Caixin Global

Caixin Global (caixinglobal.com), the English edition of Caixin: the newest articles in a section, and articles with their full text, byline, section, time published and images.

Call these actions with your String API key; see Authentication. Every call answers with the envelope described in Responses & errors, whose data holds the rows below.

Site: caixinglobal
Version: 1.0.0
Reads from: www.caixinglobal.com

Action	Description	Listed price
`article`	Read Caixin Global articles by URL with their full text: headline, standfirst, byline and authors, section, time published, whether the article is free to read, lead image and caption, every paragraph and the images in the text.	Billed per request at your plan's rates
`latest`	List the newest Caixin Global articles in a section, 20 a page: headline, standfirst, byline and authors, section, time published and lead image. Read each with article for its full text.	Billed per request at your plan's rates

`article`

Read Caixin Global articles by URL with their full text: headline, standfirst, byline and authors, section, time published, whether the article is free to read, lead image and caption, every paragraph and the images in the text.

POST https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/caixinglobal/article

Input

Unknown fields are rejected.

Field	Type	Description
`items`	string[]	Required. Caixin Global article URLs, such as https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-10-19/cover-story-chinas-power-retailers-reel-as-cheap-deals-backfire-102494733.html. 1 to 100 entries.

Output

data is an array of rows, one per result. Each row has:

Field	Type	Description
`id`	integer	The article's number, the one its URL ends in.
`url`	string	—
`headline`	string \| null	—
`summary`	string \| null	The article's standfirst, a sentence under the headline.
`byline`	string \| null	The byline as printed, such as By Fan Ruohong and Zhao Xuan.
`authors`	string[]	The byline's names.
`section`	string \| null	The article's section, such as ECONOMY or BUSINESS.
`publishedAt`	string \| null	When the article was published, RFC 3339 in China time (+08:00)
`publishedAtUtc`	string \| null	When the article was published, RFC 3339 in UTC.
`isFree`	boolean \| null	Whether Caixin marks the article free to read; most articles are for subscribers.
`imageUrl`	string \| null	The article's lead image.
`imageCaption`	string \| null	—
`paragraphs`	string[]	The article's full text, one entry per paragraph or subheading, in order.
`text`	string	The paragraphs joined by blank lines.
`wordCount`	integer	Words in text.
`imageUrls`	string[]	Images inside the article's text.

Example

curl https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/caixinglobal/article \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "items": ["https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-10-13/imf-cuts-china-growth-forecasts-for-2026-and-2027-102492957.html"]
  }'

data starts with these rows:

[
  {
    "id": 102492957,
    "url": "https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-10-13/imf-cuts-china-growth-forecasts-for-2026-and-2027-102492957.html",
    "headline": "IMF Cuts China Growth Forecasts for 2026 and 2027",
    "summary": "Fund trims projections amid property sector strains and weak domestic demand",
    "byline": "By Wang Shiyu",
    "authors": ["Wang Shiyu"],
    "section": "ECONOMY",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-13T17:23:48+08:00",
    "publishedAtUtc": "2026-10-13T09:23:48Z",
    "isFree": false,
    "imageUrl": "https://img.caixin.com/2026-10-13/179188385265818_480_320.jpg",
    "imageCaption": null,
    "paragraphs": ["The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecasts for China for 2026 and 2027, citing prolonged uncertainty, structural headwinds and continued property sector strains."],
    "text": "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecasts for China for 2026 and 2027, citing prolonged uncertainty, structural headwinds and continued property sector strains.",
    "wordCount": 190,
    "imageUrls": []
  }
]

Requests and billing

Requests: 2 Web Access requests per entry in items.
Billing: passthrough. Each request the action makes bills at its own rate on your plan; there is no separate charge for the action. See Pricing.

`latest`

List the newest Caixin Global articles in a section, 20 a page: headline, standfirst, byline and authors, section, time published and lead image. Read each with article for its full text.

POST https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/caixinglobal/latest