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Yellen is expected to discuss cooperation on climate change and global debt distress, plus concerns about China's anti-espionage law in talks with senior finance officials in Beijing this week
Nikkei says an investigation has found that customs records confirm that Russia has been buying drones from Chinese companies specifically for use in its war in Ukraine
The US warns that China's anti-espionage law provides extra grounds to access and control data held by foreign firms in China and could criminalise normal business activity
A former NSW Premier was in a secret relationship with an MP accused of corrupt conduct over a visa scheme for Chinese nationals
The rules, set to come into effect on September 1, will require Dutch companies that make advanced chipmaking equipment to seek a licence before they can export it
But the listing is set to be opposed by some US lawmakers over claims the company uses cotton produced by Uyghur forced labour
China’s factory data dip boosted hopes for stimulus in some quarters but investor mood was low amid the threat of more interest rate hikes
The facility is China's biggest green hydrogen plant and has the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tonnes a year, which will be produced using solar power to split water into hydrogen and oxygen
Islamabad has won a bigger than expected bailout from the IMF to help the country manage its economic crisis, but the deal still needs endorsement by the IMF board in July
No Chinese firm has listed in US or Hong Kong under the new exhaustive rules, frustrating firms and investment bankers
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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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