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Taiwan July exports misses forecasts on weak China demand, but U.S. soars
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China’s export engine, vital for keeping the country’s growth target of around 5% within reach, is now threatened by signs of sagging US demand, just as Beijing is also struggling to jolt its own consumer…
US Tops China as Germany’s Biggest Trading Partner
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States overtook China as Germany’s biggest trading partner in the first half of 2024, according to preliminary German statistics office data, as Berlin’s drive to reduce dependency on Beijing takes…
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Trouble Brews Along China’s Key Economic Corridor
“Gwadar is being fenced in and handed over to China,” an advocacy group said in a statement of the Pakistani city, home to a port operated by a Chinese company.
China auto market hits milestone with EVs, hybrids making up half of July car sales
Half of all vehicles sold in China in July were either new pure electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, industry data showed, a milestone that underscores how far the world’s biggest auto market has …
TSMC-linked China auto chip maker plunges over 30% in Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG — Black Sesame International, an automotive chip maker from China that fully relies on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for its production, made a dismal debut on the Hong Kong …
Shenzhen joins Chinese local governments taking unsold homes off developers’ hands
The city becomes the first tier-1 metropolis to heed Beijing’s call to help bail out property developers while adding to affordable housing stock.
China’s car sales extend declines for a fourth month
China’s July car sales fell 3.1% from a year earlier, industry data showed on Thursday, marking the fourth straight monthly decline and deepening concerns about a demand slowdown in the world’s …
China forecast to have almost twice as many pets as young children by 2030
China’s pet population will be close to double that of its young children by 2030 as young Chinese remain unwilling to start new families, Goldman Sachs said.
China discloses first heat-stroke fatalities amid record temperatures
At least two people have died from heat-stroke in one Chinese city, and many more have fallen ill, as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the eighth day on the …
Euronav flags U.S. politics and China’s economy as risks to shipping momentum
Belgian oil tanker company Euronav expects global sea trade to increase this year, driven by the rerouting of Red Sea shipping, but said a change in the U.S. presidency and a slowdown in China’s …
Why ‘Stupid Radishes’ are causing panic in China’s taxi industry
Liu Yi, a ride-hailing driver in Wuhan, faced competition from robotaxis launched by Baidu’s Apollo Go. China’s rapid adoption of autonomous driving technology, approved in multiple cities, posed job loss risks for drivers.
