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Days after meeting the Chinese PM, Samsung boss Jay Y Lee faces the threat of the group's first-ever walkout over demands for better pay and conditions
Americans are warming to electric vehicles and analysts are predicting "widespread EV adoption", plus thousands of jobs in some states from billions of investments
Senior UK politicians want more scrutiny of the fashion giant ahead of a possible London listing over alleged labour malpractices and competitor lawsuits
Chinese premier met South Korea's Yoon and Japan's Kishida in Seoul in a push to revitalise ties, plus talks on a three-party free-trade deal
Bid by Pyongyang to launch a second spy satellite on Monday night fails, when a newly developed liquid fuel rocket motor exploded over the Yellow Sea
The artificial intelligence startup will use the cash to bring xAI's first products to market, build new infrastructure and accelerate its R&D
Alibaba has signed former England soccer star David Beckham as a salesperson to give its e-commerce site AliExpress a lift; it will also be a sponsor of the UEFA tournament next month
"3D simulation animation" shows a barrage of missiles fired from the mainland, planes and warships, that rain down on targets in the north, south and east of the country
China's third state fund to boost chip production was set up on Friday with registered capital totalling 344 billion yuan ($47.5 billion)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang spoke on Sunday, a day before a summit with their Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida
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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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