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Economists are predicting another month of manufacturing contraction in the world’s No2 economy as it continues to struggle post-Covid
China is pushing to become a world leader in the field of AI by 2030 but wants to keep the game-changing technology under its purview and control
Cumulative net buying of Chinese equities from January 23 to 25 totalled $12 billion and was the biggest three-day spree in more than five years, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients
Custom officials say integrated circuit chips, classed as strategic items and worth $11.6 million, were funneled to mainland via a South Korean company; firm's executives now face prosecution
Tensions in the Red Sea have pushed oil prices higher while China Evergrande’s downfall caused a ripple not a shockwave
The verdict in Hong Kong came as no surprise. Analysts are now anxious to see how courts on the mainland react to this outcome, and what impact it will have on moves to rev up the economy
The machines are aimed at disrupting the most expensive step in the chipmaking process, by “stamping” chip designs on to silicon wafers instead of etching them using ultraviolet light
The move will give “all types of investors more time to digest market information” and create “a fairer market order," China's markets regulator said
The move “will help accelerate a reduction of housing inventory and promote activity of the property market," one analyst said
The US is pushing to require its cloud firms to verify the identity of foreign entities who sign up for their services, through a "know-your-customer" program
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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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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