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Authors of a study of 9,200 Asia-Pacific companies say climate action is becoming "an essential financial strategy" for businesses, which lowers risks and yields tangible benefits
China was the only country to increase its year-on-year chip equipment purchases, with other major buyers like Taiwan, South Korea and the US all spending less
Concern is rising over surging water consumption by data centres, as well Big Tech's use of carbon offsets to write off emissions, and plans for a rejig of offset rules
Chinese sellers of items ranging from lunch boxes to appliances have taken to social media platform Rednote to generate sympathy purchases...
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China Says it Will ‘Shake Hands Not Fists’ to Beat US Tariffs15 Apr 2025
Beijing is aiming to diversify ties amid an escalating trade war with the US, making a significant shift in its approach so far to international ties...
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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...
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Concern Grows Around Firing of Ethnic Chinese Scientist in US01 Apr 2025
Wang Xiaofeng, a prominent cybersecurity researcher, was removed from Indiana University last week after the FBI raided his two homes in the state...
Popular support saw a share sale by the Chinese company ramped up and ended with the firm raising $5.5 billion, it said on Tuesday....
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BYD Mexico Plant in Limbo as ‘China Fears EV Tech Leaking to US’19 Mar 2025
The Xi Jinping administration fears a plant in the country would give Mexico unrestricted access to BYD’s advanced technology and EV know-how, insiders claim...
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BYD Shares Hit Record on Charging Tech Twice as Fast as Tesla18 Mar 2025
The Chinese electric vehicle giant has described its new fast charging platform as similar to filling up a fuel tank at the pump...
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Tesla Launches Free Trial of Full Self-Driving Service in China17 Mar 2025
Tesla is aiming for a full rollout of FSD in China this year, and is working with tech giant Baidu to improve the performance of the system...
Top chip designer takes a $5.5 billion hit from US security clampdown, curbing sales of its H20 AI chip to cloud giants in China...
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Apple Stock Soars as iPhones Airlifted From India ‘to Beat Tariffs’10 Apr 2025
Stock jumps 15% on Wednesday after tariffs eased and news emerges of airlifts of iPhones flown out of India to beat the start of tariffs in the US...
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From 100% Tax to $1 Billion Fine: Rough Days For TSMC in US09 Apr 2025
After averting the risk of a 100% tariff on its chip sales to the US, the world’s largest contract chipmaker now faces the threat of a $1 billion penalty from Washington...
Japan's second-biggest automaker by sales plans to increase US vehicle production by as much as 30% over two to three years, a new report says...
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Trump Tariffs Could Boost Demand For Renewables: Think Tank08 Apr 2025
Renewable power generation provided a record 32% of global electricity last year...
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India Likely to Defy Auto Lobby, Cut EV Levies to Appease Trump02 Apr 2025
Pushback from the domestic auto lobby has been a key reason why the Indian government has, for months, delayed a reduction of import levies...
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