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Beijing, China, 28 July 2026 – China has rejected accusations that its industrial expansion represents harmful excess capacity as the United States prepares findings from a trade investigation…
Shanghai, China, 28 July 2026 – China has reportedly begun limited production of domestically developed immersion deep-ultraviolet lithography machines, marking progress in one of the most difficult parts…
Singapore, 28 July 2026 – Singapore’s financial sector expanded 4.3% in 2025 and created an average of 4,200 net jobs a year over the preceding five years, reinforcing…
Tokyo, Japan, 28 July 2026 – Japan’s government is preparing a two-year reduction in the sales tax on food and beverages to 1%, a move intended to ease…
Seoul, 28 July 2026 – South Korea is considering limits on how much individual investors can place in single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds as regulators intensify efforts to contain…
Singapore, 28 July 2026 – Databricks has appointed Corrie Briscoe as Vice President of Partnerships and Alliances for Asia Pacific and Japan, strengthening its regional leadership as enterprises…
Tokyo, 27 July 2026 – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pressing ahead with a ¥370 trillion, or approximately US$2.3 trillion, public-private investment programme aimed at revitalising Japan’s…
Beijing, 27 July 2026 – Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI is releasing the model weights for Kimi K3, allowing developers to download, host and customise one of…
Beijing, 27 July 2026 – Profit growth at China’s major industrial companies moderated in June as strong exports and technology manufacturing continued to support factory earnings, while weak…
Beijing, 27 July 2026 – China’s industrial profit growth slowed in June as strong earnings from artificial intelligence, electronics and raw materials contrasted with continued weakness across automobiles,…
