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Raises US $411 million in biggest U.S. China‑consumer IPO since 2021; shares jump 21 percent on day one. Operates ≈6,700 franchised “teahouses,” adding >5,000 outlets in 24 months —the fastest build‑out in China’s premium drinks 2024 gross merchandise value (GMV) hits RMB 295 billion ; up 173 % YoY on…

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In 2014, seven university alumni from Fujian came together with a straightforward idea: tap into the region’s paper manufacturing ecosystem to create a tissue brand that’s “safe and reliable.” The result was Botare—a company that, over the past decade, has grown into a household goods maker with annual revenue topping…

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NEW DELHI — Longtime adversaries India and China, concerned by President Donald Trump’s disorienting early moves in trade and diplomacy, are testing a fragile thaw in relations. For most of the past century, a dispute over their 2,000-mile Himalayan border has kept the world’s two largest countries deadlocked in distrust.…

Americans suffering from brain tumors, liver cancer and heart attacks may find their medical care disrupted if President Donald Trump’s trade war cuts off access to rare earth minerals with health-care applications. China processes almost all the world’s rare earths, a group of 17 metals used in a wide array…

Ukraine has intelligence that shows China is supplying artillery and gunpowder to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. “We have finally received information that China is supplying weapons to the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said at a press conference in Kyiv. “We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in…

For the first time in five years, American attitudes towards China have softened compared to the previous year, with a significant drop in the percentage of those who view China as the “enemy”, according to a survey released by the Pew Research Centre on Thursday. Overall attitudes remain overwhelmingly negative…

HomeScienceVol. 388, No. 6744Prevent coastal seawater intrusion in ChinaBack To Vol. 388, No. 6744 Full accessLetter Share on Prevent coastal seawater intrusion in ChinaChao Liu, Ping Li, and Dahai Liu Authors Info & AffiliationsScience17 Apr 2025Vol 388, Issue 6744p. 258DOI: 10.1126/science.adv5677 PREVIOUS ARTICLEWidening the autism spotlightPreviousNEXT ARTICLEDisposal of anes…...Read More

The dollar index (DXY00) Wednesday fell by -0.92%.  The dollar was under pressure Wednesday as the tit-for-tat trade war with China erodes confidence in the dollar after the US government barred Nvidia from selling its H20 chips to China.  The US tariff turmoil diminishes the dollar’s reserve-currency status and has…