Economy
China’s banks are using AI tokens to assess credit. Is it risky?
China’s banks are using AI token consumption as a new metric for offering credit. But without neutral data and stable pricing, can measuring compute usage really substitute for traditional collateral? Academics Mingyang Jian and Jiang Kun analyse the matter.
Mingyang Jian, Jiang Kun
12 Oct 2026
Economy
How Guangzhou and Shenzhen weathered Trump’s tariff storm
Guangzhou and Shenzhen, manufacturing and technology engines of Guangdong province, were hard-hit by Trump 2.0 tariffs, but they managed to bounce back or even hold steady with resilience under pressure. Economics professor Jiang Kun gives her analysis in ThinkChina’s Eye on Guangdong series.
Jiang Kun
26 Aug 2026