The Daily Roundup - The Wire China
August 7th, 2026 | Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations.
August 7th, 2026. The Wall Street Journal China’s New Export Engine: Supplying the Factories of the World — No longer just a producer of cheap consumer goods, China is exporting more high-value items that underpin global manufacturing. Opinion: We Can’t Afford to Ignore China’s Auto Threat — Beijing’s ambitions don’t just mean industrial competition; they endanger national security. By Michael Dunne. Opinion: America Needs to Go on Offense With AI — Grad students love open Chinese modelsSubscribeorloginto read the rest. Subscribers get full access to:Exclusive longform investigative journalism, Q&As, news and analysis, and data on Chinese business elites and corporations. We publish China scoops you won't find anywhere else. A weekly curated reading list on China from Andrew Peaple. A daily roundup of China finance, business and economics headlines. We offer discounts for groups, institutions and students. Go to ourSubscriptionspage for details. Includes images fromDepositphotos. comCover StoryFrom “Hide and Bide” to “Loud and Proud”Not content to run the world’s second most powerful country for a decade, Xi Jinping set about changing everything everywhere all at once. In an excerpt from their new book, Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung examine how Xi seized personal control of China’s foreign policy apparatuses. Corporate Risk Intelligence for National Security, Compliance & Due DiligenceLearn More