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Fearing deflated China demand, US soybean growers pivot to new buyers and biofuel With Chinese imports low according to a trade association, farmers are compensating by finding new markets and selling to biofuel makers But just slightly more than 12 million tonnes of last year’s

Little surprise Beijing doesn’t want Western advice for its economy The lack of forceful stimulus is not policy paralysis, as foreigners assume – China simply operates on a different set of priorities When a patient repeatedly refuses the same medicine, there are usually three po

From solar to AI: why China may be entering its ‘Go Global 3.0’ era As a new wave of Chinese firms captures global demand for hi-tech goods, a new report highlights a strategic shift towards AI hardware and robotics Chinese corporate expansion overseas is shifting from solar equi

Why China’s traders, e-commerce merchants feel boxed in by new EU packaging rules As trade tensions rise, Brussels has implemented new rules aimed at reducing packaging waste, with the threat of fines and bans for non-compliance On Wednesday, the European Union’s Packaging and Pa

Tencent capex jumps 176% on AI push as revenue beats estimates The firm’s second-quarter revenue surpassed market projections at US$30.4 billion, but the surge in AI spending led to a large negative free cash flow Tencent Holdings nearly tripled its capital spending in the second

China’s top court highlights first Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law ruling amid global tensions Supreme People’s Court says judgment was first to ‘explicitly establish the mandatory application’ of five-year-old law The case, heard by the Shanghai Maritime Court, centred on a dispute t

China’s EV sales slide again amid fading incentives, weak demand and persistent price war A seven-month domestic downturn contrasts with a 147.8 per cent jump in overseas shipments, highlighting a widening gap between domestic and export markets Deliveries of electric vehicles (E

Why does SK Hynix want to sell its chip facility in southwest China? The South Korean chipmaker wants to pivot towards the high-margin AI memory sector, but analysts warn any sale would face valuation hurdles South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix’s potential deal to offload a packaging

China has always had a legal framework for taxation. Why is it now increasing enforcement? Declining fiscal revenue is prompting tax authorities to scrutinize offshore trusts and equity gains These shifts in tax enforcement stem from multiple factors, and they mirror a notable sh