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Letting the yuan depreciate could blunt the impact of US trade tariffs. And China's central bank has considered the possibility of the yuan dropping to 7.5-per-dollar to counteract trade shocks.
China's anti-monopoly probe into Nvidia comes just two weeks after it said it would support the American chipmaker's efforts ’to take root’ in the country
Taipei says China is showing its anger at its president's recent trip to Hawaii and Guam, with around 90 naval vessels in coastal waters and dozens of military aircraft
The biggest question looming over South Korea right now is: Who is running the country?
Indian police say smugglers tried to use a Starlink device to help them ship six tonnes of meth into the country. They want details of the purchasers.
The country's top EV maker has gained a greater share of the global auto market and now looks poised to top its 4-million worldwide sales target – and overtake Ford and Honda
Competition Commission of India seeks a Supreme Court ruling on legal challenges so it can make a ruling on its probe into e-commerce platforms
Billionaire, who co-founded Ant, before being forced to give up control of the group, predicts 'great changes' in the AI era over the next two decades
‘That’s a deepfake. It has to be a deepfake. There’s no way that’s real’
Indonesia’s huge, tech-savvy population is a key market for Apple but sales of the new iPhone 16 remain banned in the country
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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