The loophole that lets North Korea skip sanctions and sell products to the US

Tech Insider : Economy

North Koreans making false eyelashes generate millions for their country. The cheap, high-quality product is lucrative for the secretive country. Here's how it's sidestepping international sanctions.

Europe shouldn't be afraid of Chinese electric cars, says Mercedes-Benz CEO

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The Mercedes-Benz concept CLA model at CES 2024
The Mercedes-Benz concept CLA could go on sale next year.

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China's propaganda actors may go rogue and try to influence the 2024 election, US intelligence says

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping (left) and President Joe Biden (right).
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (left) and President Joe Biden (right).

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The TikTok ban chaos — explained in 60 seconds

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
an image of a phone with a banned tiktok app
A TikTok ban is gathering steam in Congress. But what could it actually mean?

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China is teaching the likes of Apple and Tesla a very painful business lesson

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Apple in China
US tech firms like Apple are coming under growing pressure in China.

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Beijing says property developers in deep trouble must go bankrupt

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy
People look at model of real estate property at a showroom of Country Garden on August 25, 2019 in Yichang, Hubei Province of China.
Chinese property giant Country Garden, which faces a liquidation petition filed at a Hong Kong court, is the latest real-estate developer under scrutiny.

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TikTok leaders are pretty surprised that a bill to ban TikTok is zooming through Congress: report

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TikTok content creators gather outside the Capitol
TikTok leaders are surprised that a bill that would ban TikTok in the US has gotten as far as it has.

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'Porous' sanctions haven't stopped Russia's war, but there's still more the West can do to squeeze its economy

Tech Insider : Economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits on a gilded chair wearing a blue suit and a light blue tie
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on February 6, 2024.

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America has descended into a new Red Scare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Three farm water pump windmills. One of the windmills resembles a Communist hammer and sickle symbol.
The backlash in Green Charter represents something seldom seen since the Red Scare: a quasi-militant, homegrown resistance to the perceived threat of communism at home.

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China's BYD is the world's biggest electric car maker — but it's not coming to America anytime soon

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The new BYD Atto 3 is displayed on the BYD booth at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on October 17, 2022 in Paris, France. The Paris Motor Show will present the latest models from the world's leading car manufacturers at the Paris Expo Exhibition Center from October 17 to October 23, 2022.
The BYD Atto 3.

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