Payment Terms Follow Scarcity, Not RulesFinance & Markets

Payment Terms Follow Scarcity, Not Rules

China's listed carmakers promised 60-day supplier payment in June 2025. On the fiscal-statement measure it is 187 days. Battery makers moved the other way.

Robin Wen |

China's Data Property Certificates Can Finally Travel

China's national data registry issued 56 certificates in September. Provincial pilots had already issued more than 40,000. The difference is recognition.

Robin Wen |

China's Data Property Certificates Can Finally Travel

The MATCH Act Draws Its Line at Today

The MATCH Act would exempt allied-owned fabs already in China, but not ones built later. That is a stricter rule than Washington applies to itself.

Robin Wen |

The MATCH Act Draws Its Line at Today

The Hardest Metamaterial Test Is a Train

China's 400 km/h CR450 uses acoustic metamaterials to hold cabin noise down. The same material family sits on the J-35. The train is the harder case.

Robin Wen |

The Hardest Metamaterial Test Is a Train

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The Hardest Metamaterial Test Is a Train

The Hardest Metamaterial Test Is a Train

China's 400 km/h CR450 uses acoustic metamaterials to hold cabin noise down. The same material family sits on the J-35. The train is the harder case.

Technology

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The MATCH Act Draws Its Line at Today

The MATCH Act Draws Its Line at Today

The MATCH Act would exempt allied-owned fabs already in China, but not ones built later. That is a stricter rule than Washington applies to itself.

Finance & Markets

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Payment Terms Follow Scarcity, Not Rules

Payment Terms Follow Scarcity, Not Rules

China's listed carmakers promised 60-day supplier payment in June 2025. On the fiscal-statement measure it is 187 days. Battery makers moved the other way.