1 hour ago Chinese Firms Speed up Dollar Selling Amid Optimism Toward Yuan

Chinese Firms Speed up Dollar Selling Amid Optimism Toward Yuan  Bloomberg.com

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6 h. ago Cameroonian fishing firm director claims EU, China have little desire to help African processors

Cameroonian fishing firm director claims EU, China have little desire to help African processors  SeafoodSource

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13 h. ago China’s US soybean imports fall to zero amid tariff disruption

China’s US soybean imports fall to zero amid tariff disruption  https-//www.semafor.com

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14 h. ago The Rise of a Bipolar Global Energy Order? Trump Slams China and India at the UN Over “War Funding”, While the EU Pivots Westward

The Rise of a Bipolar Global Energy Order? Trump Slams China and India at the UN Over “War Funding”, While the EU Pivots Westward  China-US Focus

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14 h. ago Can foreigners lead Indonesia’s state firms and make them world

Indonesia is opening the door for foreigners to lead state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a landmark move that President Prabowo Subianto has said will bring international expertise to the country’s corporate sector, even as critics warn about a lack of oversight and accountability. Speaking during the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Jakarta last week, Prabowo said a law on SOEs had been revised to allow non-Indonesians to assume top positions in the sector with roughly 1,000 state firms. “I’ve...

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14 h. ago Baidu, public transport firm PostBus to launch robotaxis in Switzerland

Chinese internet search and artificial intelligence giant Baidu is teaming up with Swiss public transport operator PostBus to bring robotaxi services to Switzerland. Beijing-based Baidu and PostBus, a subsidiary of national postal service Swiss Post, said in a joint statement on Wednesday that the two companies expected to start testing their on-demand smart mobility service, AmiGo, in the eastern region of Switzerland by December and scale up trials next year. AmiGo will deploy Baidu’s Apollo...

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15 h. ago 37,000 workers imported into Hong Kong since start of labour scheme in 2023

Hong Kong has imported more than 37,000 workers since the government’s introduction of a labour scheme two years ago, while a construction union has announced a wage freeze for most of the major trades in the industry. The Labour and Welfare Bureau on Wednesday revealed that it had received applications to import more than 62,000 workers in the catering and hospitality industries since the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme was launched in 2023. Between September 4, 2023, and September 30 this...

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16 h. ago China Seeks Sensitive Data From US Firms in Semiconductor Probe

China Seeks Sensitive Data From US Firms in Semiconductor Probe  Bloomberg

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16 h. ago US safety agency investigators to assist Hong Kong with fatal plane crash probe

A United States’ transport safety agency is deploying five investigators to Hong Kong to assist with the city’s probe into the cargo plane crash that killed two security workers, while the four aircrew involved have met with local authorities. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent US government agency responsible for investigating civil transport accidents, said on social media that it would send its team to Hong Kong to assist with the probe into the plane crash. “The...

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16 h. ago US investigators, Turkish experts to help Hong Kong with fatal plane crash probe

A US transport safety agency is sending five investigators to Hong Kong to help with a local probe into a cargo plane crash that killed two security workers, while experts from the Turkish civil aviation authority will also provide assistance. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent US government agency responsible for investigating civil transport accidents, said on social media on Wednesday that it would send five people to the city. “The NTSB is sending a team of five...

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21 h. ago ‘Very ambitious’: China’s wind firms aim to double installations for 2026

‘Very ambitious’: China’s wind firms aim to double installations for 2026-2030  South China Morning Post

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23 h. ago China has been very rough with us: Trump defends 155% tariffs as overdue payback

China has been very rough with us: Trump defends 155% tariffs as overdue payback  India Today

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23 h. ago Japan Post stops forcing delivery staff to ride bicycles as punishment

Japan Post has scrapped a controversial practice of forcing delivery workers involved in minor accidents to complete their rounds by bicycle – even in extreme heat – after admitting the measure “could be perceived” as workplace harassment. The decision followed an internal investigation into an incident involving a delivery worker who was instructed to continue his rounds by bicycle for two weeks during a summer heatwave, despite daytime temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees...

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23 h. ago China Gathers Foreign Firms in Bid to Reassure on Rare Earths

China Gathers Foreign Firms in Bid to Reassure on Rare Earths  Yahoo Finance

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24 h. ago Hong Kong’s CUHK eyes wider use of ‘painless’ liver cancer care after 96% success

Hong Kong liver cancer patient Mr Chan* said his tumour disappeared following a painless ultrasound treatment that felt similar to “taking a nap”. The 68-year-old retiree, who had been battling liver cancer since 2013, was among 26 patients who had received a histotripsy treatment conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong since April this year. “There was no pain at all. It was just like taking a nap,” Chan said. “I could be discharged the next day and lead a normal life afterwards. The...

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34 h. ago Trump Puts China on Notice With 155% Tariff Threat Amid Australia Deal — Market Crash by November?

Trump Puts China on Notice With 155% Tariff Threat Amid Australia Deal — Market Crash by November?  Yahoo Finance

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35 h. ago China Reassures Foreign Firms on Export Controls at Huge Meeting

China Reassures Foreign Firms on Export Controls at Huge Meeting  Bloomberg.com

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38 h. ago DeepSeek outperforms AI rivals in ‘real money, real market’ crypto showdown

A new real-market cryptocurrency trading experiment that pits leading artificial intelligence models against one another to evaluate their respective investing abilities has seen a DeepSeek model outperform rivals so far. In Alpha Arena, launched on Friday by US research firm Nof1, six large language models (LLMs) were given US$10,000 each to invest in six cryptocurrency perpetual contracts on the decentralised exchange Hyperliquid, including bitcoin and solana. As of 2pm on Tuesday, DeepSeek’s...

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40 h. ago UAE holds firm at top of overall exports丨China's passenger vehicle export overview (Jan.

UAE holds firm at top of overall exports丨China's passenger vehicle export overview (Jan.-Aug. 2025)  Gasgoo

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40 h. ago Can Scott Bessent see China’s trade counterstrike with clear eyes?

After a video call last Saturday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng are expected to meet in Malaysia this week to hopefully ease tensions before US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping potentially meet on the sidelines of this year’s Apec summit. The meeting was in doubt when Trump threatened to impose an additional 100 per cent tariff on China, despite later relenting that it might not be sustainable. Washington blamed Beijing for the escalation,...

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