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Dancing robots and K-pop diplomacy: China's economic and social gambits
Unitree plans to file for an IPO by year end, capitalizing on the recent popularity of its dancing humanoid robots.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: Dancing robot sensation Unitree boogeys towards IPO
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China’s state-driven stocks, and its corporate wars abroad
China's stock market rally is fast approaching its one-year mark, with the benchmark Hang Seng and Shanghai composite indexes both up around 40%.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: DPC Dash lights up Domino’s global leader board with push into small-town China
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China moves to end solar bloodbath, as East Buy chases warehouse club crown
China is floating yet another plan to rescue its oversupplied solar sector, including a mass shuttering of excess capacity.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: Meituan drives to Brazil in search of growth, only to crash into Chinese rival DiDi
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August 2025

China plays defense on EV batteries, offense on hydrogen
China rolls out new rules restricting the export of cutting-edge technology for EV battery manufacturing.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: Mainland regulators trip up Ant Group – again
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China's changing tastes buffet western brands as Ant Group faces old headwinds
Burger King withdraws from Hong Kong, after facing similar issues on the Chinese Mainland.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: XtalPi scores landmark deal for AI drug discovery
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JD.com flees China’s brutal retail wars for Europe, as Beijing fails to tame price-cutting at home
JD.com has purchased brick-and-mortar retail chains in Germany and Hong Kong.
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Bamboo Works Weekly: China’s fading box office delivers rare profit-booster for Imax China
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