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3 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings
3 hours agoYinchuan, China - January 02, 2025 In the video, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Ningxia, causing the house to shake violently, which is thrilling. The monitor camera records this scene. This footage was filmed by Mr. Zhang, in Yongning, Yinchuan, Ningxia, on January 2, 2025.
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5 days ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Kandy Wong
As China and the United States engage in formal talks for the first time since the resurgence of their trade war, analysts who have closely followed developments in the world’s two biggest economies have made a wide range of predictions as to the outcome – with almost everything seeming to be on the table.
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1 week ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings |Xiaofei Xu
As China continues to promote its home-grown C919 passenger plane to overseas markets – and builds a name for the jet in Southeast Asia – it could take longer than expected for the aircraft to receive a coveted endorsement from the European Union’s safety regulator.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang |Ralph Jennings
Growing economic risks and uncertainties pushed first-quarter demand for gold to the highest level since 2016, with prices expected to remain strong for the rest of the year, according to two outlook reports.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings |Xiaofei Xu
1 hour agoTrump Goes Full Grinch as Tariffs Threaten to Ruin ChristmasOn the same day the U.S. economy shrank for the first time in three years, President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that Americans would pay the …7 hours agoTrump: Maybe the Children Will Have Two Dolls Instead of 30 DollsTaking questions during a cabinet meeting, President Trump addressed concerns about his trade war with China leading to potential shortages for U.S. businesses and consumers.
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4 weeks ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
China’s growth could drop by as much as one percentage point this year if soaring US import tariffs hold up, but its increasingly deep ties with Southeast Asia can help offset that loss, a regional economic surveillance body said on Tuesday. US import tariffs of 145 per cent on Chinese shipments will limit expansion of the world’s second-largest economy to a “quite optimistic” 4.8 per cent this year, said Hoe Ee Khor, chief economist with the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
Just off a narrow highway in rural Malaysia, a vast cluster of buildings flanked by rows of solar panels towers above the surrounding palm plantations. The 275-acre (111-hectare) site, built by local conglomerate YTL Corporation, is filled with data centres to service an explosion in demand for processing power in the South-East Asian nation. Already a subscriber? Log in. Save 30% and win Bosch appliances! More Info Billed as RM9.73 for the 1st month then RM13.90 thereafters.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings
China and the United States accounted for 75 per cent of all venture capital investment in the robotics space over the past six years, allowing them to build a formidable lead in a crucial emerging industry, according to a study by the analytics firm GlobalData.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Ralph Jennings |Mandy Zuo
When Orrawan Khansamree and her husband decided to visit Shanghai this month, the couple wanted to see one place above all – and it was not any of the city’s historic landmarks. “We’re visiting Disneyland,” said Khansamree, who is originally from Thailand. “It’s the biggest of its kind in the world.”For the couple, Shanghai offers an enticing combination of huge entertainment complexes and affordable hotels and restaurants.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings
2 hours agoIndonesia Just Took a Giant Step Back in TimeAllowing the military back into public life will tarnish the nation’s credibility. On Thursday, the world’s third-largest democracy took a step back in time.
