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A three-month curb on Chinese exports of rare earths, like that seen during 2010, could cost Japanese businesses 660 billion yen ($4.21 billion)
Hyundai expects humanoid robots to become the largest segment of physical AI market and plans to build a factory capable of manufacturing 30,000 robot units annually by 2028
Korean tech giant set to announce a 160% profit increase for the 4th quarter this week as chip prices soar. It plans to launch 800m devices with AI features this year.
Korean shares fared the best in Asia, posting their biggest yearly gains in more than two decades thanks to the country's dominant role supplying chips for AI and data centres...
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China Emissions Fall In First Half But Global Climate Alarm Persists25 Aug 2025
The world’s biggest carbon emitter, China, has seen its emissions fall by 1% in the first half of this year, but the news is not as great elsewhere...
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China Hits $1 Trillion Trade Surplus As Exports Boom Beyond US08 Dec 2025
Exports to the European Union grew an annual 14.8% last month, while shipments to Australia surged 35.8%...
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China Halts Rare Earth Exports, Warns US on Deep-Sea Metals ‘Plan’14 Apr 2025
China produces some 90% of the world's rare earths and is the dominant supplier of the vital elements to users around the world...
BYD’s sales abroad rose to a record 1.05 million units in 2025, a 150% jump from 2024, but its sales at home grew at its weakest pace in five years...
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BYD Plants Seen Generating Big Sales in Europe, South America08 May 2025
China's most successful carmaker is eyeing major growth from plants it is building in Europe and South America, and hopes to have half its sales overseas by 2030...
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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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The Cost of Making EVs is 50% Cheaper in China, VW Says – FT27 Nov 2025
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...
Head of world's top company explains next generation of chips, due later this year; says they will have five times the computing power and help chatbots to give snappier responses...
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Japan Repeats No-Nukes Pledge After Weapons Idea Floated19 Dec 2025
Government stands by its no-nukes pledge after an unnamed security official suggested the country should have such weapons to deter aggressors. Japan has been intimidated by three nuclear-armed neighbours. ...
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TSMC, Korean Firms ‘Can Send Chipmaking Tools to China Plants’02 Jan 2026
US grants annual licences to TSMC and two Korean chipmakers to import chipmaking tools to their plants in China; Nvidia asks TSMC to ramp H200 chip output ...
BlackRock and shipping group MSC have said Cosco's demand for a majority stake and veto rights in running Hutchison's ports is unacceptable, so Trump and Xi may have to resolve the impasse...
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Korean Court Rejects Bid to Block Korea Zinc Deal For US Smelter24 Dec 2025
Court denies key shareholders' move to block zinc refiner's plan to issue shares to help fund $7.4-billion smelter in the US, but they still support the US plan...
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Japan Set to Test Mining of ‘Rare Earth Mud’ From Deep Seabed23 Dec 2025
Japan will conduct a deepsea mining test next month off its most easterly island, where the seabed is believed to be rich in manganese and rare earth elements...
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