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ASEAN leaders issued a warning this week on the danger of traffickers' cyber scams, noting "increasing abuse of technology in facilitating trafficking in persons" via social media
The world's largest contract electronics maker attributed the slump to a massive writedown related to its 34% stake in Sharp Corp, its Japanese electronics maker
Authorities have detained a man for generating a fake story that claimed a train crash killed nine construction workers in a city in China's northwestern Gansu
Beijing has called on its state-owned enterprises to be tech 'pillars' in a self-reliance drive sparked by US export curbs and bans
CEO meets Indian PM Narendra Modi on move to diversify its supply chain. The US tech giant has set a target of $1 billion in domestic production and exports over next few years.
The Microsoft-owned social media platform said it was closing down the jobs app it offers in China after it decided to largely withdraw from the country in 2021
Defence minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng says Taiwan would not tolerate the destruction of TSMC's facilities to deter an attack by China, as some US strategists have suggested
State media says consultants harmed national security by helping the West 'buy state secrets'; but lobby groups say raids on advisory group Capvision have damaged investor confidence
Observers have been bamboozled by measures such as restrictions on financial data and crackdowns on companies doing due diligence; analysts say security is trumping everything
Dealmakers hope that Cainiao's potential IPO, likely to be followed by more Alibaba units, could help revive sluggish fundraising activities in Hong Kong
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