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China's ByteDance to invest $22 billion in technology in 2025

According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese technology giant ByteDance plans to invest up to US$22 billion (160 billion yuan) in the technology field next year, most of which will be

December 31, 2024

Japan Informs United States: No Profession Offer Unless Car Tariffs Scrapped

Talks on a profession offer in between the USA and Japan have actually currently started a hard beginning, and Tokyo has actually required Washington to advise Washington to examine its added tolls on Japanese vehicles, according to a brand-new record.

May 5, 2025

United States Thinking About Limitations, Possible Restrictions on Chinese Drones

The USA is thinking about enforcing brand-new constraints and potentially also a restriction on using Chinese

Brazil to Penalty BYD For Each And Every Employee Found Doing ‘Servant Work’

Brazil strategies to great every employee located operating in “slave-like” problems at an upcoming manufacturing facility

China Puts Strict Curbs on Purchases of Nvidia’s H200 Chips

People familiar with the matter told Reuters that Chinese authorities have severely restricted the country’s technology companies from purchasing Nvidia’s second-best artificial intelligence chip, the H200. Sources said officials convened a meeting

January 14, 2026

China’s Posts Record $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Despite US Tariffs

China reported a record trade surplus of nearly $1.2 trillion by 2025 after the Trump administration imposed tariffs that forced it to diversify into markets in other parts of the world. Shifting

January 14, 2026

China, India See First Drop in Coal-Based Power in Half-a-Century

Asia’s two biggest polluters, India and China, will reduce their reliance on coal for power generation by 2025, Carbon Brief reported. This is the first time in 52 years that both fossil

January 14, 2026

Trump’s ‘Tariff on States Trading With Iran’ Could Kill China Truce

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on any country that does business with Iran, potentially destroying Iran’s economy. trade truce He signed it with China. In fact, it

January 13, 2026

Bets on Snap Election Push Japanese Stocks to Record High

Reports that the Japanese government may hold a snap election next month pushed the Nikkei average to a record high on Tuesday. But the yen fell to record lows against the euro

January 13, 2026

Indonesia, Malaysia Restrict Musk’s X Over Obscene AI Images

Indonesia and Malaysia have joined a growing list of countries taking action against Elon Musk’s social media platform X, whose generative AI chatbot Grok has been producing lewd images of minors and

January 12, 2026

EU Wants Pledges on Minimum Prices if China EVs Avoid Tariffs

The European Commission on Monday proposed conditions under which companies making electric vehicles in China could avoid EU tariffs. The European Commission said companies must commit to selling cars at an agreed

January 12, 2026

EU-India Free-Trade Deal Could be Signed This Month, Merz Says

The European Union and India may sign a free trade agreement as early as the end of this month, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on

January 12, 2026

China to Scrap Battery Export Tax Rebates: Lithium Price Surges

Lithium prices soared on Monday after China announced it would cancel the value-added tax export rebate. Investors are now betting the move will boost export demand in the early going. Reuters said

January 12, 2026

Internet Shut Amid Riots, Fires in Cities

Increasing unrest in Iran on Friday led government authorities to shut down the internet. Videos posted on social media showed anti-government riots raging in several cities, with cars and buildings set on

January 9, 2026

MiniMax becomes latest China tech firm with bumper market debut

China’s leading artificial intelligence company Minimax Group on Friday became the latest in a string of Chinese technology companies to reap huge gains from going public. MiniMax raised HK$4.8 billion (US$620 million)

January 9, 2026

Trump Says He’d be Very Unhappy if Xi Moves on Taiwan

U.S. President Donald Trump said China’s actions against Taiwan are “up to” Chinese President Xi Jinping, but he is “very unhappy” with changes to the status quo. “He (Xi Jinping) thinks this

January 9, 2026

Nvidia Asks Chinese Buyers to Pay Upfront For H200 Chips

Nvidia is asking its Chinese customers for full upfront payment for its H200 artificial intelligence chips, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. The U.S. chipmaker imposed unusually strict terms,

January 8, 2026

Indonesia May Seize Another 5m Hectares of Palm Oil Plantations

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto warned again this week that his government would step up efforts to crack down on corruption and environmental crime across the country. He also expressed his intention to

January 8, 2026

China Reviewing Meta’s Purchase of AI Startup Manus: Report

Beijing officials are currently reviewing Facebook parent company Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Beijing-founded artificial intelligence startup Manus to determine whether the deal violates technology export controls, the Financial Times reported, citing

January 7, 2026

Scam Billionaire Chen Zhi ‘Arrested in Cambodia, Flown to China’

Chen Zhi, the billionaire at the center of the alleged scam who was sanctioned by the United States in October and had a huge $15 billion worth of Bitcoin seized, has been

January 7, 2026

Japan Says China’s Dual-Use Export Ban is ‘Unacceptable’

Asia’s two largest economies are again at loggerheads after China’s ban on dual-use items intensified a dispute with Japan. Dual-use items refer to goods, software, technology or commodities that have both civilian

January 7, 2026

China’s Banks Allowed to Extend Bulk Bad Loan Disposals for 2026

China’s banks have been allowed to transfer bad personal loans in bulk by the end of this year, a new report says. Sources told Reuters the country’s financial regulator made the decision

January 7, 2026

Microplastics Hindering Oceans’ Ability to Absorb CO2, Study Says

A new study finds that microplastics are harming the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide and hindering a process that scientists say is crucial to limiting global warming and climate change. Microplastics

January 6, 2026

Hyundai to Use Humanoid Robots at US Plant in Physical AI Push

South Korean auto giant Hyundai plans to start using humanoid robots at its U.S. manufacturing plant in Georgia as part of a larger push into the physical artificial intelligence market. The automaker

January 6, 2026

Chip Prices Fly Amid AI Boom, Samsung ‘to Flag Huge Profit Jump’

Samsung Electronics this week is expected to report a 160% rise in fourth-quarter operating profit as a severe shortage of semiconductors sends memory chip prices soaring. Chip prices have soared recently as

January 6, 2026

Next Generation of Chips is in Production, Nvidia’s Huang Says

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is already talking about his next-generation computer chips, saying on Monday that they have five times the artificial intelligence computing power of the group’s previous chips when it

January 6, 2026

Trump’s Venezuela Strike ‘May Embolden China’s Territorial Claims’

Analysts believe the U.S. attack on Venezuela will encourage China to strengthen its territorial claims over Taiwan and parts of the South China Sea. But they do not believe it would accelerate

January 5, 2026

India ‘Could Face Higher Tariffs if Russian Oil Buying Continues’

The Indian government’s efforts to push for a trade deal with the United States are under pressure, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning that he may further increase tariffs if New Delhi

January 5, 2026

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