36 h. ago Canadians soon exempt from visa requirements to travel to China

Canadians soon exempt from visa requirements to travel to China  VisasNews

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47 h. ago China pushes slow bull run with tightened margin financing rules to fight overheating

China’s move to raise margin requirements for leveraged stock trading signalled regulators’ push to steer clear of boom-and-bust cycles, while strengthening the stock market’s role in funding the country’s tech self-sufficiency efforts, according to analysts. “The signal from regulators was crystal-clear: guide the market towards a stable transition to a slow bull run,” said Wang Jun, a strategist at BOC International in Shanghai. “Investors should reduce their leverage levels to guard against...

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3 d. ago U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China

U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China  Tom's Hardware

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9 d. ago Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say

Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say  Reuters

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1 week ago A New Year Rings in Major Inventor Data Requirements in China

A New Year Rings in Major Inventor Data Requirements in China  JD Supra

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1 week ago Why China custom requires new wife to leave husband’s home, hide from family lantern

A traditional custom in northern China known as “hiding from the lanterns” requires that newly married women leave their husband’s home and avoid the groom’s family lantern on their first Lantern Festival after marriage. In China, lanterns are commonly seen as symbols of light and hope. However, during the Lantern Festival, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, they become a taboo for newly married women in some areas. In a tradition popularly known as...

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2 w. ago China requires chipmakers to use at least 50% domestic equipment

China requires chipmakers to use at least 50% domestic equipment  Network World

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2 w. ago China Now Requires Chipmakers to Use At Least 50% Local Equipment

China Now Requires Chipmakers to Use At Least 50% Local Equipment  Asia Financial

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3 w. ago China to require repatriation of funds raised overseas under new rules

China to require repatriation of funds raised overseas under new rules  Reuters

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3 w. ago ‘No need to explain’: leading mRNA vaccine scientist Hu Haitao leaves US for China

Vaccine expert Hu Haitao, who studied under Drew Weissman, the Nobel laureate and pioneer of mRNA biology, has given up his tenured position at a US research institute and returned to China – a decision that required little explanation in 2025, he said. Even just one year ago, people close to him would have thought it “unbelievable” that he might give up an academic career established over nearly two decades in the United States, Hu told the South China Morning Post. But academic prospects in...

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