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Chinese state-media were seen carrying glowing praise of the country’s tech progress, as humanoids raced against humans for the first time in Beijing
The 737 MAX 8 landed in Guam after leaving Boeing's Zhoushan completion centre near Shanghai on Monday, tracking data showed
Trump proposed fees on China-built ships of up to $1.5 million a port call, but officials opted instead to levy fees based on net tonnage, or each container, or car, unloaded
Beijing warns it will impose counter-measures against countries doing deals that seek to compromise China's interests or trade
Seaborn trade from Asia to the US has plummeted, with a vast number of freight shipments cancelled and China's once-bustling ports now at a standstill because of the tariff war launched early this month
The intensifying trade war – and a remark by one of President Trump's top advisers – has put the spotlight back on possible forced delisting of Chinese companies from US stock exchanges
Japan and South Korea have tried to separate the defence costs issue, but Trump appears determined to extract an economic payoff, critics say
Chinese sellers of items ranging from lunch boxes to appliances have taken to social media platform Rednote to generate sympathy purchases
US officials have told their European counterparts they will cut tariffs if countries reduce their dealings with China, while Beijing has urged Trump to 'stop whining'
Top chip designer takes a $5.5 billion hit from US security clampdown, curbing sales of its H20 AI chip to cloud giants in China
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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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