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China’s largest private developer has already defaulted on $11 billion of offshore bonds amid a three-year sector-wide debt crisis
Experts say that if a sale of TikTok does go through, it would be one of the most complicated and expensive transactions in history, requiring months if not years of due diligence
Shares jump 12% on news Tesla will make 'more affordable' EVs on its manufacturing lines, despite its first-quarter profit plunging by 55% amid protracted price-war and pressure from hybrids
President Xi was reported to have told the top US diplomat that China and the US should be “partners, not rivals” and avoid engaging in “vicious competition.”...
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Huawei’s Smart Car Tech Gives Foreign Brands A Way Into China26 Apr 2024
It's taken Huawei just four years to become a force in smart car technology even as US sanctions since 2019 hammered its businesses...
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NATO Warns China: Good Ties at Risk, if You Keep Backing Russia26 Apr 2024
Western military chief said Beijing's help was vital to Moscow's war in Ukraine, as it props up Russia's war economy by sharing high-end tech such as chips...
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If Legal Fight Fails, ByteDance ‘Would Prefer to Shut TikTok in US’26 Apr 2024
Bytedance would rather shut the app if it runs out of options to fight a forced sale of TikTok's US operations, group sources say, claiming its algorithm is too valuable...
Late last year a Russian firm imported car kits to assemble Citroёn C5 models at an old plant still owned by Stellantis; they came from China's Dongfeng Motor Group...
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EU Looking to Sanction Chinese, India, HK Firms Over Russia Ties13 Feb 2024
European MPs plan to sanction three Chinese companies, plus businesses in India, Hong Kong and other countries in a bid to curb the supply of parts used in weapons and drones in Russia's war on Ukraine...
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Saudi Arabia Joins China, Russia, India in BRICS Bloc04 Jan 2024
The kingdom’s entry comes amid tensions between the US and China, and the expansion of Beijing's influence within the kingdom...
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Shipping Firms Chart Return to Red Sea Amid US Military Push27 Dec 2023
Uncertainty in the Red Sea, after Yemen's Houthi militant group began targeting vessels this month, is threatening to worsen the global surge in inflation...
CATL showed off the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) Shenxing Plus battery on the first media day of the Beijing auto show...
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Blinken Urges China to Play Fair With American Companies25 Apr 2024
The US Secretary of State is in Shanghai as the two superpowers continue to defrost a relationship defined in recent years by tech wars and trade curbs...
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China Unveils Brain Chip Similar to Elon Musk’s Neuralink25 Apr 2024
China says its fully homegrown brain-computer interface was tested on a monkey, allowing it to control a robotic arm with only its thoughts...
The two videos, featuring deepfake versions of two of Bollywood’s biggest stars, have been viewed on social media more than half a million times...
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India Seen Overhauling Japan as World’s No4 Economy – Nikkei22 Apr 2024
According to the IMF, India is also expected to overtake Germany to become the world's third-largest economic power by 2027...
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Indians Vote in World’s Biggest Election, Violence Mars 1st Phase21 Apr 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is predicted to win a rare third term in a seven-part poll which will be dominated by jobs, welfare and Hindu pride...
Taiwan chip giant says it's been lifted by huge demand for advanced chips for AI and data centres, forecasts a big lift in second-quarter sales...
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Oracle to Spend $8 Billion in Japan on Cloud Services, AI18 Apr 2024
US tech giant plans to spend $8 billion over the next decade to grow Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, its cloud computing service, across Japan...
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Japan, Korea, US Agree Forex Cooperation As Yen, Won Dive17 Apr 2024
Fading hopes of a US interest rate cut anytime soon have pushed the Japanese currency to 34-year lows...
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