TikTok’s retail ambitions have confronted an obstacle in its second-largest market, which views the app as a threat to local businesses.
Category: Politics and Government
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Athens Democracy Forum: Rethinking Security When So Many Threats Are Invisible
One U.S. company is helping Ukraine behind the scenes combat not only attacks from traditional weapons but invisible ones, too.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Africa Looks Ahead With Hope
Despite its problems, the continent is showing positive signs for democracy. Will that lead to a new future for its 1.2 billion citizens?
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China Is Suffering a Brain Drain. The U.S. Isn’t Exploiting It.
China’s brightest minds, including tech professionals, are emigrating, but many are not heading to America. We spoke to them to ask why.
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China Evergrande’s Founder: The Rise and Fall of Hui Ka Yan
Hui Ka Yan, who grew up poor in the countryside, was a symbol of China’s economic rise. With Evergrande teetering, his future is uncertain, too.
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How China’s Property Crisis Is Testing Its Too-Big-to-Fail Banks
Banks hold enormous amounts of real estate debt, and regulators are nervous. But a fast-moving crisis is unlikely because the government has extensive control of the system.
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Quebec Lures $5 Billion Battery Factory for Electric Cars
The Canadian government matched financial incentives available in the U.S. to attract the investment from Northvolt, a Swedish company.
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Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
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Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
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Travelers Who Need Visas to Visit Europe Face a Monthslong Wait
Travelers who require a short-term visas to visit Europe say they face monthslong delays, jeopardizing their travel plans and making an already unpredictable system worse.
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Tyson and Perdue Are Facing Child Labor Investigations
The Labor Department has opened inquiries into whether migrant children were working inside slaughterhouses owned by the poultry-processing giants.
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Lachlan Murdoch’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With the Family Business
He solidified his rise to the top of his father’s media empire on Thursday.