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August 2025

What one talks about when one talks about chuhai | Following the Yuan
While there’s an overlap between export and chuhai, the latter is much more complex, involving not just sales but also investment, manufacturing…
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Yaling Jiang
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Seeking quality in economic slowdown, China consumer news digest #66 | Following the Yuan
A push and pull between quantity and quality in China's consumer market
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Yaling Jiang
Will China’s first childcare subsidies work? [RSVP to Webinar] | Following the Yuan x ApertureChina
A 30-minute coffee chat with paid subscribers. RSVP for a Zoom invite to your email.
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Yaling Jiang
It's never been so easy to be a spy 📸 | Following the Yuan
The business behind #Maskpark, China’s largest known digital sex crime ring — and why it might harm the country’s plummeting birth rate and continue to…
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Yaling Jiang
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July 2025

How do Chinese graduates *really* feel about the job market?🥀| Following the yuan
"Three unemployed individuals who collectively spent 6M RMB on studying abroad," one post on RedNote reads.
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Yaling Jiang
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Rongrong Zhuge
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🆕 consumer news digest: Is Sports China's only organic boom? | Following the Yuan
Among the top five high-growth categories in China's total social retail sales, 4 benefit from varying levels of state subsidies. Does that mean sports…
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Yaling Jiang
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[Webinar recap] 30 mins of China's sports sector | Following the Yuan x Baiguan
Watch now | 3 key trends in China's sports sector: policy, retail, and product Innovation
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Yaling Jiang
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Amber Zhang
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[OOO] China’s lie-flat coffee capital is brewing a new Chinese dream 💭 | Following the Yuan
How Menglian County in Yunnan embraces the country's new middle-class lifestyle
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Junjie Wang
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June 2025

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