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This is the first such indication from Beijing that it is taking concrete measures to reach a key promised outcome from a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in October
Every tested firm ranked very poorly at assessing existential safety, a measure that evaluates whether they have any concrete strategies to manage potential ‘catastrophic risks’ from AI superintelligence
The order led to a widespread outcry from users, critics, activists and political rivals who said the app could become a state surveillance tool in the world’s most populous nation
China produces some 90% of the world's rare earths and is the dominant supplier of the vital elements to users around the world...
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China Follows US Playbook in Rare Earth Crackdown; Tesla Hit23 Apr 2025
China seems to be taking leaves from the American playbook as it steps up its retaliation against Donald Trump's tariff war...
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Trump Taps Southeast Asia For Rare Earths Amid China Uncertainty27 Oct 2025
The US is racing to establish a rare earth supply chain separate from China following Beijing’s increasingly aggressive moves to restrict its exports of rare earths to the country...
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Chinese Firms May Soon Need To Transfer Tech To Invest In Europe15 Oct 2025
The EU has emerged as a key market for Chinese firms due to increasing competition and deflationary pressures at home and tough policies that deter their expansion in the US...
The German car giant plans to release about 30 EVs in China over the next five years, and hopes to sell them around the world as well...
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China’s EV Subsidy Era May End As Exports Boom, Priorities Shift29 Oct 2025
China has published its five-year development plan for 2026-2030 and for the first time in 15 years, new energy vehicles are not included in its list of strategic emerging industries...
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China’s BYD Sees Sales in the UK Jump by 880% – BBC07 Oct 2025
Britain has emerged as key market for BYD, as it is the only European nation with no tariffs on exported electric and hybrid vehicles from China...
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China’s Policies Have Pushed Its Auto Industry Near to Collapse17 Sep 2025
Carmakers and dealers are struggling to make money in the world’s biggest auto market and oversupply, along with fierce competition, has left scores of firms on the brink of collapse...
Fossil-fuel vehicles made up 75% of Chinese auto exports since 2020, and annual shipments could top 6 million this year, amid huge overcapacity at home...
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China’s Military Suppliers Hit by Corruption Purge, Report Says01 Dec 2025
Revenues of China's top military firms fell 10% last year after the PLA and its Rocket Force were targets of a corruption crackdown ordered by President Xi, new report says...
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Nvidia’s Biggest Chinese Buyer Can No Longer Use Its Chips For AI27 Nov 2025
TikTok-parent ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm last year. It may have to look elsewhere now to power its data centres...
Climate change and policies aimed at a green transition would impact labour productivity and availability, with up to 1.2 billion workers in 182 countries vulnerable to climate disruption...
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Toll From Floods, Cyclones in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia Tops 1,13001 Dec 2025
Warmer oceans are one reason Asia is experiencing more intense storms, but some of the latest cyclones were rare, as they formed close to the equator....
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Nexperia Row With Chinese Parent Worsens Amid Chip Supply Pain28 Nov 2025
Caught in the middle of the continuing tensions around the Dutch chipmaker are global automakers who rely on the firm for its ubiquitous chips and experts say they have 'no way out'...
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