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China’s semiconductor firms cash in chips as export boom bucks overall trend

Despite intensifying restrictions from the US intended to stifle China’s semiconductor trade, Beijing’s shipments of the bedrock technology stood out…

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Will China turn to Argentina to fill its farming import gap? Wheat and see

Argentinian firms have expressed an interest in boosting their agricultural shipments to China, welcome news for Beijing as it seeks…

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China’s strategic ‘little giant’ firms quickly rise to 14,600, surpass 2025 goal

China has fostered 14,600 small, privately owned companies as drivers for top strategic industries, exceeding a 2025 goal and levelling…

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China’s oil demand dips, ticks down as economic ebb eases fuel imports

It also cut crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia, its second-biggest supplier, by 6.5 per cent over the two months.…

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Stock market sell-off raises concerns for China’s exports amid US recession fears

Warning signs are flickering for China’s economy – of which the export sector has been a major growth engine in…

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Has China, after long-awaited third plenum, given its market a demotion?

The use of “better leverage” in reference to the role of the market at the twice-a-decade event – formally known…

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China battens down the hatches for blustery trade winds as odds of Trump victory rise

In 2018 and 2019, his administration imposed tariffs of up to 25 per cent on hundreds of billions of US…

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