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With his deputies split on when to end Japan's long-running stimulus policy, central bank chief preferred to act rather than wait for the economy to 'run hot'. It could take years for rates to rise
Investors are pouring their cash into safe financial products amid a continuing crisis in the country’s real estate sector
Experts say the impact of US chip curbs on China is a 'mixed picture', but there is “no way back” to the global semiconductor ecosystem that existed before the Covid pandemic
Chinese carmakers are turning to Nvidia for advanced technology in an effort to compensate for what they currently lack in global brand recognition
The Bank of Japan shifted away from years of ultra-easy monetary policy lifting the Nikkei past the 40,000 mark but China’s property problems weighed elsewhere
Buyers from the mainland have been responsible for up to a third of sales since the city dropped extra stamp duties on foreign buyers late last month
BOJ drops stimulus programme as the country finally emerges from deflation; central bank to end purchase of risky assets like ETFs and real-estate trusts
Hengda Real Estate said a CSRC probe found that it inflated revenues by $29.7 billion – half of the total – in 2019 and by $48.6bn in 2020
Beijing will vet IPOs more closely, 'severely punish' securities fraud, and also increase supervision of listed companies to ensure they give better dividends and don't 'worship money'
Dozens of South Korean companies have left China in recent years for reasons ranging from bilateral strains, geopolitical rivalry, plus China's economic slowdown and push for self-sufficiency
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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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