4 h. ago Valvoline identifies growth opportunities in China's new five

Valvoline identifies growth opportunities in China's new five-year plan  China Daily

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15 h. ago BYD founder bets on new tech to win back customers as sales decelerate

BYD, China’s electric vehicle (EV) king, is pinning its hopes on next-generation technology to engineer a turnaround in sales amid fierce competition in the world’s largest automotive market, according to its founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu. Speaking at a shareholders’ meeting in Shenzhen on Friday, the billionaire said the company’s 12,000 engineers – the backbone of the carmaker – would help it regain a technological edge over rivals. “We have heavyweight new technology in the pipeline,” he...

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19 h. ago Chinese Challenger To Nvidia Mints A New Billionaire As Its Stock Soars Over 420% In Trading Debut

Chinese Challenger To Nvidia Mints A New Billionaire As Its Stock Soars Over 420% In Trading Debut  Forbes

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19 h. ago Former Head Of Nvidia In China Is A Billionaire Thanks To Blockbuster IPO

Former Head Of Nvidia In China Is A Billionaire Thanks To Blockbuster IPO  Forbes

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26 h. ago More military technologies targeted for civilian sector to boost economy

China will strengthen innovation by developing high-tech industries with military technologies to boost military-civil integration, a move that aims to cultivate new growth drivers and boost the economy, said a recent State Council guideline.

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34 h. ago USW Notes Progress, Opportunities in Comments on the China Phase One Agreement

USW Notes Progress, Opportunities in Comments on the China Phase One Agreement  U.S. Wheat Associates

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40 h. ago China’s top AI chip firms set for bumper IPOs as Nvidia kept out of market

China’s Nvidia challengers Moore Threads and MetaX are set for their hotly anticipated market debuts, driven by investor excitement over domestic demand for home-grown graphics processing units (GPUs) amid Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drive. Beijing-based GPU maker Moore Threads, which was 4,000 times oversubscribed after launching its 8 billion yuan (US$1.13 billion) initial public offering (IPO) last week, will be listed on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market on Friday, according to a...

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41 h. ago Mainland China's billionaire count surges as BYD and Mixue bosses power wealth gains

Mainland China's billionaire count surges as BYD and Mixue bosses power wealth gains  Yahoo Finance

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42 h. ago India and Japan show impact of Trump’s tariffs extend beyond trade

For a sign of the degree to which US President Donald Trump’s decision in August to double tariffs on most Indian goods to a staggering 50 per cent – the highest rate across Asia – is weighing on investor sentiment, look no further than the rupee. Having plumbed a series of record lows in recent months, India’s currency has been the worst performer in Asia this year and has breached the psychologically important level of 90 per US dollar. One of the last major economies yet to strike a trade...

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42 h. ago Mainland China’s billionaire count surges as BYD and Mixue bosses power gains

Mainland China’s billionaires have tightened their grip as Asia-Pacific’s wealthiest after their combined fortunes swelled to nearly US$1.8 trillion, with electric-vehicle (EV) maker BYD’s founder Wang Chuanfu and bubble tea chain Mixue’s bosses among the biggest drivers of that growth, according to a UBS report. Backed by a booming tech sector and surging asset prices, the wealth of mainland China’s billionaires jumped 22.2 per cent year on year to US$1.77 trillion in the 12 months to early...

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49 h. ago China urged to boost innovation to drive development at home and abroad

China should focus on technological innovation to drive domestic and global development, a forum this week has heard. China would push for high-quality development and opening up to the outside world, Li Shulei, head of the Communist Party’s publicity department, told the 2025 Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou on Monday. The event, which ran between Sunday and Tuesday, was attended by around 800 people and technological innovation was a central theme. China also strove to help...

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49 h. ago How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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49 h. ago Opinion | How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator

Opinion | How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator  South China Morning Post

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49 h. ago How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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49 h. ago Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry  South China Morning Post

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51 h. ago Guangdong touts Huawei chips and HarmonyOS to outrun the DeepSeek eclipse

Guangdong has named Huawei Technologies’ artificial intelligence chips and HarmonyOS operating system as flagship achievements in China’s drive for technological self-sufficiency. The push by China’s wealthiest province – whose gross domestic product is larger than that of South Korea – to highlight home-grown innovation came as local governments faced mounting peer pressure to support Beijing’s strategic goals. Guangdong, which includes the tech hub of Shenzhen, suffered a bruised ego earlier...

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53 h. ago BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government

BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government  Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan

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66 h. ago Direct Flight from Beijing to Edinburgh Unlocks New Opportunities for Scottish Tourism

Direct Flight from Beijing to Edinburgh Unlocks New Opportunities for Scottish Tourism  Travel And Tour World

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2 d. ago Beijing Hydrogen Energy Innovation Center Releases H49 Heavy

Beijing Hydrogen Energy Innovation Center Releases H49 Heavy-Duty Truck Achievement, Multiple Indicators Reach National Targets Five Years Ahead of Schedule | SMM  Shanghai Metals Market

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3 d. ago ‘Zootopia 2’ Is A Huge Hit in China, and Disney Exec Jared Bush Knows Why

‘Zootopia 2’ Is A Huge Hit in China, and Disney Exec Jared Bush Knows Why  TheWrap

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