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A cheap/cost effective way to verify product quality from China suppliers (Alibaba or others)? Hi, I’m starting my ecommerce business in a few weeks and this issue has been circling my head for a while. I would hate to order x20 products from one supplier and discover that’s it’s bad quality at their arrival, obviously I’m not looking for top tier products but, like everybody, I’m looking for a good price-quality ratio. I’d appreciate if …

Blinken Meets China’s Top Diplomat in Latest Bid to Ease Tensions In their second meeting in less than a month, the secretary of state spoke to China’s envoy, Wang Yi, about ‘managing competition’ amid reports of a potential Chinese hack.

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China finalizes first-of-its-kind rules governing generative A.I. services like ChatGPT Chinese regulators on Thursday said it finalized first-of-its-kind rules governing generative artificial intelligence which will come into effect on Aug. 15.

Musk discusses his new company xAI, ‘superintelligence,’ and China Elon Musk participated in an hour-long discussion on Twitter Spaces with Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc.

Maybe a dumb question, but is China safe to visit? I previously worked in the defense industry in the US and had a clearance. During that time, China hacked the US government and probably knows that I worked for them. Is this reason for concern? I would love to visit China (some of my family is from there), but I do have this weird fear of being detained or something. Am I way off base? Is this …

Looming U.S. Investment Restrictions on China Threaten Diplomatic Outreach Any such restrictions are expected to anger Beijing and will be the first test of the new channels of communication that the world’s two largest economies are trying to restore.

China’s chip metal export curbs are ‘a wake up call’ for countries to diversify their supply chains While China produces the majority of the world’s gallium and germanium, it is not the only producer.

China Targeted State Department Emails in Microsoft Hack, U.S. Officials Say Microsoft said the hack began in May and was discovered just before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s trip to Beijing in June.

Toyota Wants To Give Hydrogen A Go In Europe, China, Too Toyota is still very keen on selling lots and lots of hydrogen vehicles, but because they haven’t seemed to really catch on in North America, the Japanese automaker is looking elsewhere: namely, Europe and China. It’s all part of a push to sell 200,000 hydrogen-electric vehicles by 2030. Read more…

Apple Launches Online Store on China’s WeChat Platform Apple has launched an online store in China’s WeChat app, the Tencent-owned social media platform has announced (via Reuters). China’s dominant messaging app will host the Apple store via one of its mini-programs, which typically offers e-commerce, financial, and live-streaming services to WeChat’s over 1.2 billion users. Customers will be abl…

Apple launches online store on China’s giant WeChat messaging app WeChat is China’s biggest messaging platform with over 1.2 billion users and opens another retail channel for Apple to sell its products.

Biden Bets High-Level Diplomacy Can Cool Fiery Relations With China President Biden hopes the diplomatic trips this summer by his aides lead to frank talks with Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials before the 2024 U.S. elections.

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Bitcoin Steady Above $30K as China Factory Deflation Suggests End of Global Tightening Cycle Is Near China is exporting deflation across the Western world. Ultimately this will be good for risk assets as it relates to the end of the global interest-rate increase cycle, one observer said.

Why China’s Young People Are Not Getting Married Marriages in China are at a record low. Recent political and economic turmoil have added another reason to postpone tying the knot.

Janet Yellen’s Trip to China: 3 Takeaways The U.S. Treasury secretary met with China’s new economic policy leaders and toned down Washington’s talk of “decoupling.” But the two nations remain at odds on many issues.

Janet Yellen’s Trip to China: No Breakthroughs But 10 Hours of Talks Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, after 10 hours of meetings with Chinese officials, said the two sides would pursue “more frequent communication” despite their deep differences.