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Trouble at TikTok
ByteDance’s wildly popular short video app has gotten caught up in U.S.-China tensions, with Washington worried that personal data on TikTok’s 100 million U.S. users could fall into Beijing’s hands.
Cover Story: Will TikTok Be the Next Huawei?
Founder Zhang Yiming’s efforts to defuse rising political pressures fail to gain traction as U.S. moves to follow India in banning the popular video app citing data security concerns
General Mills to Sell Häagen-Dazs China Shops to Local Investor Group
The U.S. food giant is offloading its struggling physical stores to focus on retail, while Chinese tea chain Ningji looks to expand into frozen desserts
Business Brief (June 2): Tin Prices Surge on AI Demand
China expands trade secret protection to include data and algorithms
Cover Story: How AI Took Over China’s Micro-Drama Industry in 90 Days
Video-generation tools turned a labor-intensive entertainment industry into a high-speed content machine, leaving actors, crews and production hubs on the outs
ChangXin Clears Key Hurdle for Record STAR Market IPO
China’s top DRAM maker seeks to raise $4.3 billion as an AI-driven memory shortage boosts valuations and opens a window for domestic supplier
Xiaomi Slashes AI Model API Prices by 99% to Match DeepSeek
The Chinese tech giant is overhauling its AI subscription plans and matching rival DeepSeek’s rates, ignoring a broader industry push for profitability
DeepSeek Cuts Flagship AI Model Prices by 75% as Funding Round Looms
The Chinese startup lowered API prices for its DeepSeek-V4-Pro model to a fraction of OpenAI’s rates, intensifying the global AI pricing war as it seeks fresh capital at a reported 300 billion yuan valuation
Cover Story: China’s Tech Sector Catches AI Funding Fever
Foundation model startups, memory-chip makers and established internet giants are accelerating fundraising and IPO plans as they chase Silicon Valley-sized valuations
Bowing to Regulators, Tencent Gives Up Exclusive Audio Rights
The tech giant’s decision to comply with the mandate follows the conditional approval of its acquisition of online audio platform Ximalaya
CX Daily: China’s AI Hiring Boom Reshapes Graduate Job Market
Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent are intensifying recruitment for AI roles as companies increasingly prefer graduates with AI skills
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价格50美元及以下进口商品无需缴纳联邦税后，叠加税基降低而少缴州税，综合赋税率由44.5%降至20.4%
Analysis: China’s AI Hiring Boom Reshapes Graduate Job Market
Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent are intensifying recruitment for AI roles as companies increasingly prefer graduates and interns with AI skills across both technical and non-technical fields
Brazil Reinstates Tax Break That Stands to Benefit Chinese Vendors
The revival of a tax break on low-value imports reverses a policy introduced less than two years ago and contrasts with tightening restrictions in markets such as the U.S. and Europe
Business Brief (May 15): Putin Set to Visit China
Brazil resumes tax exemptions on low-value imports, ByteDance invests in robotics startup
Tencent Wins Regulatory Approval to Acquire Audio Platform Ximalaya
The deal comes with five conditions covering pricing and exclusivity, which market regulator said will help ensure fair competition in the market
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