YC partner on AI's funding gap, Indian startups; TCS CEO talks IT's resilienceHappy Monday! Y Combinator’s Ankit Gupta told ET in an exclusive chat that AI money is crowding at the top while early founders scramble fo...
13 Apr, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
At China's big political meeting, a rare debate about inequalityThe Chinese government has unveiled a slight bump in pensions for rural residents, a decision that has led to widespread outcry for greater...
13 Mar, 2026, 09.22 AM IST
Is China's economic success story faltering? Unemployment rate hits 20%; 1 in every 5 Chinese can't find a job and are living on a shoestring budgetMany Chinese citizens seek to move their savings abroad, reflecting the growing lack of confidence in the country’s economic stability.
10 Feb, 2025, 07.56 PM IST
China's looming crisis is its continuous population decline and economic challenges: Explained in 10 pointsChina's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts ...
17 Jan, 2025, 02.27 PM IST
China's retirement age reforms not enough to fix pension headacheChina's decision to raise retirement ages aims to address pension deficits and support a shrinking workforce amid economic slowdown. The po...
24 Sep, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
China's demographic time bomb: Preschools turn into nursing homes as retirement age risesChina will raise its retirement age starting January 1, 2025, in a bid to combat an escalating demographic and economic crisis. The reform,...
14 Sep, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
Amid tensions with China, some US states are purging Chinese companies from their investmentsMissouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek's push to divest from Chinese companies has made the state one of the first to do so. Now, Malek is em...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
China's young people are giving up on saving for retirementChina faces challenges in encouraging young people to save for retirement, with skepticism among youth due to concerns about job scarcity, ...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.55 AM IST
Fault lines in Chinese pension system create challenges for elderly populationChina's pension system faces challenges with demographic shifts and slow reforms, impacting senior citizens like Hao Pengfei. Issues includ...
28 Mar, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
China to improve childbirth policies, boost support for elderlyThe measures come after China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, with new births dropping to about half of those in 2...
05 Mar, 2024, 07.37 AM IST
China to raise retirement age to deal with aging population: ReportAs China's 1.4 billion population declines and ages, in part because of a policy that limited couples to one child from 1980 to 2015, press...
14 Mar, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
'China to be plagued by pension crisis from 2023'The number of retirees in the country would soar to its peak at 198 million in 2036, based on data from the 2010 demographic census.
31 Dec, 2014, 06.08 PM IST
Unlike Facebook, Alibaba is not eligible for membership in the S&P 500: David BlitzerThe vast majority of Alibaba’s business is in China so one might think that the logical place to list would have been Shanghai or Shenzhen ...
24 Sep, 2014, 02.50 PM IST
China's pension insurance programme covers 486 millionChina's urban and rural pension insurance programme now covers 486 million people, an official with the Ministry of Human Resources said.
25 May, 2013, 03.06 PM IST
Indian firms jolted by China's social security plan for foreign employees; to push wage bill by over 40%The social security plan has put expansion plans of some companies in a quandary while new investors may have to reconsider their plans.
02 Nov, 2011, 07.48 AM IST
- Indian firms hit as China's social security plan pushes up cost
Indian businesses operating in China are shaken by China's decision to impose social security obligations for foreign employees.
30 Oct, 2011, 02.57 PM IST
- TCS successfully delivers trading solution for China project
Tata Consultancy Services, today announced that its trading solution has helped the Reminbi currency platform for the Chinese inter-bank ma...
07 Dec, 2009, 01.12 PM IST