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With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. On a weekday afternoon, the basement food hall of a central shopping centre was packed. Office workers queued for Chongqing noodles, while a different noodle joint...

That the United States suspected Nvidia’s leader was a Chinese spy target underscores the deep distrust between the two powers, even as their leaders try to stabilize ties.

As a round of negotiations ended in Abu Dhabi, President Trump’s envoys said they would go to Moscow as the Kremlin demands discussions on European security structures.

In a memoir and interview, the Italian-born woman who married into the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty recalls political battles and the killings of family members.

Putin has put China in a risky position: it is difficult for Xi to decline a trilateral meeting and hard for him to embrace the agenda Russia and the U.S. have proposed

Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan to return from exile in India could fuel renewed unrest and test Dhaka’s ability to maintain stability and pursue national reconciliation, analysts have warned. The prospect of her return has raised questions about how Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would handle a potential confrontation between supporters of Hasina’s Awami League and those who backed the student-led uprising that toppled her government in 2024. Tensions have intensified...

Huawei Technologies is preparing to launch a new smartphone brand, doubling down on its hard-won domestic comeback six years after spinning off budget marque Honor under the weight of US sanctions. Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, confirmed in a social media post on Wednesday that the company would officially debut Osta, known as “Xingmang” in Chinese, on November 20. The unveiling will coincide with Huawei’s latest electric vehicle launches, according to Yu’s...

Alibaba Group Holding’s planned Hong Kong listing of its semiconductor design arm, T-Head, is poised to reshape China’s artificial intelligence hardware arena while unlocking billions of dollars in trapped valuation for the tech titan, according to analysts. The proposed spin-off serves as a test of whether the sum of Alibaba’s parts is worth significantly more than its current market valuation. Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares slipped about 1 per cent to HK$100.60 on Wednesday, the day...

In a makeshift studio inside his public housing flat in Singapore, Shane Soh stands before his smartphone, running his fingers through a towel as he extols its softness to viewers watching his live stream. A ring light illuminates his face while more than a dozen other products sit on a shelf behind him, waiting for their moment on camera. “Don’t just buy one towel today, but get bedsheets as well. It’s perfect for Hari Raya or Christmas, and the thread count is 1,800 … It’s the best kind of...

Najib Razak, Malaysia’s corrupt former prime minister, may be back home to serve the rest of his prison sentence, but that does not mean he will be living in comfort with wife Rosmah Mansor and the rest of his family, a member of his party has confirmed. Najib returned to his house on Jalan Langgak Duta at about 9.30pm on Tuesday, after the High Court cleared the way for his release from jail. The start of his house arrest also marked the end of Anthony Loke’s stint as transport minister. Loke,...

Hong Kong is expanding clinical trials of histotripsy, a non-invasive treatment that uses focused ultrasound to destroy tumours, as the city seeks to establish a role in developing the technology for kidney cancer. The CUHK Medical Centre, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong and Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital would begin trials involving 30 patients targeting kidney cancer, the Li Ka Shing Foundation said on Wednesday. The trials mark the latest development in Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing’s...

Alibaba has applied to list chip-design unit T-Head in Hong Kong, as the Chinese tech giant braves a cooling initial public offering (IPO) market to raise funds for artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. The Hong Kong stock exchange has approved the proposed separation and a confidential listing application was filed in September, Alibaba said in a statement on Tuesday. T-Head, which provides full-stack data centre chips, will remain a unit of the company. Alibaba also owns the South China...