20 h. ago China tariffs: should exempted Cognac brands be celebrating?

China tariffs: should exempted Cognac brands be celebrating?  The Drinks Business

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34 h. ago Beijing Joins With Hong Kong, Lhasa, Guilin, Shanghai and More as Top Summer Travel Destinations in China for US and UK Travelers

Beijing Joins With Hong Kong, Lhasa, Guilin, Shanghai and More as Top Summer Travel Destinations in China for US and UK Travelers  Travel And Tour World

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3 d. ago HSBC offers Hong Kong SMEs a helping hand amid tariff turmoil

HSBC is launching a new education series to equip Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with knowledge to help them maintain smooth business operations amid the threat of disruption from US tariffs. The city’s largest lender said the Account Fitness initiative would help SMEs effectively manage and maintain healthy accounts. “Many entrepreneurs of SMEs do not yet know how to take good care of the assets in their bank accounts,” said Frank Fang, general manager and head of...

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4 d. ago China Focus: Family travel boom boosts China's summer tourism market

China Focus: Family travel boom boosts China's summer tourism market  Big News Network.com

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4 d. ago Climate action with China aligns with Australia’s security needs

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China later this summer presents a timely chance to reframe Australia–China relations through an increasingly vital lens: climate cooperation. With bilateral ties having largely stabilised since 2022 and a joint Australia–Pacific bid for the 2026 UN climate summit under way, climate action offers a promising platform for stronger engagement. The rationale for cooperation is clear. Australia possesses vast reserves of critical minerals...

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4 d. ago Australia should leave politics out of climate collaboration with China

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s coming visit to China later this summer presents a timely chance to reframe Australia–China relations through an increasingly vital lens: climate cooperation. With bilateral ties having largely stabilised since 2022 and a joint Australia–Pacific bid for the 2026 UN climate summit under way, climate action offers a promising platform for stronger engagement. The rationale for cooperation is clear. Australia possesses vast reserves of critical minerals...

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5 d. ago ‘Better than expected’: Chinese firms in Vietnam upbeat over US tariff deal

Chinese manufacturers in Vietnam breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday, after Washington and Hanoi agreed a “better than expected” trade deal that will reduce US tariffs to 20 per cent and bring an end to three months of uncertainty. Most Chinese exporters are likely to continue operating in the Southeast Asian nation in the wake of the agreement, with firms viewing the final tariff rate as manageable, analysts and businesspeople in the country told the Post. US President Donald Trump announced...

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5 d. ago Now, China Is Set To Break All Records Of Summer Travel: Reasons Being Unusually High Competition And Low Airplane Fares

Now, China Is Set To Break All Records Of Summer Travel: Reasons Being Unusually High Competition And Low Airplane Fares  Travel And Tour World

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6 d. ago US to impose 500% tariff on India, China over Russia business ties? Trump gives nod to Senate bill | World News

US to impose 500% tariff on India, China over Russia business ties? Trump gives nod to Senate bill | World News - Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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7 d. ago China's box office revenue hits 29 bln yuan in first half of 2025

China's box office revenue hits 29 bln yuan in first half of 2025  People's Daily

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7 d. ago China Gears Up For Largest Summer Rail Travel Season With Over Nine Hundred Million Passenger Journeys Across Sixty

China Gears Up For Largest Summer Rail Travel Season With Over Nine Hundred Million Passenger Journeys Across Sixty-Two Days  Travel And Tour World

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7 d. ago China expects to see 953m railway trips during summer travel rush

China expects to see 953m railway trips during summer travel rush  China Daily - Global Edition

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8 d. ago Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Outraced by ‘Detective Conan’ at China Box Office

Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Outraced by ‘Detective Conan’ at China Box Office  Variety

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1 week ago Cloudy with a chance of bankruptcy: US tariffs hurt China’s solar firms

The rain and gloomy skies during the SNEC PV Conference – the biggest in China’s solar-panel manufacturing industry – summed up the mood in the market, whose major players congregated in Shanghai earlier this month for the four-day annual event. The scale was noticeably smaller this year. Several leading companies opted out for a variety of reasons, including tight budgets. More tellingly, CEOs from major producers Longi Green Technology and Tongwei – keynote speakers last year – gave it a...

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1 week ago China becomes bright spot at uncertain time: SCMP’s ‘Summer Davos’ highlights

For those attending the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions this week, “uncertainty” was the inescapable word. It could be found on the lips of almost everyone; senior Chinese officials, global executives, foreign academics and thought leaders from all fields. This should not come as a surprise. Simmering regional tensions, unpredictable policy pivots from Washington and a foggy picture for global trade were all top of mind as speakers and panelists gathered in the...

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1 week ago UK car exports to US halve due to tariffs; White House ‘close to 10 trade deals’ – business live

UK car exports to US halve due to tariffs; White House ‘close to 10 trade deals’ – business live  The Guardian

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1 week ago ‘Summer Davos’ debate: is China’s yuan ready to challenge US dollar dominance?

As global confidence in the US dollar erodes in the wake of Washington’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, economists at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions debated whether China’s yuan could emerge as a credible alternative to challenge the world’s dominant currency. US President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on allies and adversaries alike marked “another step in the process of diminishing the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency,” said Diana Choyleva, senior fellow of...

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1 week ago Dollar is ‘America’s to lose’: experts argue at ‘Summer Davos’ amid yuan push

As global confidence in the US dollar erodes in the wake of Washington’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, economists at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions debated whether China’s yuan could emerge as a credible alternative to challenge the world’s dominant currency. US President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on allies and adversaries alike marked “another step in the process of diminishing the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency,” said Diana Choyleva, senior fellow of...

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1 week ago Hong Kong exports up 15.5% in May as firms race to beat China

Hong Kong’s exports surged 15.5 per cent in May from a year ago, with economists attributing the increase to the front-loading of shipments by businesses racing to beat the July deadline of a tariff truce between China and the United States. The value of total exports reached HK$434.1 billion (US$55.3 billion) in May, the Census and Statistics Department said on Thursday. The strong performance, which followed a 14.7 per cent increase in April, comes during a 90-day grace period on tariffs...

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1 week ago China’s firms must integrate to succeed abroad, executives say at ‘Summer Davos’

Chinese companies should relocate their entire manufacturing ecosystems – rather than just completing the assembly of goods in another country – to solidify their overseas expansions, industry insiders said during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin. With uncertainty over global trade on the rise in the second term of US President Donald Trump, Chinese companies will look to strengthen the resilience of their supply chain by building factories in new markets, either for export or...

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