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German government pledges to defend trade, signalling tougher China stance Country’s ruling coalition agrees on 34-point package to revive ailing German economy as Chinese imports surge Germany’s ruling coalition has pledged to take a tougher line on defending trade at the contin

AI computing stock panic over Meta cloud rumour ‘erroneous’, analysts say Fears of AI hardware glut not warranted, as ‘Meta’s data centre and compute procurement will accelerate, not slow down’, SemiAnalysis says A panic over excess computing capacity for artificial intelligence

Potential US ban on Chinese inverters would harm local power industry, firms warn America’s need for inverters is growing amid boom in renewable energy demand driven by AI race – and China is the dominant global supplier The United States’ reported plan to ban foreign-made invert

Advertisement Opinion When and how will China ease capital controls? While China has reasons to maintain capital controls, the recent crackdown on three Hong Kong brokerages is not meant to discourage mainland outbound investment 3-MIN READ3-MIN 1 Listen Lawrence J. Lau is the Ra

China aims to ‘infiltrate’ US-Mexico-Canada trade deal, says American manufacturing group The Alliance for American Manufacturing says China is trying to circumvent the USMCA through its automotive investments in Mexico However, analysts cautioned that full decoupling from China’

Inside CXMT’s US$4.3b IPO: soaring profits meet US export threat and high-stakes HBM race CXMT is taking orders for its advanced DDR5 server memory from Tencent and ByteDance after completing customer validation, a source says As China’s leading DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technol

Why the World Bank is winding down loans to China amid a ‘natural’ shift Ministry of Finance eyes move towards knowledge sharing as wealth gains and US pressure curb lending for a nation that is now the world’s top bilateral creditor Beijing has downplayed reports that the World

European companies ‘becoming more reliant on China, not less’, EU chamber chief says Jens Eskelund tells conference in Berlin that Beijing can raise costs of confrontation beyond what other side is willing to bear Europe’s push to reduce its dependence on China is driving many of

New technologies power China’s Tesla challengers to monthly sales records Bucking muted market sentiment, Leapmotor and Zeekr both set records for a second consecutive month Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivered 93,376 electric vehicles (EVs) last month, up 94.5 per cent year on

PDD embraces China’s ‘city of the future’ after bruising regulatory clash and record fine Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area The operator of budget online marketplaces Temu and Pin

PDD embraces China’s ‘city of the future’ after bruising regulatory clash and record fine Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area The operator of budget online marketplaces Temu and Pin

Will share buy-backs help Chinese big tech companies rescue battered valuations? Firms like Tencent and Alibaba are trying to boost investor confidence in the sector, whose stock prices have recently hit alarming lows Chinese tech giants including Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group

Lorenzi warns of economic conflict and unplottable solutions: ‘world without bearings’ Prominent French economist warns that Europe must reach strategic pact with Beijing and enact structural reforms as global order enters volatile era The global order has lost the structural anc

In the AI era, US-China competition hinges on who can adapt faster In an age of disruption, power rests with whoever learns, innovates and adapts more effectively Power has historically been measured by indicators such as territory, population, industrial production, military cap

ExclusiveChina’s Kling AI nears US$3 billion round at US$18 billion valuation: sources The Kuaishou Technology spin-off aims to start Hong Kong listing process within a year, as annual recurring revenue soars following latest AI video model release Kuaishou-backed Kling AI is clo

Visa-free ‘dividends’: China drawing a boom in foreign visitors this summer A growing number of foreign travellers are taking advantage of looser rules to venture inland, fuelling a shift away from traditional hotspots Nikolas Karageorge has mapped out a tour of China that starts

Advertisement Opinion As China tightens the fiscal net, it must strike a fine balance While the central government is cracking down on tax evasion, provincial governments are scrambling for cash in ways that can be destructive 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Michael Han is assistant presi

Advertisement Opinion Will US-China economic ties become self-reinforcing cycle of suspicion? China’s regulations on outbound investment might seem purely administrative but they give Beijing crucial new control over transactions 3-MIN READ3-MIN 1 Listen David Willard is the foun

Why China’s billionaire-backed research universities are looking for more money Newcomers began admitting undergraduates last year and are now vying with older institutions for tuition fee revenue But they are vying with hundreds of better-known, larger and longer-established uni

China’s new investment law asserts control over offshore tech transfers in landmark move Beijing’s ‘milestone’ mandate seen authorising retaliatory responses to trade barriers while restricting research leaks Under the mandate, the government will probe trade-related investment b

Will slowing car sales in China reignite brutal price war in crowded market? Global consultancy AlixPartners delivers most bearish forecast for Chinese carmakers’ fortunes this year Weak buying interest was likely to fuel a brutal price war that would ensnare nearly all the count

China challenges US, Japan’s grip on high-end carbon fibre with new T1100 production line New production lines highlight Beijing’s push to strengthen self-sufficiency in a cutting-edge material used across aerospace and advanced industries China has stepped up mass production of

Nvidia to boost its China robotics team amid emergence of physical AI The US chip giant says it is recruiting for more than a dozen roles as it looks to move robots from research labs to real-world deployment The Silicon Valley firm is recruiting for more than a dozen roles acros

China-Canada trade thaw falters as Beijing levies penalties for dumping pea starch Beijing imposes cash deposits on imports of the widely used agricultural product ahead of Ottawa’s decision on Chinese-made steel racks Beijing has issued a preliminary verdict finding that pea-sta

China faces economic balancing act: AI and exports boom while consumers stay home Two high-level meetings show that Beijing is aware of economic imbalances as Politburo prepares high-stakes growth assessment next month The meetings were the latest sign that Beijing aimed to susta

How China’s new education plan tackles talent crunch, self-reliance amid tech challenges China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates A State Council blueprint issued on Monday sets out 15 fla