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GM’s 100-year-old China business can’t keep up with the EV boom there

The automaker estimates its struggling China business will cost $5 billion, but it isn't giving up on the country yet.

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The U.S. just pledged hundreds of billions to protect its AI leadership. A Chinese startup with a ‘joke of a budget’ may have already undercut those hopes

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has released several open-source AI models that match OpenAI's performance—with more efficiency and at lower cost.

24.01.2025 10

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Donald Trump is about to relaunch his trade war with China—and create even more corporate upheaval in the process

During his first term, Trump's tariffs caused U.S. firms to flee China. Now comes Round 2, which will create new winners and losers.

21.01.2025 10

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Korea Zinc wants to be a ‘U.S.-friendly’ producer of metals used in EVs and green energy. The chairman just needs to survive a nasty takeover battle first

Korea Zinc's takeover battle with Young Poong and MBK Partners has been a "taxing" and "soul-searching" experience, says chairman Yun B. Choi.

20.01.2025 6

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What is Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app also known as RedNote that’s topping the charts ahead of a possible TikTok ban?

TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese platform Xiaohongshu on Monday, where users greeted them with offers of Mandarin lessons and jokes about spying.

14.01.2025 6

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Adidas, H&M and The Gap bought cotton grown by children in India, rights group’s report says

An investigation by Transparentem into the working conditions on 90 cotton farms in India between 2022 and 2023 revealed "widespread use of child...

07.01.2025 7

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Tencent loses billions in market value after the U.S. accuses the video game giant of links to China’s military

The Department of Defense accused Tencent and EV battery giant CATL of having ties to China's military. Tencent calls the decision "clearly a...

07.01.2025 7

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Venture capital continued its slump in 2024—with Asian deals hitting their lowest count in a decade

Just over 27% of all deals happened in Asia last year, according to Pitchbook, amid geopolitical tensions and a sluggish China.

07.01.2025 3

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How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis

There's nothing "special" about edtech, says Luke Stannard, a winner of this year's Yidan Prize on education development. "It's not magic."

30.12.2024 5

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Geely, one of China’s biggest carmakers, resists the push to go all-electric

“You will lose a profit growth engine if you do not make petrol cars,” Geely Automotive Holdings' CEO said in a recent interview.

18.12.2024 10

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South Korean court starts impeachment proceedings of President Yoon Suk-yeol over short-lived martial law

Courts have around six months to decide whether to uphold the impeachment. Elections must be held within two months if Yoon is removed.

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Work trends like AI are forcing Asian professionals to adapt, and fast: ‘The pace of change is speeding up’

Over 80% of Indian professionals report feeling overwhelmed by how quickly their jobs are changing, according to LinkedIn.

16.12.2024 4

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Inside the secret history of Design for Good, an alliance between companies with $4 trillion in market cap to devise solutions to the world’s biggest problems

Design for Good co-founder Ben Sheppard explains why big names like Microsoft, Nestle and DBS got involved.

14.12.2024 10

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Germany pushes for EV subsidies as a lifeline to save Europe’s flailing electric ambitions

"We need incentives to buy electric cars," said Chancellor Olaf Scholz as Germany's auto industry struggles to hit its ambitious electrification...

11.12.2024 4

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General Mills’s top designer refreshed the Pillsbury Doughboy and risked defying its No. 1 rule: ‘Don’t break the billion dollar brand’

If you think Poppin' Fresh looks different, you'd be right. Teman Evans explains why his team refreshed the mascot, now firmly a "boomer."

11.12.2024 10

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Cities are still trying to figure things out post-pandemic—and that’s providing an opportunity for design firms like Gensler

Mixed-use neighborhoods, 20-minute cities, and an office you might actually want to work in—these are Gensler's 2025 predictions for design in 2025.

05.12.2024 10

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Post-COVID life and China’s tough economy pushes a 95-year-old jewelry brand to embrace ‘wearability’ and a more casual consumer

“Everyone is a lot more casual. You have a lot fewer galas and things to go to," said Nicholas Lieou, Chow Tai Fook's design lead for high jewelry.

02.12.2024 6

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Trump’s victory could make life harder for Hong Kong—and that may be good news for Singapore’s banks

Banks like Singapore's OCBC are poised to gain from Chinese investment into Southeast Asia—now potentially supercharged by a new Trump trade war.

27.11.2024 4

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How streamers helped designer Malin Leschly on her ‘winding path’ to become Logitech’s chief design officer

“Streamers want to look good, they want to sound good, and they want to have control over what they do,” she says.

24.11.2024 4

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CEOs and experts share how AI is shaking up the workforce—including an instance of ‘robots outcompeting humans in real time’

Chinese startups can develop digital avatars almost as good as human streamers using just a few minutes of footage, noted McKinsey's Rodney Zimmel.

14.11.2024 2

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How digging into data saved Coach’s famous Tabby bag from a premature end

Falling sales almost ended Coach's Tabby bag prematurely. Data helped save the viral handbag.

13.11.2024 2

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Architect Bjarke Ingels: I’ll have a construction site on the moon by 2032

The Bjarke Ingels Group is working with NASA on Project Olympus, an effort to construct buildings on the moon.

13.11.2024 4

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Singapore’s former UN ambassador says the world will be a ‘calmer place’ if Harris wins—but momentum is on Trump’s side

“At the end of the day, Trump is crazy but he’s not mad,” Kishore Mahbubani said Monday in a conversation with Clay Chandler, Fortune executive...

04.11.2024 4

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‘When in doubt, turn to Xiaohongshu’: A social media platform and its young, female, Chinese user base transforms travel and shopping

Xiaohongshu cofounder and President Miranda Qu is ranked No. 60 on the Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia list this year.

08.10.2024 2

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Capital for Asia, rooted in Asia: How Singapore’s Jenny Lee wants to rethink venture capital

Lee shares her journey from building fighter jets to managing a $5 billion fund focused on Asian companies.

08.10.2024 3

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Can Southeast Asian countries work together to regulate AI? ‘We love each other and yet…we’re always looking over our shoulder’

"Bigger markets in the region [are] leaning towards protecting their own domestic market," said Gullnaz Baig, executive director of the Angsana...

07.08.2024 3

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Singapore’s minister says AI is not the new oil—it’s way better

Singapore's minister for digital development and information explained why the country is poised to be an AI powerhouse.

30.07.2024 1

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