U.S. firms are buying cobalt metal produced in Indonesia by China’s Lygend Resources that does not incur the tariffs placed by the Trump administration on imports direct from China, three sources with …
Monthly Archives For March 2025
Trump tariffs remind business leaders of COVID-19 disruptions, uncertainty
Trump’s threatened tariffs pose a unique threat to Michigan and expose US to vulnerability worldwide, Detroit panel says.
Chinese brands targeted in Vietnam due to S.China Sea dispute; ‘boycott calls to bring instability to situation’
According to Vietnamese media reports over the weekend, popular Chinese milk tea brand Chagee and Chinese toy brand Baby Three recently faced boycotts in Vietnam due to “nine-dash line” issues. It is …
DARPA is losing a critical next-gen stealth jet tech race to China: study
As the US works on a new radical design for its latest stealth drone, the project is already lagging far behind China’s In 2021, as US defence contractors sketched concepts for a futuristic drone …
Shenni Holdings Aims For US IPO As Business Model Is In Flux
Shenni Holdings plans a $15M IPO to expand in third-party medical devices. Learn about their growth, risks, and valuation before investing.
China Reveals Details About Show of Force Against US Ally
A Chinese naval task group recently sailed around Australia in a voyage that took about a month, with its movements shadowed by the Australian Navy.
Trump’s tariffs, trade war with China could worsen prescription drug shortages in US
Generic drugmakers and hospital pharmacists warn that added financial pressure from tariffs could strain the nation’s generic drug supplies.
China outlines plans to boost consumer spending as Trump’s tariff war threatens exports
Chinese government officials on Monday outlined steps they are taking to try to boost domestic demand by getting consumers to spend more as a tariff war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump …
Sunac China warns of US$3.6 billion loss as housing slump hurts sales, assets
Wider losses in 2024 partly due to smaller one-off gain from onshore debt restructuring exercise compared with a year earlier.
The Trump administration axed Voice of America and China’s state media are delighted
The dismantling of the international broadcaster and other U.S. government-funded news outlets was criticized as another blow to U.S. soft power efforts.
BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China
BYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would build…
BYD unveils battery system that charges EVs in 5 minutes
The new battery and charging system was capable of providing 470km of range in 5 minutes, said BYD’s founder. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Beyond DeepSeek: China accelerates in the development of new AI models to win the global technological race
Neither the economic slowdown, nor the huge debt of local administrations, nor the real estate crisis, nor the trade war with the United States will slow down Beijing’s technological plans. In the …
