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Chinese netizens mock US blacklisting of food brands over forced-labour claims The latest batch of Washington’s import restrictions – targeting snack firms – is creating quite a stir among China’s social media users A wave of disbelief has swept through Chinese social media. Comm

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Copper floods US as traders try to get the jump on Trump tariffs, but ‘Taco’ trend looms Traders ship more than 200,000 tonnes of the industrial metal into American ports in July to front-load anticipated levies, as fears of policy reversal persist IHS Markit shipping data showed

China’s AI revenue projected to reach US$13b on breakthroughs, adoption: Goldman Sachs Bank forecasts a sharp revenue surge after Chinese AI models slash costs, boost capabilities and capture global token share Goldman Sachs lifted projected year-end ARRs of Hong Kong-listed Zhip

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Beijing decries ‘bullying’ US tech curbs that ensnare Chinese firms and products State mouthpiece warns that Washington’s bans on green energy and advanced manufacturing will backfire, while defending China’s open-source AI models A mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party ha

Germany may be searching its supply chains for leverage on China. Will it find any? Although many analysts deem the search long overdue, they warn that German leverage would be both hard to implement and short-lived Officials in Berlin are reportedly mapping out industries where

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Tencent ramps up overseas AI push with wider roll-out of flagship Hy3 model Hy3’s release is the first major update in Tencent’s AI strategy since former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu joined the Chinese tech giant On Wednesday, the Shenzhen-based technology giant rolled out Hy3 to

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