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Monthly Archives For February 2025
China Market Update: Apple Taps Alibaba For AI, Real Estate Developers Surge
Asian equities were mostly higher overnight as Hong Kong and Indonesia outperformed while Taiwan and Pakistan underperformed.
China fires back at Trump administration claims about Covid-19 origins
China has claimed that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was not involved in the creation of and did not leak the Covid-19 virus that caused the 2020 pandemic.
Ex-Hochul Aide Accused of Working for China Faces New Bribery Allegation
Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to the New York governor, is also accused of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, according to a superseding indictment.
My fate is determined by myself: CFA president encourages players with ‘Ne Zha 2’ quotes
At noon on Wednesday, Song Kai, president of the Chinese Football Association, quoted the classic line “My fate is determined by myself, not by the Heavens” from the domestic animated blockbuster Ne …
China denies its Wuhan bio-lab conducted ‘gain-of-function studies’ of coronavirus
Trump has shut down the USAID work saying that it was not aligned with American strategic interests and wastes money.
Outrage in China as highway workers cook, eat dog that escapes from pet boarding centre
BEIJING: A pet dog in China escaped from a boarding centre after being startled by fireworks, was struck by a car, and was subsequently eaten by highway workers.
PBOC’s mortgage rate cut is one of two measures that could ‘really save’ China’s real estate: UOB Kay Hian
Qi Wang, CIO, wealth management at UOB Kay Hian, discusses “two concerns” he has about the Chinese market and the recent slate of measures from the People’s Bank of China.
China’s tech stocks enter bull market on DeepSeek’s account
Mainland Chinese funds bought more stocks in Hong Kong this year, contributing to turning the city’s key tech index into a technical bull market.
China Sets Up ‘Planetary Defense’ Unit Over 2032 Asteroid Threat
YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.
India weighs temporary tax on cheap Chinese steel import, minister says
India could impose a temporary tax of 15%-25% on steel from China in as soon as six months because of the “serious challenge” to domestic producers from cheap imports, Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said.
China Property Crisis: Beijing Mulls $6.8 Billion for Shenzhen’s Vanke
Chinese authorities are working on a proposal to help China Vanke Co. plug a funding gap of about 50 billion Yuan ($6.8 billion) this year, according to people familiar with the matter, highlighting …
China’s Baidu to release next-gen AI model in 2025
China’s Baidu reportedly plans to launch the next generation of its large language model in the third quarter of 2025. A source revealed the AI model is set to have updates in its multimodal …
