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Rising down jacket sales offer unexpected cushion against deflation in mainland China

China’s down jacket and coat makers are the unlikely beneficiaries of the winter season, as more young consumers splash out…

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Tech war: workers at Nexperia’s China plant fear being caught in dispute crossfire

Workers at a large Nexperia packaging plant in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan said they are worried about becoming…

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China’s DeepSeek unveils experimental version of its V3 AI model before National Day holiday

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has launched an “experimental” version of its V3 foundation model ahead of the country’s National…

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How have China’s 5-year plans shaped the country’s economic trajectory?

Though China moved away from a command economy decades ago, its successive five-year plans have remained a pillar of macroeconomic…

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More Chinese travelling to South Korea as memories of political chaos recede

Chinese tourism to South Korea is picking up with the end of political instability in Seoul and the two nations…

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Alibaba’s Joe Tsai says open-sourcing its AI models will boost firm’s cloud business

Alibaba Group Holding chairman Joe Tsai said that open-sourcing large language models (LLMs) would spur a surge in artificial intelligence…

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My Take | Trump’s tariffs give China its biggest chance for economic reform since 1997 crisis

China’s economic reform over the past decade has been a controlled process of privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation, and that process…

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Hong Kong’s home prices fall towards decade low on interest rate, tariff headwinds

Home prices in Hong Kong’s secondary property market dropped for a third straight month in February to near the lowest…

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Breaking | China’s 2025 starts with rising retail sales as consumption takes centre stage

China has reported a 4 per cent growth in consumption in the first two months of 2025, a modest increase…

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China’s Ne Zha 2 still flying high as highest-grossing animated movie of all time

When Kung Fu Panda clawed its way to box office glory in 2008, it sent shock waves through China. Nationalists…

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