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But how long the market recovery will last remains to be seen, given that broader data out of the world’s second-largest economy continues to disappoint
Taiwanese envoy in Washington says China 'cheats' and 'steals' technology, but doubts it will be able to make viable next-generation chips this year
Dozens of US venture capitalists who invest in Chinese tech are putting democracy at risk, as those firms are beholden to an autocratic regime, a new report says
Tokyo’s benchmark index continued its unassailable rise, boosted by BOJ’s signal on tightening, while Hong Kong was the region’s outlier
Thousands of North Korean workers staged violent protests in Jilin last month, angry over years of unpaid wages and lingering pandemic lockdowns that prevent them from returning home, researchers say
China's passenger vehicle sales also sank by 14% in a slow start for 2024, while in Japan Honda and Toyota both upgraded their earnings
Beijing has laid out wide-ranging guidelines for various departments and the central bank to help the new-energy-vehicle trade
Cabinet dumps Yi Huiman as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. He will be replaced by Wu Qing, a veteran securities regulator who had led the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Increased competition at home and abroad in the electric vehicle sector, particularly from China, has piled the pressure on Elon Musk’s firm
The Shanghai government is looking to speed up approvals for foreign firms that want to relay local data to head offices in other countries
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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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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