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Will a Chinese firm’s Bali beach lift project alter the local landscape?

The Bali heat proved too much for Zhang Min, a 30-year-old tourist from Chengdu, one afternoon last month. She had…

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What lessons can China learn from this northern city’s flood response?

When heavy rains raged across northern China this summer, Datong, a city in Shanxi province perhaps best known as the…

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As US and Europe cut aid budgets, China’s star is on the rise in Southeast Asia, report says

China’s role as Southeast Asia’s largest infrastructure financier is increasing its regional influence at a time when the United States…

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ICBC Asia backs Hong Kong developers with stable loan support amid sector’s challenges

ICBC (Asia) sees no undue risk in lending to Hong Kong’s large property developers and will also continue to write…

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‘Two sessions’ 2025: how can China get its private sector back on track?

As China’s political elite gather for the country’s annual legislative sessions in March, we examine the broader forces likely to…

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CK Hutchison’s surprise sale of global ports sends stock surging amid unfolding trade war

The company announced overnight that it would sell 80 per cent of Hutchison Port Group which owns 43 container ports…

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Alibaba previews new AI reasoning model to challenge DeepSeek R1, OpenAI o1

The Qwen team said that QwQ-Max-Preview – built on the most advanced model of the series, the Qwn 2.5-Max introduced…

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Alibaba opens first data centre in Mexico, ramping up AI infrastructure expansion

With the launch on Wednesday, Alibaba Cloud said it now had a global infrastructure network of 87 availability zones across…

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Chinese investment bank CICC cleared to operate in Dubai financial centre

China International Capital Corporation (CICC) has received a licence to operate in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), adding to…

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China’s logistics sector stands and delivers with busiest year ever in 2024

China’s courier industry – which reported its busiest year on record thanks to the country’s brisk e-commerce business and a…

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