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Fossil-fuel vehicles made up 75% of Chinese auto exports since 2020, and annual shipments could top 6 million this year, amid huge overcapacity at home
Revenues of China's top military firms fell 10% last year after the PLA and its Rocket Force were targets of a corruption crackdown ordered by President Xi, new report says
Warmer oceans are one reason Asia is experiencing more intense storms, but some of the latest cyclones were rare, as they formed close to the equator.
The US is racing to establish a rare earth supply chain separate from China following Beijing’s increasingly aggressive moves to restrict its exports of rare earths to the country...
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Chinese Firms May Soon Need To Transfer Tech To Invest In Europe15 Oct 2025
The EU has emerged as a key market for Chinese firms due to increasing competition and deflationary pressures at home and tough policies that deter their expansion in the US...
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China Starts Collecting Tit-For-Tat Port Fees On US-Owned Ships14 Oct 2025
The trade war between US and China is now ensnaring ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil...
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‘Can Destroy China’: Trump Says Beijing Has to Give US Magnets26 Aug 2025
'We're going to have a lot of magnets in a pretty short period of time. In fact, we'll have so many we won't know what to do with them,' the US President said...
The German car giant plans to release about 30 EVs in China over the next five years, and hopes to sell them around the world as well...
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China’s EV Subsidy Era May End As Exports Boom, Priorities Shift29 Oct 2025
China has published its five-year development plan for 2026-2030 and for the first time in 15 years, new energy vehicles are not included in its list of strategic emerging industries...
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China’s BYD Sees Sales in the UK Jump by 880% – BBC07 Oct 2025
Britain has emerged as key market for BYD, as it is the only European nation with no tariffs on exported electric and hybrid vehicles from China...
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China’s Policies Have Pushed Its Auto Industry Near to Collapse17 Sep 2025
Carmakers and dealers are struggling to make money in the world’s biggest auto market and oversupply, along with fierce competition, has left scores of firms on the brink of collapse...
TikTok-parent ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm last year. It may have to look elsewhere now to power its data centres...
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Taiwan May Train US Workers in Chipmaking Under Tariff Deal26 Nov 2025
Taipei could also include support to help Washington build science park infrastructure, drawing on its know-how. Any deal they reach, however, will be under the shadow of growing Chinese aggression...
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US May ‘Extend Tariff Truce’ If China Delays New Rare Earth Rule15 Oct 2025
There are 17 rare earths that are vital materials in products ranging from electric vehicles to aircraft engines and military radars and exports of 12 of them are now restricted...
Climate change and policies aimed at a green transition would impact labour productivity and availability, with up to 1.2 billion workers in 182 countries vulnerable to climate disruption...
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Nexperia Row With Chinese Parent Worsens Amid Chip Supply Pain28 Nov 2025
Caught in the middle of the continuing tensions around the Dutch chipmaker are global automakers who rely on the firm for its ubiquitous chips and experts say they have 'no way out'...
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China Holds ‘Heavy’ Cards in High Stakes Rare Earth Power Play19 Nov 2025
According to some analysts, the West will still rely on China for 91% of its heavy rare earths needs by 2030, down only slightly from 99% in 2024...
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