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Beijing could use the review to influence the transaction, including, in an extreme case, trying to force the parties to abandon the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times
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 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...
Chinese companies making electric vehicles must commit to sell their cars at agreed minimum prices, if they want to avoid tariffs in Europe...
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BYD Struggles at Home But Record Foreign Sales Help it Beat Tesla02 Jan 2026
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...
Diversification of trade to Africa, SE Asia and other regions, helps China manage US tariffs, but it also highlights its weak domestic economy, analysts say...
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Chips, AI Take Centre Stage in Taiwan’s ‘Win-Win’ US Tariff Deal16 Jan 2026
A top Taiwan official said the deal would encourage US investment in the island and help 'the extension and expansion' of its technology industry...
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4.7m Teen Accounts Blocked by Australia’s Social Media Ban15 Jan 2026
The country's internet regulator said the world-first ban on teens under 16 having accounts has had a swift and sweeping impact....
Underutilisation of renewables is spurring China to switch its focus from rapidly building renewable plants to making sure more of their power gets into the grid...
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China, India See First Drop in Coal Power Use in Half a Century14 Jan 2026
While many challenges remain for both countries to sustain their pivot to cleaner energy, the decline in coal-power use marks a 'historic moment', researchers say...
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China to Scrap Battery Export Tax Rebates: Lithium Price Surges12 Jan 2026
China's finance ministry said the VAT export rebates for battery products would be cut to 6% from 9% from April, then rolled back entirely from January 1, 2027....
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