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Hanoi plans to expand a crackdown on trade fraud and imported counterfeit goods particularly from China, in a bid to keep the US happy after their trade deal
BYD is the first carmaker to assume full responsibility for an autonomous driving feature in China and the world
China's cabinet boosts social insurance and support for young people as economy weakens. Prices in June fell by the most in two years amid weak consumption.
The world’s biggest carbon emitter, China, has seen its emissions fall by 1% in the first half of this year, but the news is not as great elsewhere...
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Solar Power Boom Surging in Indonesia, Australia, Africa25 Aug 2025
Indonesia has just announced a huge solar power project, while Australia has ramped up home battery sales and African nations snap up Chinese modules...
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S Korea’s Lee Will Try to Pacify Trump With Big Shipbuilding Boost25 Aug 2025
As he headed to Washington, Lee sent a delegation to Beijing, with a message calling for normalised relations with China, while he has offered huge help with US shipbuilding...
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Nvidia CEO Meets TSMC, in Talks With US on New China Chip22 Aug 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits TMSC in Taipei. His company is working on a new chip named the B30A, based on its Blackwell architecture, that will be more powerful than the H20 model...
China's foreign minister Wang Yi discussed mining and Belt and Road projects, the Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday; approach comes after return of 1.5m refugees this year...
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Global Disaster Losses Soar to $80 Billion in First Half: Swiss Re06 Aug 2025
A preliminary estimate by insurance giant Swiss Re said losses from natural catastrophes soared in the first half of 2025...
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Local Officials in China Backed Export of ‘Zero-Mileage Used Cars’24 Jun 2025
Twenty local governments, such as cargo hubs like Guangdong and Sichuan, have supported the export of new cars to boost provincial sales data, 'dumping unsold subsidized cars' abroad...
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Not a Single Asian Country Met Air Quality Standards in 202411 Mar 2025
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
Tech rally gains momentum after a report Nvidia has asked Foxconn to suspend work on the most advanced chip it is allowed to sell in China...
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China’s Boom and Bust Real Estate Giant Won’t be Missed22 Aug 2025
The collapse of China Evergrande, with debts of more than $300 billion, will progress further on Monday when the group will be delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...
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AI Bubble Popped by MIT Report Noting Dismal Business Impacts21 Aug 2025
Six-month study in the US finds that 95% of generative AI projects aimed at lifting businesses' revenue growth have fallen flat...
From talks on resuming direct flights to a series of high-level bilateral visits, longtime rivals China and India are quietly and cautiously strengthening ties...
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Extreme Sudden Rainfall Kills Hundreds in Pakistan and India19 Aug 2025
Huge cloudbursts cause havoc in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, while China has seen peak levels in 330 rivers in recent weeks...
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Tax Reforms Boost Indian Markets Even As US ‘Calls Off’ Trade Talks18 Aug 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to slash consumption taxes on a range of products, marking the country's deepest tax cuts since 2017...
Billionaire Masayoshi Son backs his long-time ally Lip-Bu Tan, now Intel CEO, with $2bn share investment amid push for huge data centre venture with OpenAI in the US...
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Altman Agrees the AI Market is a ‘Bubble’ That Could Soon Burst18 Aug 2025
AI pioneer Sam Altman says the money being thrown at some players in the industry is 'insane' and 'not rational'...
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Foxconn, SoftBank Focus on Data Centre Gear in Ohio for Stargate18 Aug 2025
Asian tech giants say they will make data centre equipment in a factory in Lordstown, as part of the huge Stargate AI project...
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