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Technology: Why Meta's AI push is 'made in China'

Meta is hiring heavily from China for its most ambitious AI initiative – sparking criticism in the US. But breakthroughs may be nearly impossible without Chinese minds.

Von Jörn Petring

Carmakers: VW sales decline in China

Volkswagen Group sold fewer vehicles in China during the first half of the year, with the company particularly struggling in the electric vehicle segment.

Von Leonardo Pape

Real estate: China's crisis is worse than expected

China's real estate crisis is strikingly reminiscent of Japan's disastrous crash in the 1990s. Back then too, misdiagnoses helped turn an economic crisis into a demographic catastrophe. Is history repeating itself - or is China learning from its neighbor's mistakes?

Von Yi Fuxian

Laser attack on German aircraft: Beijing rejects accusations

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied claims that a Chinese warship targeted a German military aircraft with a laser in the Red Sea. According to a ministry spokesperson, the German Foreign Office’s account "contradicts the facts known to the Chinese side".

Von Leonardo Pape

Defense: Taiwan launches annual military drills

Taiwan has begun its largest annual military exercises to date, simulating the realities of a potential Chinese invasion. The Chinese Ministry of Defense dismissed the drills as “nothing but a bluff”. At the same time, China has imposed sanctions on eight Taiwanese companies.

Von Leonardo Pape

Deflation: Erzeugerpreise in China sinken weiter

Die chinesischen Erzeugerpreise sind auf den niedrigsten Stand seit fast zwei Jahren gefallen. Der Rückgang ist Ausdruck eines sich verschärfenden Preiskampfs in Chinas Wirtschaft.

Von Leonardo Pape

Deflation: Producer prices in China continue to fall

China’s producer prices have dropped to their lowest level in nearly two years. The decline reflects an intensifying price war within the Chinese economy.

Von Leonardo Pape

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Von Leonardo Pape

Dessert

Von Leonardo Pape

E-commerce: EU lawmakers vote for strict new rules

Two billion low-cost small parcels enter the EU each year – primarily due to systematic loophole exploitation by Chinese sellers. Now, EU lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted to bring that to an end.

Von Amelie Richter