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The first chunk of funds earmarked for housing projects endorsed by city officials has been issued, as debate rages over plans for far greater state involvement in the sector
The globe’s biggest crypto coin has soared 22% in value this year after the US approved exchange-traded funds in the currency
Researchers say Chinese propaganda "has increasingly sought to stoke existing US divisions in the same way Russia has"
China’s markets were slow to react to its biggest ever mortgage rate cut while Tokyo’s record run stalls
National regulators say they "want to build is a socialist financial powerhouse", but warn that businesspeople must avoid graft and "excessive" risks
Financial authorities in Beijing on Tuesday announced the country's biggest ever reduction in its benchmark mortgage rate
This is the second consecutive year of declining FDI into China, with numbers for 2023 less than 10% of the record amount of foreign inflows seen in 2021
BASF is getting out and VW may follow. China said in response it hopes businesses in Xinjiang "cherish" their opportunities and not believe "rumours" about forced labour
As investor anger and concern spreads through China's $2.9-trillion trust industry, the popular belief that the government would “step in to resolve any financial instability” is starting to fade
China’s markets enjoyed a post-holiday boost though the picture was messy elsewhere with relief from high interest rates still looking some way off
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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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