Cissy Zhou

Honored to win a #SABEW award again. Grateful for the recognition and for my talented colleagues @yifanxie @cheskareports @er_maulia @imnormgoh and our @NikkeiAsia incredible editors @jimhandc @ZColemanTK @GaryRSilverman who make this series possible. asia.nikkei.com/Announcements/…

Will the world's largest dam project be big enough for China's economy? The launch of work on Yarlung Tsangpo in July appears to have been timed to give a jolt to economic sentiment, but enthusiasm has already cooled in some corners, reports @cissy_chow asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/poli…

Chinese carmakers are at the crossroads their Japanese peers reached 4 decades ago. Becoming the top source of imports has made them a lightning rod for trade tensions in many markets which they are seeking to defuse by building local factories @cissy_chow asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Big-…

“This is essentially a Faustian bargain with no clear resolution. But now it seems there is a simple solution: video games are about gambling, but domestically produced games are a shining symbol of the country.” asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media…

Professor Chen Zhiwu’s latest comments on A share market went viral in China. “For the mainland, I propose to just shut down the A share market as China has increasingly moved back to a planned economy with resources managed primarily by the state. Given that the state is directly managing the economy while the leaders clearly do not like financial elites, what is the point of spending a lot of resources on developing a capital market that is neither here nor there (meaning a capital market that does not effectively function as a coherent or recognizable form of a capital market).

Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal. This is my statement:

Over the past two days, everyone has been buzzing about the scandal involving Baidu's PR head. More intriguing rumors surfaced today. Two sources just confirmed with me that Qu is now no longer employed by Baidu. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa…

@NikkeiAsia does a deep dive into the India pharma ecosystem to examine the issues that have caused hundreds of deaths across the world and are now contributing to a cancer drug shortage in America. Worth your time, by @c_sayan2015 & @cissy_chow asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Spec…

China bottled water giant Nongfu Spring under fire from nationalists asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retai…

A new report finds Chinese investment in Asia rose 37% in 2023, led by Indonesia Story by @cissy_chow asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt…

"The male protagonist has to be rich and handsome, and the female protagonist would usually look plain but have a likable personality...This helps to meet the female audience's fantasy." with ⁦@ZhouMarrian⁩ asia.nikkei.com/Business/Busin…

Missing banker Bao Fan resigns from all roles at China Renaissance asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan… via @NikkeiAsia

Haneda air traffic control missed warning alert in JAL collision asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japa… via @NikkeiAsia

PDD actively seeks out individuals who have a strong motivation to make money, on the assumption they will work harder and be more obedient. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-… via @NikkeiAsia

If you want to read a bit more about the wild west of audit fraud in China, check out this investigation by me and @cissy_chow from 2021 "Bribes, fake factories and forged documents: the buccaneering consultants pervading China’s factory audits" scmp.com/economy/china-…

Exclusive: EU leaders plan to personally ask Xi Jinping to put a halt to China's sanctions circumvention in Beijing next week. If he is not amenable to helping, 13 Chinese entities will likely end up on the EU's sanctions blacklist scmp.com/news/china/dip…

Temu parent PDD’s market cap closes in on Alibaba after revenue doubles asia.nikkei.com/Business/China…

Huawei Mate 60 Pro teardown reveals 47% Chinese parts in phone asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn… via @NikkeiAsia

In several months this year, BYD claimed the throne of bestselling EV in Thailand, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel and Brazil. @cissy_chow explores how they did it. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

A source close to Hui said whether or not company and family assets were clearly separated may become an issue in the event authorities attempt to seize Evergrande assets. h/t @cissy_chow asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke…