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Early this year, the carmaker announced plans to set up a factory in US-neighbouring Mexico, a move that alarmed American automakers
China accounts for 80% of solar module production capacity after years of subsidies that have triggered a collapse in global prices
Hong Kong's benchmark saw the biggest losses in Asia with China's Politburo meeting announcing no new detailed efforts to boost the world's second-biggest economy
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...
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...
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China Markets Sink on Tech Selloff, Talk of Regulatory Curbs04 Sep 2025
China's blue-chip index fell the most in nearly five months with Shanghai stocks down more than 1.3% and the Hang Seng also sinking over 1%...
Tech giant made billions while failing to stop a flood of ads that exposed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users to investment and e-commerce scams, fake ads and banned products, Reuters says...
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Germany to Review Its Policies on China, As Trade Tensions Rise10 Nov 2025
Germany's coalition government plans to re-examine its China policies in regard to energy, raw material imports and Chinese investment in critical German infrastructure...
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DeepSeek Researcher Pessimistic About AI’s Impact on Humanity07 Nov 2025
Chen Deli believed AI could be a great aid to humans as it improved over the short term, but feared it could become a "massive challenge" in the future...
Of the 53 clean-industry projects the country has in development, only two managed to reach a final investment decision this year...
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Toyota to Speed up Expansion in India With Rural Push, New SUVs30 Oct 2025
World's top carmaker plans to lift its share of India's passenger car market to 10% by 2030 and will launch over a dozen new models to help achieve that, sources say...
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Japan Signs Rare Earths, Nuclear Power Deal With Trump28 Oct 2025
Trump also lavished praise on Japan’s newly-elected PM Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female leader who, in return, promised to nominate the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize...
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