5 d. ago Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens

Tesla’s Rival BYD Eyes Africa Growth as China Price War Deepens  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago Watch China Unveils Steps to Crack Down on Price Wars | The China Show 10/10/2025

Watch China Unveils Steps to Crack Down on Price Wars | The China Show 10/10/2025  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago China’s regulators step up efforts to cool down industry price wars

Chinese regulators have launched renewed efforts to tackle the phenomenon of disorderly price competition, including the potential formulation of state-sanctioned cost assessments and firm actions against below-cost bidding. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) – the country’s top economic planner – and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published a joint policy paper on Thursday outlining measures designed to limit the intense competition within some...

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1 week ago Beyond Trump: Xi’s price wars and weaponisation of critical raw materials threaten European prosperity

Beyond Trump: Xi’s price wars and weaponisation of critical raw materials threaten European prosperity  European Union Institute for Security Studies |

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1 week ago China's EV Transition Has Left Car Dealers Struggling To Make Profits Amid Price War, Overcapacity

China's EV Transition Has Left Car Dealers Struggling To Make Profits Amid Price War, Overcapacity  Benzinga

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2 w. ago HungryPanda watching China's food price wars but says its customers 'less price sensitive'

HungryPanda watching China's food price wars but says its customers 'less price sensitive'  Yahoo Finance

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2 w. ago HungryPanda steers clear of price wars, prioritises quality and service

HungryPanda, the overseas food delivery platform specialising in Chinese and Asian food, is closely watching the price wars in China between rivals like Meituan and Alibaba Group Holding, a company executive said. However, HungryPanda operated in markets with “less price sensitive” consumers who had “high spending power”, according to Kitty Liu, the company’s director of public affairs. This year, competition in China’s on-demand services market, long dominated by Meituan, has intensified with...

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2 w. ago BMW sales chief outlines strategy on U.S. tariffs, China’s price war, shift to direct sales

BMW sales chief outlines strategy on U.S. tariffs, China’s price war, shift to direct sales  Automotive News

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2 w. ago Has Hong Kong’s retail sector turned the corner after August’s sales surge?

Hong Kong’s unexpectedly robust retail sales in August were bolstered by a surge in tourism and a strong local stock market but recovery remains uneven, with businesses of popular consumer goods preparing for potential price wars driven by the lower cost of living across the border. Government figures released on Thursday showed retail sales grew by 3.8 per cent year on year, marking a fourth straight month of growth. It followed 14 consecutive months of decline from March 2024 to April 2025 and...

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3 w. ago China’s BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to ignite EV demand

More than two years after BYD began a high-profile foray into the Japanese market, the Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker is still struggling to win over drivers. The carmaker sold just 5,300 vehicles between January 2023 and June this year despite opening its 45th sales location in Japan, introducing a fourth EV model and touting plans to debut an electric kei car – a popular style of street-legal microcar – in late 2026. The moves have done little to ignite demand, and BYD is now turning to...

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3 w. ago China Urges Its Companies to Avoid Taking Price Wars to the US

China Urges Its Companies to Avoid Taking Price Wars to the US  Bloomberg.com

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3 w. ago China’s Energy Chief Promises to Curb Solar Sector Price War

China’s Energy Chief Promises to Curb Solar Sector Price War  Bloomberg.com

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4 w. ago Beijing tackles drug price wars with new tendering rules in anti

Beijing’s new rules for state-led bulk tendering of medical drugs are the latest example of its “anti-involution” drive to combat cutthroat competition, a move analysts said would favour more established players. “The centralised bulk procurement rules optimisation is a sign that the National Healthcare Security Administration is proactively pushing Beijing’s anti-involution agenda within the pharmaceutical sector as part of efforts to bolster domestic consumption,” Guotai Haitong Securities’...

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4 w. ago China’s Consumer Price Wars Are Coming for Botox and Skincare

China’s Consumer Price Wars Are Coming for Botox and Skincare  Bloomberg.com

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