34 h. ago ‘Irresistible trend’: why Chinese firms are rushing to open factories in Hungary

When Agosto Bodo took a job at a Chinese law firm’s Budapest office last year, he found himself catapulted into the centre of a China-fuelled investment boom. Yingke Law Firm, a major player in Chinese corporate law, had opened the new office to serve a wave of Chinese companies looking to open factories in Hungary. And the business was quickly gaining momentum. “We helped our clients with sourcing labour, looking for offices – we provided the whole service to help them overcome the language and...

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44 h. ago Why Trump’s nuclear export controls won’t stop China, may hurt US firms: analysts

China’s nuclear ambitions may face a slight setback from Washington’s reported export restrictions on power plant components, but Beijing will press ahead with its construction drive and intensify efforts to develop home-grown technologies as its domestic reactors mature, analysts said. The Trump administration has reportedly suspended licenses for the export of some nuclear power generation equipment to China. The US Department of Commerce issued the ruling in recent weeks, according to...

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44 h. ago China backs Mekong pollution probe after reports point finger at mining firms

China’s embassy in Thailand said it was “closely monitoring” the situation after claims that heavy metal pollution in northern Thai rivers was linked to suspected Chinese mining activities in neighbouring Myanmar. A post on the embassy’s official social media account acknowledged recent comments by the Thai government on the matter. “China is closely monitoring reports about the heavy metal pollution incident in a tributary of the Mekong River in Thailand. We have taken note of the recent test...

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4 d. ago US retailers demand Chinese firms pay shipping costs as trade pressure grows

US retail giants are demanding that their Chinese suppliers split or even bear the full cost of shipping goods across the Pacific, as freight rates skyrocket amid the disruption caused by the trade war, sources at Chinese export firms told the Post. The move is the latest sign of the intense pressure America’s biggest retailers are putting on Chinese factories to absorb more of the additional costs created by the trade war, with the companies facing calls at home to “eat the tariffs”. Until...

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4 d. ago No polled US firms in China shifting production back to US, AmCham survey finds

No polled US firms in China shifting production back to US, AmCham survey finds  South China Morning Post

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5 d. ago US Firms in China Will Stay Put Despite Tariffs, AmCham Says

US Firms in China Will Stay Put Despite Tariffs, AmCham Says  Bloomberg

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5 d. ago China Renaissance’s investment in stablecoin issuer Circle pays off

China Renaissance, which has funded many leading Chinese technology firms, made another winning bet after shares of stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group more than doubled on their debut in New York. The Chinese investment bank said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday that it had invested in Circle, which was founded in 2013, in 2018 through its Huaxing New Economy Fund. The investment reflected its “strong confidence in the growth prospects of the digital asset industry”,...

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5 d. ago Hong Kong IPO Rules Tested as China Firms Weigh US Delistings

Hong Kong IPO Rules Tested as China Firms Weigh US Delistings  Bloomberg

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5 d. ago ‘From awful to bad’: how Trump’s tariff war with China crushes small US firms

In 2017, tired of supporting other people’s entrepreneurial dreams and watching e-commerce take off, Matt Rollens started Dragon Glassware in his garage with US$10,000 from savings and a small inheritance. A tea drinker, his first idea was a glass vacuum flask. But the prototype fell short, so he settled on drinking glasses as the US microbrewery craze exploded. Over the next eight years, he built ties with skilled Chinese factories and expanded into licensed Barbie and Wicked drinkware as...

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5 d. ago Chinese app firm Newborn Town sets up in Hong Kong for AI, global push

Hong Kong-listed Chinese app company Newborn Town will open a global headquarters and set up an artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in Hong Kong as a pivotal step in its overseas expansion strategy. “The landing of the global headquarters in Hong Kong marks a new stage in the company’s globalisation strategy and an important milestone of our company’s development,” said chairman Liu Chunhe at an opening ceremony in Hong Kong on Thursday. Newborn Town said it would focus on developing AI...

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5 d. ago Trump’s China Envoy Seeks to Calm US Firms as Trade Ties Fray

Trump’s China Envoy Seeks to Calm US Firms as Trade Ties Fray  Bloomberg

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6 d. ago China vows to protect students in face of ban on new foreign students at Harvard

China has pledged to “firmly safeguard” the interests of its students following US President Donald Trump’s ban on international enrolment at Harvard University. Citing the institution’s failure to address national security risks on campus, Trump announced in a proclamation on Wednesday night that he would immediately block the Ivy League school from enrolling new international students or exchange visitors, while also ordering the State Department to review whether current foreign enrolments...

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6 d. ago ‘Malicious distortion of facts’: Beijing hits out at US over Rubio’s Tiananmen remarks, calls it ‘serious interference’

‘Malicious distortion of facts’: Beijing hits out at US over Rubio’s Tiananmen remarks, calls it ‘serious interference’  MSN

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6 d. ago Ripple, XRP Treasury Reserve News: China Firm Files With SEC For $300M Plan

Ripple, XRP Treasury Reserve News: China Firm Files With SEC For $300M Plan  CoinDesk

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6 d. ago China’s top three EDA firms under spotlight after US ban on chip design tools

Chinese semiconductor design software vendors Empyrean Technology, Primarius Technologies and Semitronix are in the spotlight after Washington directed the world’s leading electronic design automation (EDA) suppliers to halt sales on the mainland under new US export restrictions. Top EDA suppliers Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys and and Siemens EDA recently confirmed that they had received notices from the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security about the new export controls of...

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6 d. ago China hits out at Marco Rubio over criticism of 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

China has lodged a protest about US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. “These remarks maliciously distort historical facts, attack China’s political system and development path, and interfere in China’s internal affairs,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press briefing on Wednesday. He added that China was “strongly dissatisfied” with and “firmly opposed” Rubio’s comments criticising the Communist Party’s crackdown on...

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6 d. ago ‘Malicious distortion of facts’: Beijing hits out at US over Rubio’s Tiananmen remarks, calls it ‘serious

‘Malicious distortion of facts’: Beijing hits out at US over Rubio’s Tiananmen remarks, calls it ‘serious  Times of India

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7 d. ago China firm cons parents out of US$51,000 with fake elite brand kids fashion show

A Chinese company has been fined 600,000 yuan (US$83,000) by the government for faking children’s fashion shows and conning 367,000 yuan (US$51,000) out of desperate parents. A Shanghai company had been promoting a series of fashion shows under the name Paris Kids Fashion Week since 2020, according to the mainland media outlet Xinmin Evening News. The company branded the shows part of the world-famous Paris Fashion Week, and used images of famous tourist spots in France, such as The Louvre, on...

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7 d. ago ‘Getting seriously worse’: EU firms sound alarm over China’s rare earth curbs

Chinese government restrictions on the export of rare earth elements have forced some European companies to halt production using the highly sought-after minerals essential for making smartphones and electric vehicles. The measures announced by Beijing on April 4 were seen as retaliation against US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, but European industry now warns it is being caught in the crossfire. The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has held several meetings with China’s Ministry...

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7 d. ago China rejects Dutch minister's spying accusation, says tech achievements not 'stolen'

China rejects Dutch minister's spying accusation, says tech achievements not 'stolen'  Reuters

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