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Customs data on Wednesday showed China's imports were boosted by greater chip imports, but exports rose by the slowest pace in three months, which adds to concern about the trade outlook
The satellites were carried aboard a Long March 6 rocket and are the first delivery in SSST's ‘Thousand Sails Constellation’ plan
Talks between Italian authorities and China's Dongfeng Motor Group about a factory to make electric vehicles are at an advanced stage, sources have said
Google’s US antitrust trial has ended with a judge concluding it has illegally maintained a monopoly over internet searches
Stocks in Japan rebounded dramatically on Tuesday, enjoying the biggest one-day percentage rise since October 2008, while other markets in Asia also got a lift
China is scrambling to keep its technology ambitions on track amid rising trade tensions with the US and other western nations
Shenzhen's 'unusual' support for handset maker may stem from the firm being a big revenue stream at a time when property revenue has slumped dramatically
The US has attempted to limit the kind of chips Nvidia can sell to China to hinder the country's AI development
The Nikkei in Japan suffers its biggest ever one-day loss, plummeting by a whopping 13%, while Taiwanese and Korean shares both sank by more than 8%.
The impacts of China's downturn – caused by a protracted property slump, huge local government debt, job insecurity, geopolitical tensions and other issues – are being widely felt across borders
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