

Zhang Yuan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images

Eyeing China, the Philippines wants to buy its first attack submarine

Tech Insider
The Philippines are interested in buying a diesel-electric submarine to defend their sovereignty.
The Philippines are interested in buying a diesel-electric submarine to defend their sovereignty.

Yasuyoshi Chiba/Getty Images

Demands in the Middle East risk leaving an aircraft carrier-sized hole in US naval power in the Western Pacific

Tech Insider
A US aircraft carrier sails in the Pacific Ocean with a cloudy sunset in the background.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Pacific Ocean.

Navy Ensign Sarah Weinstein

China-made military drones similar to the MQ-9 Reaper were disguised as wind turbines in shipments to Libya: Italian officials

Tech Insider
Italian officials uncover military drone parts disguised as wind turbine components.
Italian officials uncover military drone parts disguised as wind turbine components.

Guardia di Finanza

Tesla just opened up a big new customer base in China after slashing prices in April to meet a key threshold

Tech Insider
Tesla Model Y
Tesla's Model Y cars just made it on the list of approved vehicles of one local government in China.

picture alliance/Getty

A box labeled 'broken porcelain' stored for decades in an attic turned out to be Chinese antiques worth $200,000

Tech Insider
A small pink and white Chinese ceramic bowl that has been broken and glued back together, that sold at auction in June 2024 for $6,300.
This small broken bowl sold for $6,300.

John Taylors Auctioneers

Subscribe to China