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Chinese AI translation machine startup secures new funding
Timekettle says its earphones enable natural dialogue in 40 languages
China
Consumer
Detention of China's 'tobacco fragrance queen' confounds company
Huabao International ponders how to manage without Zhu Linyao and her son
IPO
China halts scores of IPO plans amid underwriter, law firm probe
12 suspended in STAR Market, 48 in ChiNext as regulators investigate intermediaries
Technology
Apple sets revenue record despite $6bn-plus supply chain woes
Sales jump 21% in greater China, dip 14% in Japan
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar's isolation from West opens door for China and Russia
Beijing brokers peace talks and gifts a submarine while Moscow supplies arms
Telecommunication
FCC revokes China Unicom's authorization for U.S. operations
Security risk cited for move, which covers telecom services but not data centers
Beijing Winter Olympics
Beijing Olympic villages open to COVID bubble, muted social media
Countries worry China could access and extract data from personal devices
Interview
China EV sales to 'make or break' Honda in next 5 years: executive
Automaker targets 800,000 units in 2030, up from 10,000 last year
Commodities
China's carbon-cutting push augurs big shift in global commodities
Oil imports by 'world's factory' see 1st drop in 20 years while steel exports shrink
China tech
Tencent will take US-listed streamer DouYu private: sources
New plan comes after merger with bigger Huya Inc blocked by regulators
International relations
EU launches WTO action against China over Lithuania trade curbs
Brussels says discriminatory practices 'threaten' integrity of its single market
Markets
Asian shares plunge after Fed's Powell signals rate hike
Nikkei falls more than 3%, touching its lowest point since November 2020
International relations
U.S., China confer on Ukraine, urge de-escalation, calm
Foreign Minister Wang tells American counterpart military blocs not answer
Caixin
Micron to shut down DRAM chip design team in Shanghai
Move comes after poaching of engineers sparks technology leak concerns
China debt crunch
Oaktree scuppers Evergrande plan by seizing 'Versailles mansion' plot
Receiver appointed to Hong Kong development that was key to bondholder deal
China tech
Tencent to help Japanese companies enter the metaverse
Chinese online giant launches avatars, virtual content creation as competition grows
Belt and Road
Pakistan to pay compensation for Chinese workers killed in attack
Unprecedented step for Dasu victims ahead of Khan's China trip next month
Automobiles
Tesla sees supply chain woes stretching through 2022
EV maker holds off Cybertruck launch as factories continue to operate below capacity
Transportation
Chinese airlines battered by Beijing's zero-virus crackdown
Groundings of international flights escalate as omicron rages
China up close
Analysis: If Xi secures just 5 more years, he loses
The leader can only maintain grip if subordinates feel he'll stay