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Weather portal says the average national temperature was a degree higher than 2023, while Shanghai had the hottest year since the Qing Dynasty
Climate experts have warned that continued investments in fossil fuels will create the risk of assets worth $557 trillion being left useless by 2050
Researchers say the TikTok owner's planned spending on computing power 'will drive progress' in China’s artificial intelligence industry
Chinese hackers gained access to a digital key that enabled them to gain access to Treasury documents, officials said on Monday
Chinese firms have stepped up their purchases of materials needed to make chips and electronics from US suppliers ahead of the new year
Chinese companies have increased their extraction of rare earths from northern Myanmar by an "unprecedented" amount, a new report says
The US President-elect says a pause would give his administration time to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue
Beijing has asked local governments 'with financial capacity' to give relief funds or a one-time allowance to people in need as the Lunar New Year break looms
China's top chipmakers are still 10-15 years behind leading Western chipmakers because they cannot access EUV lithography machines, ASML's new CEO has said
While CATL's board has approved the plan, the proposal still requires approval from regulators in Beijing
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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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