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Private healthcare players upbeat as China hospitals ease rules on foreign ownership
Significant investments are needed for these hospitals to make returns, observers say THE Chinese government’s recent move to allow…
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Hong Kong-listed China stocks brace for Trump tariffs’ impact
CHINESE stocks listed in Hong Kong will come under renewed pressure when they resume trading Bloomberg following a three-session break,…
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Misrepresented ballot template spurs false Philippine election claims
As the Philippines geared up for national elections in May, a picture of a sample ballot labelled "Beijing PE, China" repeatedly surfaced…
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15 million new Chinese EVs to have self-driving features this year
About 15 million new cars taking to mainland China's roads - even models priced below 100,000 yuan (US$13,914) - will be fitted with…
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Alibaba named most admired Chinese internet firm by Fortune amid race with DeepSeek
Alibaba Group Holding has been named the world's most admired Chinese internet and retail company, according to the latest rankings by US…
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Trump slaps punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking fears of a trade war
MEXICO CITY — President Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, sending shock waves through the…
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China Building Massive Military Command Center in Capital, 10 Times Bigger Than Pentagon
China is constructing a new military command center near its capital, Beijing. This facility is expected to be 10 times the size of the…
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Rubio carries anti-immigration message to Latin America in first trip overseas as Trump's top diplomat
PANAMA CITY — President Trump’s top diplomat makes his first trip overseas this weekend, heading to Central America to drive home the…
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Samsung warns of slow AI chip sales in Q1, hurt by US restrictions on China
SAMSUNG Electronics on Friday warned of sluggish sales of its artificial intelligence chips in the current quarter due to U.S. export…
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Trump faces new battleground in Latin America with China and Russia
While elected on an America-first, isolationist platform, freshly reinstalled U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have…
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Apple profit tops Wall Street target even as iPhone, China sales fall short
APPLE beat Wall Street’s quarterly profit estimates on Thursday, but iPhone sales and China revenue for the holiday quarter were weak due…
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Trump officials discuss tighter curbs on Nvidia China sales
TRUMP administration officials are exploring additional curbs on the sale of Nvidia chips to China, according to sources familiar with the…
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Chinese films dodging censors have no place to go. Can they crack into Taiwan?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — When producer Wang Zijian was making the movie “Bel Ami,” or “Beautiful Friends,” he knew it had no chance of airing in…
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Satellite picture shows China's huge nuclear weapons research center
China has built a large research center that could boost its nuclear weapons development, according to satellite imagery, adding to…
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A photographer’s fantastical portrait of rural China during Lunar New Year
Editor’s Note: A version of this article was first published on February 10, 2024. In photographer Zhang Xiao’s images of the Shehuo…
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Carmakers take action against EU tariffs on e-cars from China
A pedestrian crosses a street that borders a cycle path and a charging parking lot for electric cars in Stuttgart's city center. Marijan…
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Why Chinese AI company DeepSeek is spooking investors on U.S. tech
Major U.S. tech stocks, including Nvidia, Oracle and Broadcom, plummeted Monday after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek…
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China boosts index investments in latest bid to revive market
China announced new measures to promote the development of index investment products, its latest effort to shore up the ailing equity…
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China has brokered another ceasefire in Myanmar civil war. But will it hold?
The latest China-brokered truce in Myanmar's civil war is likely to hold for now but lasting peace may still be a pipe dream, according to…
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China firms boost shareholder returns via dividends and buybacks
CHINESE firms are attracting investors with increased dividends and buybacks, spurred by a policy push for corporate governance reforms in…
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Tesla launches new Model Y in US, Canada, Europe weeks after China
ELON Musk’s Tesla launched a new higher-priced version of the Model Y, its best-selling car, in the United States, Canada and Europe on…
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NEV development in China: a review of 2024 and expectations for 2025
By the end of November 2024, the total volume of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in the Chinese market reached a historic high of 9.7 mn units…
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China unveils plan to encourage insurance funds into stock markets
CHINA said on Wednesday (Jan 22) it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share…
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Record beef imports raising risk of China imposing trade curbs
CHINA’S record beef imports are hitting a market where demand is slowing and prices have fallen to the lowest since 2019, raising the risk…