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China’s businesses are ‘noticeably ahead’ of the rest of the world when it comes to adopting AI—and preparing for the inevitable regulations

A survey from SAS finds that 80% of Chinese business leaders are already using GenAI in their organization's operations.

09.07.2024 6

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Japan may have escaped deflation only to risk stagflation instead, as the country's economy slumps for 3 straight quarters

Japan's economy shrank by an annualized rate of 2% in the first quarter of 2024, as a weak yen and inflation drag down spending.

16.05.2024 30

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Overcapacity is a ‘fake concept’, says the international head of a major Chinese carmaker: ‘They don’t know what is happening in my house’

Chinese EV makers are pushing back against the idea that their success in making affordable cars is due to state help.

14.05.2024 50

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Beijing narrowly escapes having to cover the debts of developer Country Garden

Last week, Country Garden revealed that it had missed an interest payment on onshore bonds guaranteed by a state-owned financial firm.

13.05.2024 10

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A Chinese tech firm's PR chief apologizes after her social media posts demanding workers be available '24 hours a day' sparks outrage

Baidu's head of PR recently took to Chinese social media to tell workers not to complain about long business trips and to be available "24 hours a...

09.05.2024 20

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BYD reiterates that it has no plans to sell in the ‘very protective’ U.S.—but hopes that things might get ‘back to normal’ after the election

BYD Americas CEO Stella Li said the U.S. EV market was in a "confusing stage," citing policy uncertainty and slowing consumer adoption.

08.05.2024 50

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Australia’s prime minister calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’ after the X owner accuses the country's government of censorship

Australia's social media watchdog is asking X to block content regarding a violent attack in Sydney last week for all users globally.

23.04.2024 10

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Beijing wants to make it easier for Chinese companies to list in Hong Kong

On Friday, China's top markets regulator announced several measures to more tightly connect Hong Kong's and mainland China's stock exchanges.

22.04.2024 20

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Apple CEO Tim Cook says ‘we’re investing’ in Indonesia fresh off his pledge to spend more on Vietnam suppliers, continuing his Southeast Asia charm offensive

After Vietnam, Cook then flew further south to Indonesia—and said Wednesday that he’s ready to “look at” the country’s manufacturing sector.

17.04.2024 10

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Apple loses its spot as the world's top seller of smartphones after tough China competition from brands like Xiaomi and Huawei

Korea’s Samsung sold the most phones in Q1 2024, according to research firm IDC, as Apple loses market share to Chinese competitors.

15.04.2024 30

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Huawei continues its comeback from U.S. sanctions, unveiling a new laptop with a homegrown OS and AI—and an Intel processor

Huawei is pushing its way back into China’s tech sector with an array of homegrown, high-end products.

12.04.2024 10

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Alibaba shares jump after founder Jack Ma says the company is successfully fixing the 'diseases of a big company'

Ma is being more vocal about Alibaba's direction as the Chinese tech giant struggles to implement its ambitious restructuring plans.

10.04.2024 10

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The CEO behind the world’s #2 TV brand thinks the U.S. is driving deglobalization, thanks to Biden's tech controls on China

"We are really talking about deglobalization of technologies, represented by the U.S.,” TCL founder Dongsheng Li said Wednesday.

01.04.2024 20

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Larry Summers, a 'friend of China,' warns Beijing that its actions are making it hard for people like him to push for stronger ties

Summers compared the U.S. and China to “two guys who don’t like each other much" stuck in the same lifeboat "a long way from shore."

29.03.2024 90

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Worsening tensions between China and the U.S. will make Hong Kong and its ‘unique status’ even more important, says the city’s top financial official

“We are different from the rest of China, in terms of our way of doing things in business," Chan said on Wednesday at the Fortune Innovation Forum.

27.03.2024 9

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Paytm once had India's largest IPO. Now a central bank crackdown could kill its business: 'A risk that the political system couldn’t take'

As India's markets boom, regulators are targeting the country's shadow banks. Paytm, once Indian startup royalty, is getting the brunt of it.

10.03.2024 10

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Akira Toriyama's death is being felt around the world as global leaders and millions of fans remember one of Japan's most influential icons

“I wanted to make manga like yours! I wanted to be like you!” Masashi Kishimoto, author of the Naruto series, said of Toriyama on Friday. 

08.03.2024 10

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Why Japan's stock market is breaking 35-year records even as its economy falls into recession: Welcome to the investing world of 'not that bad'

The stock market is not the economy—just look at what's happening in Japan. 

24.02.2024 40

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Huawei shrugs off U.S. sanctions to take top place in China’s smartphone market—but its new AI chips might be an even bigger achievement

Huawei is staging a comeback as investments in domestic manufacturing of smartphone and AI chips appear to pay off.

06.02.2024 10

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Lionel Messi no-show in Hong Kong costs organizers $1.9M in government grants

The furore around Inter Miami's decision to bench its biggest stars is the latest blow to Hong Kong's drive to repair its post-COVID image.

05.02.2024 20

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India speaks over 100 languages. Microsoft wants AI to bridge its linguistic gaps

AI doesn't work very well with more obscure languages. Microsoft's researchers are trying to change that.

28.01.2024 20

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Beijing is asking banks not to ‘blindly withdraw loans’ to China’s troubled real estate developers as Evergrande faces critical liquidation hearing

The looming liquidation hearing over indebted developer Evergrande could undo confidence again.

26.01.2024 30

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Nippon Steel appeals to ‘an alliance that advances shared values’ between the U.S. and Japan as it tries to sell its $14.1 billion deal for U.S. Steel

Nippon Steel's president promised not to shift U.S. jobs overseas as he defends his play for U.S. Steel from Congressional blowback.

23.01.2024 20

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Alaska Airlines’s faulty Boeing door plug was made in Malaysia—and that’s complicating investigations into why it ripped off mid-flight

“We have no indication right now of where in the process this occurred,” said NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy.

18.01.2024 7

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China set to overtake Japan as world's top auto exporter

And Chinese car exports are set to grow from here, predicts UBS.

10.01.2024 7

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China’s carmakers need to design electric cars twice as fast as established companies if they want to survive the country's cutthroat EV market

Established car companies may take five years to develop a new model. Chinese EV companies need to do that in half the time.

13.12.2023 10

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