The overseas degree that once bought a hukou (household registration), a subsidy and a salary premium now, at best, buys equal treatment. The official line is ‘no discrimination’, and no special favour either. An overseas degree has been losing its premium for a decade, as more of those who study abroad come home.
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02 Oct 2026
Offshore finance, widely understood as providing financial services to a jurisdiction's non-residents under a lighter regulatory regime, is becoming a buzzword in PRC policy circles.
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29 Sep 2026
Beijing's shorthand for its rural agenda is being recast as a theory. Sannong, meaning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, has anchored rural policy for three decades. Every No. 1 Central Document (notionally the first policy document issued each year) has, since 2004, been devoted to it.
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25 Sep 2026
Two major events, eight days apart, mark a transition in the PRC property saga. On 20 August, the real estate tycoon Xu Jiayin 许家印 Evergrande Group founder, was given a life sentence; the Group and Evergrande Real Estate received combined fines of C¥15.82 bn.
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18 Sep 2026
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haigui privilege ain’t what it used to be
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offshore finance comes onshore in Shanghai
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sannongology: from a policy term to a discipline
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what’s Beijing’s new property model?
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green agfood standardstraceabilityfood safety strategyfood consumptionpublic health...read more25 Sep 2026
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farm upscalingfarmlandthree ruralsag industrialisationnew ag operatorsag insurancefood security strategyfood production...read more24 Sep 2026
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growth modelconsumptionservices...read more24 Sep 2026
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business environmentSMEsM&Agoing globalexportsmarket accessinternational lawexternal lawprivate sector supporttech transfer, R&D...read more23 Sep 2026
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Ye JingzhongChina Agriculture University College of Humanities and Development Studies dean, professor
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