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Not just Jack Ma: Who’s who at the Monday summit that’s seen as a ‘symbolic’ end to China’s tech crackdown

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, BYD’s Wang Chuanfu, and Xiaomi’s Lei Jun were among the leading tech executives who met with Xi Jinping on Monday.

Fortune

Trump’s quiet change to US position on Taiwan is all about the economy

The US state department has removed a highly symbolic phrase from its routine update on Taiwan. Its previous briefings said: “We do not support Taiwan independence.” This disappeared on February 13 2025.

The Conversation

Stock market today: Wall Street eyes gains before the opening bell, Chinese tech companies surge

Wall Street is pointing toward gains before the opening bell as earnings season winds down during a holiday-shortened trading week

The Independent UK

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Asian Markets Mixed As Traders Pare Hong Kong Tech Rally

The Hang Seng Index's gains extended an impressive start to the year, with the emergence of a new chatbot from Chinese startup DeepSeek stoking optimism in the country's AI drive.

Latin Times

Stock Index Futures Gain on Ukraine Peace Hopes, Fed Minutes and U.S. Economic Data in Focus

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.32%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.36% this morning as U.S. and Russian representatives met to negotiate an end to the three-year war in Ukraine.

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Stocks Set to Open Higher as Investors Await Fed Minutes and U.S. Economic Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.28%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.36% this morning, with investors looking ahead to the publication of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, remarks from Fed officials, and a fresh batch of U.S. economic data…

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Xi Jinping’s U-turn on tech

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Asian Markets Rise As Chinese Tech Stocks Surge

Asian markets, driven by Chinese tech stocks, show resilience amidst global economic uncertainties.

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Tech Rally Helps Hong Kong Lead Asian Markets Higher

Hong Kong resumed its tech-led rally on a healthy day for Asian markets Tuesday as a meeting between President Xi Jinping and China's top business leaders fanned hopes that a years-long crackdown on the private sector is coming to an end.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on the US, China and the rest: Trump is opening doors for Xi

Editorial: The US president’s bullying of allies and partners is short-termist and will boost Beijing’s power, not Washington’s

The Guardian - UK

China's Xi promises policy stability at meeting with business leaders, including Alibaba's Jack Ma

China’s President Xi Jinping has met with private sector business leaders, offering them assurances that policies regarding the private sector would not change, state media reported

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping tells Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs to ‘show their talent’

Analysts say address to symposium suggests crackdown on sector may be ending in effort to tackle economic slump

The Guardian - UK

US Think Tank Report Questions China's Military Readiness

Debate over China's military readiness and intentions sparks discussions on political influences, combat skills, and regional security implications.

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European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened

Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

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Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

International Business Times

Alibaba Shares Soar On Reports Of Potential Xi Meeting With Jack Ma

Alibaba shares soared by more than six percent on Friday following reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping was poised to meet with the tech juggernaut's co-founder Jack Ma. Alibaba, which has already surged more than 40 percent in 2025, piled on 6.3 percent after also being given an extra leg-up…

Al Jazeera

Trump eyes summit with Xi and Putin, says he wants military budgets halved

US president says Washington’s existing nuclear arsenal could destroy the world ‘100 times over’.

International Business Times

Trump Eyes Summit With Xi-Putin, Shaking Up World Order

Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.

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Trump Proposes Trilateral Meeting With China And Russia On Defense

President Trump suggests a trilateral meeting with China and Russia to discuss cutting military budgets in half and reducing nuclear weapons. Potential out...

The Conversation

What we learned from Trump and Putin’s phone call – editor’s briefing

Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, spoke for much of the European diplomatic community when she reacted to news of Donald Trump’s phone chat with Vladimir Putin: “This is the way the Trump administration operates,” she declared. “This is not how others do foreign policy, but this is now the…

The Guardian - UK

Questions raised over Lord Mandelson’s work with Chinese ‘influence operation’

New ambassador to US and his consultancy firm under spotlight over links to agency said to have aim of co-opting western businesspeople

The Independent UK

As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money

‘We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,’ the president told Fox News in a recent interview

Fortune

Are Trump's trade and tariffs tantrums repairing market failures or eroding global trust?

The whipsaw of tariffs—some potentially beneficial and others less so—have left CEOs and investors temporarily frozen.

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Trump Talks With Chinese President Xi Jinping Since Inauguration

President Trump acknowledges communication with President Xi Jinping and claims deep understanding of Kim Jong Un. Recent tariffs and retaliatory measures ...

Fortune

Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan

“For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy,” Kaplan explained. “They didn’t have to choose.”

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