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Tesla halts importing Model S and X in China as buyers balk at tariffs
Tesla has stopped taking orders to import the US-made models to China; to persuade buyers to consider the Shanghai-made Model Y and Model 3.
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Banking & finance
US delisting of Chinese stocks may make Hong Kong great again
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Artificial intelligence
China’s SenseTime bets on new AI training method to stand out
5 hours ago
Banking & finance
Chagee, Miniso shrug off US delisting concerns amid Trump tariff war
Any delisting move may benefit the stock exchange and deal bankers in Hong Kong, CreditSights says.
6 hours ago
Chagee will ‘proceed as planned’ with its US$411 million Nasdaq IPO proposal. Photo: Handout
ByteDance
TikTok drives ByteDance’s overseas sales despite US hurdles: report
ByteDance’s total revenue is said to have risen to US$155 billion last year, placing the unicorn among the world’s top internet giants.
6 hours ago
Amazon
Amazon CEO says online sellers could pass tariff costs to customers
US President Donald Trump has boosted tariffs on China, where Amazon sources much of its inventory.
11 Apr 2025 - 3:51PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s auto-parts makers could face biggest risk from tariff war fallout
At biggest risk US$13.6 billion worth of components which China ships to the US annually.
11 Apr 2025 - 11:31AM
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An assembly line inside an electric vehicle (EV) factory owned by Li Auto in Changzhou in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: Xinhua
China stock market
Chinese companies budget US$2.7 billion to defend stocks in bloodbath
More than 100 companies have announced buy-back plans, including PetroChina, Midea Group and CATL.
5 hours ago
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Apple
Apple’s supply chain under pressure from tariffs amid price hike speculation
The new tariffs will not hit iPhones assembled in China, but price hikes are expected with the iPhone 17 series this year.
11 Apr 2025 - 4:28PM
Robotics
Meet Peng Zhihui, the latest robotics star to catch the premier’s attention
The founder of AgiBot joins a new generation of tech entrepreneurs who have gained recognition from China’s top leadership.
10 Apr 2025 - 7:30PM
TSMC
TSMC’s revenue soars amid AI demand ahead of US tariffs
The main chipmaker for Apple and Nvidia faces threats by US President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on semiconductor imports.
10 Apr 2025 - 2:55PM
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TSMC has posted better-than-expected sales for the first quarter of 2025. Photo: AFP
Mergers & Acquisitions
China Mobile gets 15.5% stake in HKBN to fend off rival I Squared Capital
Company agrees to pay about US$154.6 million for the block of shares from private equity firm TPG.
10 Apr 2025 - 2:26PM
Amazon
Amazon cancels some orders from China amid Trump’s tariffs
One vendor says a US$500,000 wholesale order was cancelled without warning after the products had already been manufactured.
10 Apr 2025 - 12:00PM
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TikTok
Trump says TikTok deal is still ‘on the table’
‘But we’re going to have to wait and see what’s going to happen with China,’ the US president says.
10 Apr 2025 - 9:53AM
US-China tech war
Microsoft abruptly cuts services to Chinese university, genomics firm
Concerns about technological decoupling have risen after Microsoft ended commercial services for some clients in China.
10 Apr 2025 - 9:00AM
A person walks past a Microsoft sign at its office building in Beijing on May 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Business of climate change
Emissions from AI chip manufacturing rose fourfold in 2024, Greenpeace says
There are many opportunities to invest directly in wind and solar energy, yet global chipmakers have failed to do so on a meaningful scale, Greenpeace says.
10 Apr 2025 - 8:00AM
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CATL keeps the faith in Hong Kong with plans to list in second quarter: sources
Some of the 178 companies that have filed IPO applications in Hong Kong may delay their listing plans, analysts say.
10 Apr 2025 - 6:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba executive sees ‘explosive growth’ in AI applications in 2025
A four-day AI fair hosted by Alibaba Cloud in Beijing offers visitors a glimpse of the future.
9 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM
Alibaba has been investing heavily into artificial intelligence. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors
Samsung denies halting chip foundry services for Chinese clients
Samsung operates one of the few foundries capable of rivalling industry-leading TSMC in producing advanced chips.
9 Apr 2025 - 5:00PM
TSMC
TSMC could face US$1 billion fine over chip in Huawei AI processor
Penalising TSMC comes at a critical moment for US-Taiwan relations after Trump slapped a 32 per cent levy on imports from the island.
9 Apr 2025 - 10:45AM
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Semiconductors
US memory chipmaker Micron to impose tariff surcharge on products
Micron’s overseas manufacturing sites are largely based in Asia, including mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.
9 Apr 2025 - 9:46AM
Banking & finance
Resist ‘buying the dip’, Citi bankers caution amid global sell-off
While a bear market rally can occur, it will not last and it is too early to buy the dip, according to strategists at BCA Research.
9 Apr 2025 - 2:50PM
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Andy Sieg, head of wealth at Citigroup, says there is a flight to quality at moments of market stress. Photo: Sun Yeung
Ant Group
Ant Group’s tech unit picks Hong Kong for global headquarters amid AI, Web3 push
Ant Digital Technologies said it was choosing the city to reaffirm its commitment to AI and blockchain technologies, a recent focus for Hong Kong.
8 Apr 2025 - 7:47PM
Artificial intelligence
IBM launches new mainframe system to handle heavy workload of AI models
The new z17 mainframe enables a chunk of business data to remain on customer-owned servers and not hosted on the cloud.
8 Apr 2025 - 3:38PM
Apple
Apple stores see rush of iPhone shoppers ahead of US tariffs
The atmosphere feels like the busy holiday season, store employees say, as panicked customers splurge on Apple products.
8 Apr 2025 - 5:06PM
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