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China’s exports surge at fastest pace since 2021 as AI boom and tariff rush supercharge trade
China’s exports expanded at their fastest pace in nearly five years in June, powered by soaring global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and a rush by exporters to ship goods before fresh US tariffs come into effect, underscoring the re…
Food safety rules, or weapons of trade?
The fruits, vegetables, spices and grains we eat often contain very small amounts of pesticides and insecticides used by farmers for crop protection, as well as preservatives and additives added during processing.…
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The memory crisis just split the smartphone market in two, with Apple and Samsung standing on the good half
Global smartphone shipments fell 4% year-on-year in 2Q26. Apple posted its best second quarter ever. Both of those things are true, and the gap between them is the story of the year.…
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‘We have not ruled this out’: The water-based battery that could turn whole data centers into energy storage
QinetiQ testing of SuperDielectrics’ water-based zinc cells showed up to 13x longer high-power cycle life, 100C discharge in 36 seconds, and zero thermal runaway
The company is pitching its solution to AI datacenters as a ‘shock absorber…
Volkswagen is Fighting Rising Costs and Global Competition. Its CEO Says 100,000 People Could Be Laid Off To Reorganize
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume has warned employees that the German automotive giant may need to eliminate roughly 50,000 additional jobs on top of previously announced workforce reductions, underscoring the scale of the company’s effort to restore…
China’s New Ethnic Unity Law and the Erasure of Minority Identities
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China’s newly enacted “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” marks a definitive shift from managing diversity to enforcing homogeneity. By legally institutionalising the assimilation of Uyghurs, Tib…
Singaporeans working across Causeway speak of trade-offs – after Malaysia minister suggests growing numbers
Meanwhile, Singaporeans who have worked in Malaysia for more than a decade whom CNA spoke to are clear about the trade-off: Salaries could be lower, alongside more bureaucracy and inefficiency, but with relatively lower living costs and higher quality…
This Time, Investing in Japan Actually Pays
For most of the last 35 years, investing in Japan has been an exercise in patience, pain, and occasionally comedy.
Every few years, Wall Street would rediscover Japan. Strategists would dust off the same slides, point to low valuations, talk about r…
China’s Memory-Chip Challenger Faces A Test Of How Far US Curbs Can Reach
ChangXin Memory Technologies is approaching a turning point.
The Chinese memory-chip maker has advanced far enough to draw interest from some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Apple Inc.,…
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State-Linked Infrastructure Operators Penalized in Xinjiang Cybersecurity Crackdown
Authorities in northwestern China have penalized several critical infrastructure operators and state contractors for failing to protect sensitive user data, highlighting Beijing’s intensifying nationwide enforcement of data security regulations. The c…