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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    BYD sales outside China surge

    BYD sales outside China surge BYD's overseas sales soared in April as surging fuel prices in the wake of the Iran war spurred renewed interest in electric cars, though softening demand at home in China dragged total deliveries down for the eighth month in a row. The automaker’s sales outside...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    DeepSeek suffers unusual outage

    DeepSeek suffers unusual outage DeepSeek’s chatbot suffered a major outage of more than seven hours overnight in China, forcing the AI pioneer to deploy several updates to rectify the issue. Users began reporting faults on Sunday evening, according to Downdetector. The startup’s own status...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    How much more Eskom spent on its largest power station vs China

    How much more Eskom spent on its largest power station vs China Eskom spent nearly seven times as much building its biggest and most advanced coal power station as China did constructing the world's largest coal-fired plant with similar technologies. Eskom's Kusile power station near...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Apple shifting more iPhone production to India

    Apple shifting more iPhone production to India Apple increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there, reflecting the US company’s efforts to avoid tariffs on China. The company assembled about 55 million iPhones in India in 2025...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Plan to slap up to 50% import tariffs on Chinese and Indian cars

    Plan to slap up to 50% import tariffs on Chinese and Indian cars South Africa is considering imposing tariffs of as much as 50% on vehicles from China and India as it moves to protect its automotive industry from a flood of imports. An internal review is being conducted by the Department of...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    FBI accuses South African company of sharing US and NATO military tech with China

    FBI accuses South African company of sharing US and NATO military tech with China The US Justice Department has accused a South African flight school of masquerading as a civilian flight-training academy while providing Chinese air and naval forces with U.S. and NATO military tech. The...
  8. antowan

    Trump strategy document revives Monroe Doctrine, slams Europe

    https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-strategy-document-revives-monroe-doctrine-slams-europe-2025-12-05/
  9. Vorastra

    China’s latest aircraft carrier enters fleet as naval competition with the US heats up

    https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/07/china/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-xi-jinping-intl-hnk
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    BYD investing in up to 300 public EV chargers in SA

    BYD investing in up to 300 public EV chargers in SA Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD plans to invest in as many as 300 fast charging stations in South Africa by the end of 2026 as it ramps up efforts to expand globally, executive vice president Stella Li said in an interview. BYD is in the...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Taiwan holds back on chip export controls against South Africa

    Taiwan holds back on chip export controls against South Africa Taiwan is holding off on chip export controls it placed on South Africa just two days ago — a sign it is uncomfortable with using the key tech export as a weapon in diplomatic disputes. The Economic Ministry said in a statement...
  12. AmutovSaydalim

    Ramaphosa offered Rainbow Rare Earths project to US

    SOUTH Africa is not blessed with large reserves of the world’s minerals du jour, rare earths. So when President Cyril Ramaphosa offered supplies of it to President Donald Trump during that infamous White House meeting in May, geologists must have been scratching their heads. Unfortunately for...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Xiaomi rolls out new open-source AI voice model

    Xiaomi rolls out new open-source AI voice model Xiaomi Corp. on Monday released an open-source voice model to complement its automotive and home appliance technologies, further heating up the race to build AI tools for more than just text. The new MiDashengLM-7B is based on Xiaomi’s...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Apple quarterly revenue jump best in three years

    Apple quarterly revenue jump best in three years Apple Inc. reported its fastest quarterly revenue growth in more than three years, easily topping Wall Street estimates, after demand picked up for the iPhone and products in China. Revenue rose 9.6% to $94 billion in the fiscal third quarter...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Temu not launching its own South African warehouse

    Temu not launching its own South African warehouse While Temu has been promoting the launch of what it terms “local warehouse” in South Africa, it does not actually operate its own distribution centres. The direct-from-China online marketplace said it does not own warehouses but works with...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Solar power price cuts could be coming to an end

    Solar power price cuts could be coming to an end The big plunge in solar power system prices in South Africa over the past few years could be coming to an end. Global prices of solar panels, inverters, and batteries dropped sharply in 2023 and 2024, largely due to substantial overproduction in...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Huawei and SMIC blacklisted in Taiwan

    Huawei and SMIC blacklisted in Taiwan Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., dealing another major blow to the two companies spearheading China’s efforts to develop cutting-edge AI chip technologies. Taiwan’s International Trade...
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  18. Anthro

    Chinese Brand Mercedes Created Is Now Coming For Mercedes In Europe

    Denza, once a joint venture with Mercedes-Benz and now fully owned by BYD, will launch the 962 hp Z9 GT as its first European model carscoops.com This thing looks insane !
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    US launching Chinese semiconductor investigation

    US launching Chinese semiconductor investigation President Joe Biden’s administration is set to initiate a trade investigation into Chinese semiconductors in the coming days, as part of a push to reduce reliance on a technology that US officials believe pose national security risks. The probe...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court rejects TikTok's bid to delay US ban from January

    Court rejects TikTok's bid to delay US ban from January TikTok faces a US ban next month after an appeals court declined to pause the measure, which takes effect if the popular video-sharing app isn’t sold by its China-based parent ByteDance Ltd. The company’s request for the pause came after...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Shein and Temu tax petition draws thousands

    Shein and Temu tax petition draws thousands Thousands of people have signed a petition opposing the South africa Revenue Service decision to close a loophole in the tariff on clothes imported from outlets such as Shein and Temu. Before 1 November, importers had to pay a 45% tariff on clothes...
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