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‘Five Eyes’ intelligence chiefs from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand say Beijing has built an unprecedented espionage programme
Analysts say BRI’s shift from investment intensive projects like dams to high-tech ones comes amid Xi's push to export Chinese ideas about governance
Country's biggest private developer seems to have missed a payment deadline, which would put the group in default on $17 billion in offshore debt
Updated Biden Administration rules also blacklisted Chinese chip designers Biren and Moore Threads, set up by former Nvidia employees
Baidu, which owns China's largest internet search engine, is at the forefront of the country’s AI model development
The Chinese electric vehicle outfit is forecasting its Q3 net profit could be up by as much as 102% year-on-year
Sources say the Modi government has become uncomfortable with using yuan for settlement, while refining sources said settlement in yuan also increases Indian traders' costs
Gary Gensler said it was 'nearly unavoidable’ that the next financial crash would be sparked by an AI model being used somewhere in the banking system
With nearly $11 billion of offshore bonds and $6 billion of offshore loans, a default by Country Garden would set the stage for one of China's biggest corporate debt restructurings
Analytics firms say Hamas militants received millions in crypto payments prior to the surprise attack on Israel; hundreds of digital wallets connected to the terror group have since been shut down
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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