8 h. ago Dutch minister admits he was blindsided by China in Nexperia chip crisis

Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025, but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing when it blocked the company’s chips from leaving China. His concession raises fresh questions over how much planning went into the decision to reach for a Cold War-era law to intervene in the Chinese-owned, Dutch-headquartered chipmaker in September, a move that triggered a supply chain shock in the global automotive...

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9 h. ago Taiwan, Japan raise alarm over China’s maritime deployment; Beijing says operations fully compliant with law

Taiwan, Japan raise alarm over China’s maritime deployment; Beijing says operations fully compliant with law  Firstpost

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64 h. ago China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse

China’s latest credit figures have raised eyebrows, but they need not raise alarm. New bank lending, aggregate social financing and total credit growth all came in weaker than expected for October, marking their softest readings in more than a year. For markets conditioned to expect Beijing to counter every slowdown with a surge of liquidity, the numbers may suggest a worrying loss of momentum. But that reading misses the broader structural shift under way. The data reflects not a collapse, but...

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4 d. ago Standard Chartered raises China 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.6%

Standard Chartered raises China 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.6%  MSN

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4 d. ago China’s currency push gains ground as Russia nears issuance of yuan bond

Russia is inching closer to its first yuan-denominated sovereign bond sale, aiding China’s push to raise the global standing of its currency. Russia’s Finance Ministry will start taking orders on December 2 for the two-part, domestically traded notes. The borrower was expected to market the new debt with a targeted coupon of 6.25 to 6.5 per cent for a 3.2-year tranche, the Interfax news agency reported, adding that the coupon for a 7.5-year portion would be capped at 7.5 per cent. Running a...

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5 d. ago China holds first national civil service exam since raising age cap

China holds first national civil service exam since raising age cap  news.cgtn.com

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5 d. ago China holds first national civil service exam since raising eligibility age cap

China holds first national civil service exam since raising eligibility age cap  China Daily

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5 d. ago Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax have emerged as China’s strongest contenders to rival US frontier labs in 2025 – even as DeepSeek has stolen the spotlight as the poster child for the country’s AI ambitions. Moonshot AI, founded by 33-year-old Yang Zhilin, has sharply raised its profile in China’s AI ecosystem with the launch earlier this month of Kimi K2 Thinking, an upgraded reasoning model. The system outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet...

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9 d. ago Breaking | 12 dead as Hong Kong’s Tai Po blaze raised to maximum threat level

Breaking | 12 dead as Hong Kong’s Tai Po blaze raised to maximum threat level  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Why China took Japan criticism to UN twice but did not raise it at G20

In a span of just four days last week, Beijing’s envoy to the United Nations criticised Japan – and its leader’s comments related to Taiwan – twice. Fu Cong first said, during a debate on reforming the UN Security Council on Tuesday, that Tokyo was “totally unqualified” to seek a permanent seat on the group, calling Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s earlier comments on Taiwan “brazen” and “provocative”. Takaichi on November 7 suggested that Japan could deploy its military forces in the...

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1 week ago China’s UBTech Robotics eyes US$400 million in Hong Kong share placement

UBTech Robotics, one of China’s top makers of humanoid robots, plans to raise HK$3.11 billion (US$399.6 million) through a share placement in Hong Kong – its sixth and largest such fundraising since last year, riding on growing industrial orders and the sector’s momentum. The Shenzhen-based company aimed to sell 31,468,000 new shares for HK$98.80 each, representing a discount of around 11.4 per cent from the closing price on Monday, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on...

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1 week ago China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump

China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump  The Guardian

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2 w. ago China AI unicorn Moonshot raising fresh funds at $4 bln valuation

China AI unicorn Moonshot raising fresh funds at $4 bln valuation- WSJ  Investing.com

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2 w. ago China’s Moonshot AI Raising Fresh Funds That Could Value It at About $4 Billion

China’s Moonshot AI Raising Fresh Funds That Could Value It at About $4 Billion  The Wall Street Journal

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2 w. ago China raises profile in business and diplomacy at COP30 amid U.S. absence

China raises profile in business and diplomacy at COP30 amid U.S. absence  Reccessary

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2 w. ago Xiaomi reaffirms safety focus after raising 2025 sales target to 400,000 units

Xiaomi, one of Tesla’s biggest challengers in mainland China over the past year, pledged to focus on the safety and reliability of its cars after its factory reached another milestone. Founder and CEO Lei Jun said on Thursday that Xiaomi had raised its full-year delivery target from 350,000 vehicles to 400,000 after ramping up production, but stressed that the quality of the SU7 sedan and YU7 SUVs would not be compromised. “We firmly believe that safety is a foundation and a priority,” he said...

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2 w. ago Chinese and US experts agree AI use in defence sector must be restricted

Limiting AI use in military applications and ensuring global AI governance could ease collaboration and dialogue between China and the US as they vie for influence over the transformative technology, according to experts at a forum in Hong Kong on Monday. Their remarks came as artificial intelligence is being increasingly adopted in the defence sector, including for weapon-related functions. It raises serious ethical and accountability concerns, further elevates the US-China AI race to a...

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2 w. ago Why US should adopt ‘Chinese approach’ in AI to avoid losing tech race: expert

Limiting AI use in military applications and ensuring global AI governance could ease collaboration and dialogue between China and the US as they vie for influence over the transformative technology, according to experts at a forum in Hong Kong on Monday. Their remarks came as artificial intelligence is being increasingly adopted in the defence sector, including for weapon-related functions. It raises serious ethical and accountability concerns, further elevates the US-China AI race to a...

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2 w. ago China changes its lending game, name of biggest recipient raises eyebrows

China changes its lending game, name of biggest recipient raises eyebrows  The Economic Times

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2 w. ago China Raised Gold Reserves by 15 Tons in September, Goldman Says

China Raised Gold Reserves by 15 Tons in September, Goldman Says  Bloomberg.com

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