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The news of Jack Ma’s return comes on the final day of the China Development forum, a government-funded event being held in Beijing
China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the US has made a presumption of guilt against TikTok without presenting evidence that the popular app threatens its national security
China's foreign minister Qin Gang said the country will continue to provide a better business environment for global companies, including US firms
The Apple CEO is in Beijing to attend the China Development Forum, a government-organised event being held in full force again as the country emerges from its zero-Covid regime
Pegatron, currently responsible for 10% of Apple's iPhone annual production in India, intends to build a second facility near Chennai in Tamil Nadu state
While TikTok is not available in China, Chew's hearing was closely watched in the country, with many expressing sympathy for the short video app's chief
The Chinese tech giant lost access to the software in 2020 due to sanctions imposed by the US and saw its smartphone sales tank as a result
Analysts say supercomputing power is the major obstacle holding back China's ChatGPT-like bot developers
Tan Jian, the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, says export restrictions on Dutch chip technology will not be ‘just swallowed’
Seoul reacts to proposed new limits for recipients of US chip manufacturing and research funding that includes restrictions on investments related to expansion in China and Russia
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