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13 Feb 2025

We don't necessarily see many China cars in so-called "developed countries".

But in the rest of the world, the number of Chinese cars we can see on the road is shocking. No surprise to see the numbers of Chinese cars exports skyrocketting as shown on this chart courtesy of Lyn Alden.

13 Feb 2025

This is what FOMO-ing into China tech stocks looks like.

Source: Brian Tycangco 鄭彥渊 @BrianTycangco on X

11 Feb 2025

Here's how Chinese stocks have done since they all told you that Chinese stocks were going to crash because of something they're calling "Tariffs"

Source: J-C Parets

10 Feb 2025

Western Biotech’s “DeepSeek Moment” – China’s Rise in Pharma Innovation.

A WSJ artivcle >>> https://lnkd.in/eSua5PBt The WSJ article opens with how Summit Therapeutics’ cancer drug, licensed from China’s Akeso, outperformed Merck’s $30B Keytruda. But apparently this isn't all that special — Chinese companies now account for 31% of major pharma licensing deals, up from just 5% in 2020. Why Chinese Biotech Is Winning ✅ Lower costs & streamlined clinical trials ✅ Lean operations with minimal bureaucracy ✅ Better drug candidates at lower prices ✅ Faster R&D with Wuxi and other CDMOs driving efficiency Source: Rui Ma 马睿 on X, WSJ

10 Feb 2025

BREAKING: Beginning Monday, China will implement tariffs of up to 15% on $14 billion in U.S. exports, including LNG, coal, crude oil, farm equipment, and select vehicles.

Looks like China is fighting back against Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese imports that he announced last week... Source: Financial Times

10 Feb 2025

China's retaliatory tariff will hit the United States today.

Here is how the U.S Corporations and consumers will be impacted. Source: Unicus @UnicusResearch

5 Feb 2025

Xi’s Reply to Trump Tariffs Shows China Has More to Lose - Bloomberg

https://lnkd.in/ez4qCpZa Source: Bloomberg thru C.Barraud

5 Feb 2025

BREAKING: China has opened antitrust investigations into Nvidia and Google just hours after imposing 10%-15% tariffs on some US imports, per FT.

China is reportedly looking for new trade war leverage against President Trump. Source: FT

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