Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. – most of all, concern about China’s massive EV capabilities and its ...

Understanding the Context

Electrek: China wants to build its own electric K-car industry to boost EV sales China’s top auto industry group is calling for the creation of a standardized budget electric vehicle category — modeled on Japan’s wildly popular K-car ecosystem — to revive sluggish domestic car ... China wants to build its own electric K-car industry to boost EV sales China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), [i] is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17% of the world's population. China borders fourteen countries by land [j] across an area of 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), making it the third-largest country by area.

Key Insights

[k] The ... Get all the latest news, live updates and content about China from across the BBC. China - Population, Economy, Culture: The state barred literati from using the academies and literary societies for explicitly political activities. Scholars in Beijing and in the rich cities of the Yangtze delta turned from politics to the study of texts that marked the empirical school of scholarship (kaozheng xue). Influenced by their knowledge of European mathematics and mathematical ...

Final Thoughts

Latest China news, opinions and analysis, covering Xi Jinping, Beijing's relations with Taiwan and China's tensions with the US. A broad range of facts about China, probably the world's most interesting country: from geography to history, economy to national icons, and fun facts.