8 h. ago ‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry

‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry  InsideEVs

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14 h. ago Ford CEO Jim Farley: China’s EV costs, tech, and quality “far superior” to the West

Ford CEO Jim Farley: China’s EV costs, tech, and quality “far superior” to the West  Car Dealership Guy News

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24 h. ago Ford's CEO says China's EV progress is 'the most humbling thing' he's ever seen

Ford's CEO says China's EV progress is 'the most humbling thing' he's ever seen  Business Insider

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28 h. ago China thief steals 8 cars during travels to avoid cost of air ticket home

A man from northeastern China has shocked the internet after he stole eight cars and drove them on the journey home, one after the other, to avoid paying for an “expensive” flight. According to mainland media outlet New Yellow River, the man, surnamed Chen, is from Liaoning province and had been travelling alone in Changsha, Hunan province, in central China. On May 31, he bought a flight ticket home for 1,500 yuan (US$200) but cancelled it, deciding it was too expensive. An inveterate car thief,...

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3 d. ago Ford CEO calls for skilled trades investments as China export rules cause plant shutdowns

Ford CEO calls for skilled trades investments as China export rules cause plant shutdowns  The Detroit News

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5 d. ago China’s drug innovators bank on AI to hasten discovery to commercial success

Upstart Chinese drug innovators are joining their foreign competitors in deploying more artificial intelligence (AI) tools to reduce the costs of discoveries in an effort to shorten the route to clinical trials and commercialisation. Genscript Biotech, based in Nanjing in eastern Jiangsu province, is developing in-house AI tools - using its enzyme prediction database and an algorithm for altering the DNA sequence of a gene - to identify and optimise promising candidates based on protein...

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5 d. ago Before the US Realizes the Cost, China Is Rapidly Gaining Soft Power Ground

Before the US Realizes the Cost, China Is Rapidly Gaining Soft Power Ground  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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7 d. ago Jailed China dad who stole to treat son’s cancer is behind bars when boy dies

A father in China who was jailed for stealing to cover the cost of his son’s cancer treatment was still behind bars when the boy died. In place of a normal farewell, to fulfil the boy’s wishes, his ashes were scattered in a lake near the prison where he is being held. Yu Haibo, 29, grew up in a farming family in China’s northeastern Jilin province. After leaving school in his teens, he worked as a chef and welder and married his girlfriend, Zhang Mingyu before turning 20. In 2014, their son...

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8 d. ago Xi Jinping’s Costly Inheritance: How His Father’s Travails Defined China’s Leader—and the Country He Rules

Xi Jinping’s Costly Inheritance: How His Father’s Travails Defined China’s Leader—and the Country He Rules  Foreign Affairs

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8 d. ago China dad rejects daughter’s US$72,000 wedding banquet bill, over cost, subpar food

A company boss in China set up 252 tables for his daughter’s grand wedding, then refused to pay the 520,000-yuan (US$72,000) bill. A pork vendor, surnamed Wang, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province said the boss of a local company, surnamed Qian, commissioned him to prepare food for his daughter’s wedding banquet in April. Wang said he dedicated himself to the task as he had known Qian for more than a decade. He provided the pork, contacted seafood vendors in another city in Zhejiang and bought...

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1 week ago Toyota’s hot $15,000 EV in China costs nearly $50K in this overseas market

Toyota’s hot $15,000 EV in China costs nearly $50K in this overseas market  Electrek

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1 week ago Trump's tariffs on China could affect cost of fireworks as Fourth of July approaches

Trump's tariffs on China could affect cost of fireworks as Fourth of July approaches  ABC7 Los Angeles

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1 week ago China’s MiniMax debuts M1 AI model that it says costs 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT

China’s MiniMax debuts M1 AI model that it says costs 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT-4  Fortune

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1 week ago Roland Berger Releases Latest China Annual Trends Report: Unlocking Speed and Cost – Lessons from China's Competitive Edge

Roland Berger Releases Latest China Annual Trends Report: Unlocking Speed and Cost – Lessons from China's Competitive Edge  Reuters

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1 week ago China’s JD Eyes Global Stablecoin Licenses to Slash Payment Costs

China’s JD Eyes Global Stablecoin Licenses to Slash Payment Costs  Decrypt

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2 w. ago Trump Is Planning Semiconductor Tariffs to Fight China. They Will Be Costly.

Trump Is Planning Semiconductor Tariffs to Fight China. They Will Be Costly.  Barron's

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2 w. ago China online shops sell ‘wisdom inspiring’ water from Peking University lake

Online shops in China are selling “wisdom-inspiring” bottled water taken from a lake at the prestigious Peking University. The so-called special water has captivated social media and delighted many internet users. Sellers usually advertise it for sale on second-hand product platforms, China News Service reported. It costs between 30 and 99 yuan (US$4 and US$14) for 500ml, the report said, far more expensive than normal bottled water, which sells for around 5 yuan. Peking University is one of...

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3 w. ago China's electric cars are cheaper, but is there a deeper cost?

China's electric cars are cheaper, but is there a deeper cost?  BBC

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3 w. ago ByteDance’s China head of content quality leaves amid stricter censorship

ByteDance has parted ways with a senior executive who oversaw content moderation and data labelling for its China-focused apps, according to sources and media reports, as the Beijing-based company advances content security amid Beijing’s strict censorship requirements. Li Tong, who led the Content Quality and Data Service (CQC) team under Douyin Group, was no longer listed in ByteDance’s internal employee system, according to people familiar with the matter. Douyin, one of ByteDance’s core...

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3 w. 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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