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Edward White

China Correspondent

Edward White joined the Financial Times in 2017. He was previously the FT’s Seoul bureau chief, covering North Korea and South Korea, a correspondent in Taiwan and breaking news reporter. He has won awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia for coverage of North Korean human rights abuses and the dark side of South Korea's entertainment industry. He has also received a Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America for magazine feature writing. Based in Shanghai since 2023, his coverage includes China’s clean technology sector, elite politics in the Chinese Communist party and corruption, as well as foreign policy, the environment and human rights.

Email Edward White @edwardwhitenz  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU rejects Chinese EV makers’ bid to avert hefty tariffs

    Commission dismisses offers to adjust pricing of allegedly subsidised vehicles

    BYD electric cars for export are parked in rows, waiting to be loaded on to a ship at a port in Shandong province, China
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessAutomobiles
    Foreign carmakers also have a China overcapacity problem

    None predicted just how fast China’s own industry would develop in the age of EVs

    EV cars are pictured inside BYD’s first electric vehicle factory in Southeast Asia
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Tesla’s EVs stall in China

    Chinese car buyers avoid Tesla as more advanced electric vehicles flood the market

  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    InterviewEnergy sector
    Chinese start-up aims for nuclear fusion at half the cost of US rivals

    Shanghai’s Energy Singularity looks to raise $500mn to develop clean energy breakthrough using locally sourced materials

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthTesla Inc
    Elon Musk’s China dream stalls as hybrids rush past Tesla

    Consumers shift to plug-in models from local rivals such as BYD

    A BYD electric vehicle
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Russian politics
    Putin visits Mongolia despite international arrest warrant

    Russia confident Ulan Bator will not act despite being an International Criminal Court member

    Vladimir Putin walks with Mongolia’s foreign minister along a red carpet lined by brightly uniformed Mongolian soldiers
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    EU-China relations
    China says EU companies dumped brandy but holds off on tariffs

    Shares in Pernod Ricard and Rémy Cointreau jump after preliminary ruling but industry ‘disappointed’

    A hand pours cognac spirit from a bottle into a tulip-shaped glass in a distillery house cellar. The liquid is amber-colored, reflecting the light as it fills the glass.
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Semiconductors
    China’s export curbs on semiconductor materials stoke chip output fears

    Western customers say restrictions on supply could hit production of advanced microprocessors and optical products

    A worker places lighting components on crystal displays and modules on a production line at a semiconductor production workshop in China
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    EU-China relations
    China hits back at EV tariffs with European dairy probe

    Beijing escalates trade dispute after Brussels unveils additional levies on vehicles

    Dairy products in a supermarket in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    US-China relations
    China’s Hesai to be removed from US defence department blacklist

    U-turn on world’s biggest laser sensor maker is embarrassing reversal for the Pentagon

    A close-up of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the headquarters of the US defence department
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    Multinationals sound alarm over weak demand in China

    World’s second-biggest economy is slowing, appetite for foreign brands has weakened and local competition is intense

    A large ad for Stella Artois in Shanghai
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    EU trade
    China challenges Brussels’ electric car tariffs with WTO complaint

    Beijing says EU trade measures undermine global co-operation on climate

    A large number of new energy vehicles are ready to be shipped for export in China
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    Chinese EV laser maker fights back against Pentagon blacklisting

    Hesai says it has been forced to sue US government after allegations of military links

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    News in-depthRenewable energy
    Gridlock in China: huge spending on network in shift to green energy

    Beijing rolls out $800bn investment over six years to upgrade system as shift from coal piles pressure on creaking grid

    A solar farm next to Donggou village in northern China’s Hebei province
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Special ReportEnergy Transition
    Coal focus damps hopes of China’s climate ambition

    Momentum behind net zero pledges could be fading as Beijing prioritises economic growth and energy security

    Interior of a large industrial facility with massive conveyor belts transporting coal, towering machinery, and piles of coal under a high, arched roof
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Beyond imitation: how designers are reimagining China’s cars

    Electric-vehicle makers are setting new standards with unique designs and focus on gadget-packed interiors

    A Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle on display at a showroom in Suzhou, China
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Shein sought to reassure US over China supply chain ahead of IPO

    Fashion group’s talks on Xinjiang cotton kept private to avoid being seen as unpatriotic by Beijing

    Shein’s 2023 “Endless Summer Show” and its logo
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
    Xi’s climate goals boost China’s nuclear industry

    Export push of homegrown technology to follow after rapid domestic build-out of power plants over last decade

    A construction site for a nuclear power plant, showcasing a central domed reactor building surrounded by multiple ancillary buildings and equipment. The scene includes cranes and other machinery, set against a desert-like landscape with mountains in the background
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    Shares of Buffett-backed BYD jump after EU unveils lower than expected tariff

    Stock of Tesla’s China rival rises as much as 9% following Brussels’ announcement of electric vehicle import duties

    Exterior of a BYD showroom in Shanghai
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    ExplainerEU-China relations
    What the EU’s tariffs on EV imports mean for China

    Brussels’ duties heighten trade tensions with Beijing but are unlikely to stop the advance of Chinese-made electric cars

    an EU flag superimposed on photograph of rows of new cars
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco prices stock offer at low end of range in $11.2bn sale

    Oil company targets international investors as government raises funds

    General view of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s plan to sell cheap EVs to the rest of the world

    Shut out of the US by tariffs and facing a backlash in Europe, Chinese carmakers could end up dominating many emerging markets

    Montage image of a car, a Chinese flag and a mine
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Asia-Pacific
    China hails ‘new beginning’ at summit with Japan and South Korea

    Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo agree to revive talks on free trade deal

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol shakes hands with China’s Premier Li Qiang, as Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks on
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Geopolitics
    China warns South Korea against politicising trade before Japan talks

    Supply chains are ‘deeply intertwined’, says Premier Li Qiang ahead of summit

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, third from left, holds talks with Chinese premier Li Qiang, sitting opposite, in Seoul on Sunday
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    InterviewUS-China trade dispute
    Protectionism will ‘haunt’ renewable energy industry, says China solar executive

    Chinese companies and officials hit back against US and European trade barriers

    An aerial image showing solar panels from above in the Gobi desert, with snow on the ground
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