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China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated.
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Beijing: how every outlet covers the stories
9 stories named Beijing, covered by 6 outlets. Each one is shown beside every other newsroom's version of the same event, with a link to the outlet that filed it.
EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supply
As China and the European Union began a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing on Thursday, observers on both sides appeared to agree on one thing: a big breakthrough was unlikely. Chinese firms based in Europe said they hoped the talks could achieve some “limited progress” to help stabilise the trad
How Europe should handle its trade problem with China
It has a ready-made template to force rebalancing should talks fail, writes Pascal Lamy
John Lee promises ‘high-quality’ experience for Apec finance meeting guests
Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to provide guests attending this month’s Apec Finance Ministers’ Meeting with a “high-quality” experience, as the city works closely with Beijing to assist delegations with the registration process. About 500 guests, including finance ministers and senior officials fro
8 more firms from Belt and Road Initiative countries apply for IPOs in Hong Kong
Eight more companies from countries belonging to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative have applied to list in Hong Kong, the city’s trade promotion chief has revealed. Frederick Ma Si-hang, chairman of the Trade Development Council, also said on Monday the city’s economy would benefit from improving C
US to deploy NMESIS anti-ship system on Japanese island closest to Taiwan for first time
The US is set to deploy one of its signature anti-ship missile systems to the Japanese island closest to Taiwan, an unprecedented move that comes as tensions in the region between Beijing and Tokyo continue to simmer. The ground-based US uncrewed missile platform known as the Navy-Marine Expeditiona
Andy Burnham: Northern PM's long journey to power
The former mayor of Greater Manchester has had designs on the top job since 2010 when he first ran to be Labour leader.
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