43 h. ago As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. The “Made in China” label has evolved considerably in recent decades. Mostly found affixed to low-cost goods of relative simplicity in China’s early years as a...

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4 d. ago Will the St Vincent election cost Taiwan another Caribbean ally?

Taiwan has played down concerns that St Vincent and the Grenadines might switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing, insisting ties with its Caribbean ally remain stable despite a change of government in Kingstown. The reassurance follows last week’s victory by the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), with its leader Godwin Friday succeeding long-time Taipei supporter Ralph Gonsalves as prime minister. Friday did not publicly commit during the campaign to changing recognition from Taipei to...

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4 d. ago Europeans Tally Huge Costs of China’s Controls on Critical Goods

Europeans Tally Huge Costs of China’s Controls on Critical Goods  Bloomberg.com

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6 d. ago The cost of living and housing in China is forcing young people to move out of megacities

The cost of living and housing in China is forcing young people to move out of megacities  EL PAÍS English

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9 d. ago Volkswagen shifts EV development to China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%

Volkswagen shifts EV development to China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%  Car Dealership Guy News

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9 d. ago China's Didi Q3 revenue up 8.6% as costly overseas expansion accelerates

China's Didi Q3 revenue up 8.6% as costly overseas expansion accelerates  Reuters

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1 week ago Why China’s space sector is grabbing attention – including from Elon Musk

On Saturday, the Beijing-based start-up LandSpace reportedly plans to conduct the maiden launch of its Zhuque-3 rocket – a reusable launch vehicle that could significantly boost China’s space industry by lowering the cost of lifting equipment such as satellites into orbit. The prospect of China mastering reusable rockets – a technology pioneered by US-based SpaceX – has attracted significant attention from aerospace experts, and even drew comment from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last month. Beyond the...

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1 week ago FirstFT: VW says it can halve EV development costs with China

FirstFT: VW says it can halve EV development costs with China-made car  Financial Times

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1 week ago Volkswagen can now build EVs in China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%

Volkswagen can now build EVs in China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%  Electrek

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1 week ago Chinese civilian firm starts mass production of Mach 7 missiles at low cost

A private Chinese aerospace company has become the first in the world to start mass production of a low-cost, high-performance hypersonic missile, suggesting a seismic shift in military technology and defence industrial dynamics. On Tuesday, Beijing-based Lingkong Tianxing Technology released a video on its official social media account showcasing the YKJ-1000 hypersonic missile in flight and how it struck a real target in a desert testing range. A company representative said the missile was...

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1 week ago VW says it can halve EV development costs with ‘Made in China’ car

VW says it can halve EV development costs with ‘Made in China’ car  Financial Times

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1 week ago Themed skiing show in NE China's Jilin features skiers dressed up in Peking Opera costumes

Themed skiing show in NE China's Jilin features skiers dressed up in Peking Opera costumes  People's Daily

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2 w. ago Inside China’s Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs in Myanmar

Inside China’s Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs in Myanmar  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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2 w. ago As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy

For years, many foreign companies treated China as a vast consumer base or a low-cost manufacturing hub. Now that paradigm is shifting dramatically. China is not just where multinationals scale production or sell at volume; it is increasingly where they make strategic decisions, engage in serious research and development and innovate in ways that will have a global impact. For example, take Toyota’s R&D centre in Changshu, Jiangsu province. Led by local engineers, it has helped develop electric...

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2 w. ago Drop in Chinese tourists could cost Japan US$9.59 billion: economist

The Japanese economy could lose about 1.49 trillion yen (US$9.59 billion) over the next year if travellers from mainland China continue to avoid Japan over a row that has derailed the growth in arrivals seen earlier this year, an economist at the Tokyo-based Nomura Research Institute has projected. Takahide Kiuchi, the institute’s executive economist, made the calculation after Beijing told Chinese citizens last week to refrain from travelling to Japan following comments about Taiwan by new...

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2 w. ago Japan counts cost of China's travel boycott as tensions flare

Japan counts cost of China's travel boycott as tensions flare  Reuters

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2 w. ago Cockroach coffee: China museum assures drinkers that US$6 insect brew is safe

A museum in Beijing has launched a creepy-crawly coffee brew which has ground-down cockroaches sprinkled on the surface of the drink. Aside from the insect powders, the caffeine pick-me-up is laced with dried yellow mealworms. Drinkers say it has a “burnt and slightly sour” flavour, the news outlet The Cover reported. The roach coffee is on sale at the coffee shops of an insect museum in the capital city of China; it costs 45 yuan (US$6) a cup. The museum’s name was not given in the report. “We...

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2 w. ago Bankruptcies, suicides: US farmers detail cost of trade tensions

Randal Shelby planned carefully and waited years to ditch a career spent in hospitals and medical centres to chase a dream in which he traded antiseptic hallways full of sick patients for the great outdoors. His new life started six years ago, after he secured about US$1.3 million in financing for a Case combine and other equipment, fertilisers, seed and labour needed to produce soybeans and rice, staples that enjoyed strong demand overseas, primarily from China. High fuel costs, rising interest...

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3 w. ago Australia accuses China of hacking attacks that cost it $8.1 bn in 2024, Beijing rebuts

Australia accuses China of hacking attacks that cost it $8.1 bn in 2024, Beijing rebuts  Firstpost

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3 w. ago ‘Not enthusiastic’: why China finds Trump’s ‘G2’ talk too costly in geopolitics

When US President Donald Trump was about to begin his closely watched summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last month, he wrote a social media post that revived a decades-old concept about the dynamics between the two countries and their role in global affairs. “The G2 will be convening shortly,” he wrote – in all caps – ahead of the talks. The term “G2”, or Group of Two, emerged in the 2000s as a proposal for Washington and Beijing to work together to address global challenges. Over...

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