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China Is Weighing Tariff Exemptions on Some U.S. Imports
The Chinese government is considering whether to exclude some essential products from its retaliatory 125 percent tariffs on American…
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US: Wall Street opens slightly lower as China trade uncertainty lingers
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Apr 25) as investors sifted through conflicting comments from US President Donald Trump…
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‘Worst is over’: Analysts bullish on Raffles Medical’s potential China turnaround; Maybank upgrades to ‘buy’
ANALYSTS have raised their target prices on private healthcare provider Raffles Medical amid expectations of an earnings recovery, which…
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China's home prices to drop further, recovery not expected until 2026
BEIJING (Reuters) - The outlook for China's property sector has turned gloomier despite expectations of price stabilisation by next year…
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Trump team seeks to toughen Biden’s chip controls over China
DONALD Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressuring key allies to escalate their…
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China woos Bangladesh in Beijing trip
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists have begun a 10-day visit to…
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Pakistan’s shiny new Balochistan airport is just missing one thing: passengers
With no passengers and no planes, Pakistan’s newest and most expensive airport is a bit of a mystery. Entirely financed by China to the…
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Trump’s main target in metals tariffs is China, ex-trade adviser says
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel are motivated mostly by concerns that China is flooding the global market and…
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Malaysia expects its palm exports to China to be ‘resilient’ amid price pressure
MALAYSIA-PALM/CHINA:Malaysia expects its palm exports to China to be 'resilient' amid price pressure Malaysian palm oil exports to China…
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China's EV maker XPeng eyes doubling global presence by year's end
X9 electric vehicles by Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng, waiting to be loaded on a ship headed for Thailand (Pedro Pardo) One of China's…
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Is Xi’s Sudden Embrace of Business for Real? China Is Left Guessing.
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, made his entrance at a symposium with a group of top entrepreneurs this week, he seemed to be in good…
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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Reorder Asia Trade and Exclude the U.S.
As President Trump uses tariffs as a weapon in his quest to even the score on trade with the world, Asia is emerging as target No. 1. And…
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Abrdn in talks to launch China asset management venture with Citic unit: sources
ABRDN is in advanced talks with Citic Bank to launch an asset management joint venture in China, two sources with knowledge of the matter…
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Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite…
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Marriott International signed 161 deals in Greater China in 2024
Marriott International has reported a robust year of growth in 2024 for its Greater China region, with 161 deals signed, equating to…
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Vietnam gives green light to $8bn rail link to China
Vietnam’s National Assembly has approved a railway project connecting the country with China, marking a significant step in modernising…
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Trump Eyes a Bigger, Better Trade Deal With China
During the Biden administration, Donald J. Trump would sit in his mirrored and gold-trimmed salon at Mar-a-Lago where he had once hosted…
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China’s clean energy investments reached $940bn in 2024
China's clean energy investments in 2024 amounted to 6.8tn yuan ($940bn), nearing the scale of $1.12tn global investment in fossil fuels,…
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China, India natural gas imports will impact Apac prices: panellists
ASIA-PACIFIC should keep an eye on natural gas imports by China and India, whose ongoing pipeline projects will heavily affect regional…
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South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
The South Korean government said on Monday that it had temporarily suspended new downloads of an artificial intelligence chatbot made by…
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Jack Ma and Other Chinese Business Leaders Meet With Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met on Monday with a group of corporate chieftains, including the entrepreneur Jack Ma, who was sidelined…
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Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to…
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China slows rather than halts copper smelting’s breakneck growth
THE Chinese government is getting serious about constraining the blind expansion of copper smelters, although its new policy is likely to…
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Xi-Jack Ma chat seen as next catalyst for blistering China rally
A POTENTIAL encounter this week between President Xi Jinping and e-commerce icon Jack Ma, coming after a blistering run by tech shares,…