China’s role as the world’s factory—producing and exporting goods across the globe—has entered a new phase. In the past decade, China has made a concerted effort to move its manufacturing sector up ...

In Indonesia’s nickel belt, Chinese built smelters now produce roughly two-thirds of the world’s battery grade nickel at a capital cost 40 to 60 percent below their Western rivals and in roughly ...

When China’s property market collapsed in 2021, its leaders scrambled to find a new driver of economic growth to replace housing construction. More investment in infrastructure, which had powered much ...