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China hit back Wednesday against U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers are engaged in “aggressive, malicious” industrial-scale efforts to extract capabilities from frontier American AI systems

China is preparing a capital injection of up to $15 billion into the largest shareholder of Standard Bank Group, potentially strengthening a banking partnership connecting Chinese businesses with markets across Africa.

Citigroup is expected to secure Chinese regulatory clearance for its fully owned brokerage operation in mainland China as early as this month, with plans to recruit several dozen employees for the business in the coming months

China is pumping tens of billions of dollars into eight state-owned banks and insurance companies to help shore up the country’s financial system and boost its slowing economy.

Beijing wants banks and insurers to bolster investment in stock market as it helps to replenish cash reserves

China and Kyrgyzstan will enhance cooperation in areas such as trade in services and cross-border e-commerce, a Ministry of Commerce spokeswoman said on Thursday.

GlobalData’s Sherla Sriprada says Apple’s expanding AI, robotics, and data-infrastructure hiring in China points to a strategy that goes well beyond manufacturing.

Once the €3 charge kicked in for sub-€150 parcels in July, traffic through Belgium’s main gateway shifted quickly. The levy pulled in around €224 million in its first seven weeks of operation. Belgium’s customs service said small parcel arrivals at Liege fell 53% in July 2026 compared with a year earlier, following a rush of…

SEPT. 1, 2026 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answers questions from the media during a news conference as the G20 finance meetings wrap up in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo: WLOS Staff)

OKADA — Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), has deepened its strategic academic partnership with Jiangxi College of Vocational and Foreign Studies, China, with a specialised technology training programme designed to equip staff and students with practical skills in Python Programming, Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI).