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NEV development in China: a review of 2024 and expectations for 2025
By the end of November 2024, the total volume of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in the Chinese market reached a historic high of 9.7 mn units…
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Trumps Threatens Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
When President Trump refrained from immediately imposing new tariffs on his first day in office, as he had previously threatened, business…
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Taking Trump’s Tariffs Threats Seriously and Literally
Is Trump bluffing? President Trump’s tariff threats have perplexed and rankled foreign leaders and C.E.O.s for some time now as they fear…
Fashion
China unveils plan to encourage insurance funds into stock markets - The Business Times
CHINA said on Wednesday (Jan 22) it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share…
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Trump Is Said to Push for Early Reopening of North American Trade Deal
The Trump administration intends to push to renegotiate the U.S. trade deal with Canada and Mexico ahead of a required 2026 review of it,…
Culture
Record beef imports raising risk of China imposing trade curbs - The Business Times
CHINA’S record beef imports are hitting a market where demand is slowing and prices have fallen to the lowest since 2019, raising the risk…
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a…
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Trump Pitches External Revenue Service to Collect Tariffs: What to Know
President Trump has promised to generate a “massive” amount of revenue with tariffs on foreign products, an amount so big that the…
Lifestyle
'We're taking it back.' Trump's comments on the Panama Canal spur pushback from Panama
MEXICO CITY — President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built…
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TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to…
Lifestyle
News Analysis: Once again, the world sizes up a Trump presidency
WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump takes the oath of office Monday for the second time, the world is watching with a mix of fascination,…
Culture
China used more coal power last year in blow to climate efforts
CHINA’S fossil fuel power plants increased generation to a record last year, as the boom in clean energy failed to keep pace with surging…
Lifestyle
Trump's tariffs brought China and Mexico closer. Will his second term change that?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The last time Donald Trump was president, he imposed a slew of tariffs on China that upended global trade. He’s…
Culture
China discusses sale of TikTok US to Elon Musk as one possible option
CHINESE officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to…
Business
China’s vehicle export growth set to slow in 2025: CAAM data
China's vehicle export growth is expected to temper to 5.8%, reaching 6.2 million units this year, a significant deceleration from the…
Culture
BMW sales slide after brake fault recall, China demand slump
BMW car sales slipped last year as a costly recall compounded a slump in demand in China that’s hit Germany’s automakers hard. Sales of…
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Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.’s Global Spread
The Biden administration issued sweeping rules on Monday governing how A.I. chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an…
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OpenAI Courts Trump With Vision for ‘A.I. in America’
In December, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, donated $1 million to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inaugural fund, joining a…
Culture
China vehicle export growth to slow in 2025, association data shows
CHINA’S vehicle exports are expected to grow 5.8 per cent to 6.2 million units this year, cooling from a 19.3 per cent increase in 2024,…
Fashion
China flags more policy measures to bolster renminbi
CHINA announced more tools to support its weak currency on Monday (Jan 13), unveiling plans to park more US dollars in Hong Kong to…
Culture
iPhone loses global market share with Apple AI absent in China
APPLE sold fewer iPhones and lost ground to Chinese rivals last year, reflecting the absence of Apple Intelligence in its largest market…
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China’s Trade Surplus Reaches Nearly $1 Trillion
China announced on Monday that its trade surplus reached almost $1 trillion last year as its exports swamped the globe, while the…
Fashion
Goldman strategists see tumbling China stocks rising 20% in 2025
GOLDMAN Sachs strategists are sticking to their bullish stance on Chinese stocks despite an ongoing rout, predicting that benchmarks will…
Culture
Will 2025 herald an IPO revival in China?
PRIVATE equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds in China had another gloomy year in 2024, but many in the industry are hoping that a…