27 h. ago In Japan, fears of China’s antibiotics dominance spur calls for self

Medical professionals in Japan are concerned that China could dramatically ramp up trade pressure on Tokyo by adding antibiotics and ingredients for medicines to its list of exports subject to restrictions. Despite efforts over the last three years to increase domestic production of a range of commonly used medicines in Japan, the domestic medical sector still relies heavily on imports from China and restricting or halting imports would cause “huge trouble”, according to the experts. “Japan...

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3 d. ago Trip.com Group under investigations in China for alleged antitrust conduct

Trip.com Group under investigations in China for alleged antitrust conduct  TTG Asia

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3 d. ago Trip.com shares plunge more than 20% as China opens antitrust probe into company

Trip.com shares plunge more than 20% as China opens antitrust probe into company  CNBC

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3 d. ago Trip.com shares plunge over 20% as China opens antitrust probe into Asia's largest online travel firm

Trip.com shares plunge over 20% as China opens antitrust probe into Asia's largest online travel firm  CNBC

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3 d. ago Trip.com shares plunge almost 20% as China opens antitrust probe into Asia's largest online travel firm

Trip.com shares plunge almost 20% as China opens antitrust probe into Asia's largest online travel firm  CNBC

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3 d. ago Trip.com stock falls over 15% as group faces China antitrust probe

Trip.com stock falls over 15% as group faces China antitrust probe  Nikkei Asia

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3 d. ago Does Trip.com (TCOM) Face a Deeper Platform Power Test From China’s Antitrust Probe?

Does Trip.com (TCOM) Face a Deeper Platform Power Test From China’s Antitrust Probe?  Yahoo Finance

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3 d. ago OpenAI expects another ‘seismic shock’ from China amid speculation of new DeepSeek release

The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. In a blog post this week, published ahead of the first anniversary of DeepSeek’s release of breakthrough reasoning model R1 on January 20, OpenAI said another “seismic shock” from China could be on the cards, as anticipation heightened about a potential new major release from the Hangzhou-based start-up around the Lunar...

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3 d. ago China Opens Antitrust Probe Into Trip.com Ahead of Lunar New Year Travel Surge

China Opens Antitrust Probe Into Trip.com Ahead of Lunar New Year Travel Surge  Yahoo Finance

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3 d. ago China Online Travel Leader Trip.com Stock Sinks On Antitrust Probe

China Online Travel Leader Trip.com Stock Sinks On Antitrust Probe  Investor's Business Daily

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3 d. ago ‘China’s Expedia’ Faces an Antitrust Probe. The Stock Is Plummeting.

‘China’s Expedia’ Faces an Antitrust Probe. The Stock Is Plummeting.  Barron's

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3 d. ago Beijing launches antitrust investigation into Trip.com ahead of Lunar New Year break

China has opened an antitrust investigation into Trip.com Group, the country’s largest online travel services provider, weeks before hundreds of millions of people on the mainland go away on holiday during the Lunar New Year break. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Wednesday said the group – operator of namesake platform Trip.com, Skyscanner, Ctrip, Qunar and Dutch site Travix – abused its “dominant market position” and engaged in “monopolistic practices”. The...

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3 d. ago Trip.com Faces Antitrust Investigation as China Tightens Platform Rules

Trip.com Faces Antitrust Investigation as China Tightens Platform Rules  Skift

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3 d. ago China factory production error gives toy horses’ mouths pouty curves, wins hearts, boosts sales

A production blunder at a factory in eastern China has turned toy ponies into viral crying-faced horses which have become popular mascots for the Year of the Horse. In January, a netizen shared a picture of a pony with a crying face and the retailer, amused by the mistake, offered to exchange it. The toy was made in Yiwu International Trade City, which is known as the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities. The 20cm tall horse which costs 25 yuan (US$4), symbolises the Year of...

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3 d. ago China Says It’s Probing Trip.com Over Alleged Antitrust Conduct

China Says It’s Probing Trip.com Over Alleged Antitrust Conduct  Bloomberg.com

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4 d. ago China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata

China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities are attempting to steal the country’s geographic data through covert mapping operations that threaten national security. Foreign “anti-China hostile forces” have been deploying “various clandestine methods” to gather, steal and exploit China’s foundational mapping and geographic information, the Ministry of State Security said in a social media article on Tuesday. It said the data, crucial for infrastructure planning,...

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5 d. ago China’s Antelope Reef dredge deepens South China Sea tensions

China’s Antelope Reef dredge deepens South China Sea tensions  Asia Times

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5 d. ago Canada Anticipates Progress in China Talks to Resolve Trade Row

Canada Anticipates Progress in China Talks to Resolve Trade Row  The Wall Street Journal

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5 d. ago China’s fight against corruption is a battle we can’t afford to lose, Xi Jinping warns

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said there must be no room for corrupt elements to hide as he warned that the problem was a threat to the country’s development. On Monday, he told a plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – China’s top anti-corruption body – that the country had made notable progress last year, but the issue remained a “major struggle”. “Corruption is a stumbling block and obstacle to the development of the [Communist] party and the country,...

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7 d. ago Hong Kong slams attempts to ‘smear’ government ahead of Jimmy Lai mitigation

A top Hong Kong official has condemned attempts by external forces and “anti-China absconders” to “smear” the government ahead of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s mitigation hearing, saying the former media boss’ conviction showed that any plots to undermine national security will fail. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said on Saturday that such smear campaigns during Lai’s national security trial were proof that Hong Kong still faced risks that could not be taken...

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