BASF sells stake in Chinese firms amid Uyghur abuse allegations

Apr 23, 2025

BASF announced it has finalised the sale of its stakes in Markor Chemical Manufacturing and Markor Meiou Chemical to the Singaporean firm Verde Chemical....

Canada orders three Chinese firms to exit critical minerals deals

Nov 03, 2022

China continues to dominate the rare earth elements around the world, while the west is pushing towards self-reliance in the procurement of scarce metals...

Taiwan raids 10 Chinese firms over poaching of chip engineers

May 31, 2022

Taipei [Taiwan], May 31 : Taiwan authorities raided ten Chinese semiconductor companies for illegal poaching of chip engineers and other tech talents as the...

US sanctioned Chinese firms in bid to combat drug trade

Dec 15, 2021

Washington [US], December 16 : The United States on Wednesday sanctioned four Chinese painkiller makers in a bid to combat the illicit drug trade.

Chinese firms face public outrage in Kenya over discriminatory behaviour

Aug 12, 2022

Hong Kong, August 12 : Several Chinese firms have been facing severe backlash in Kenya over corrupt practices and discrimination against the Kenyans especially...

Chinese banks under scrutiny for opaque interconnectedness of financial firms

Jun 22, 2022

Washington [US], June 22 : The resilience of the Chinese banking system has come under scrutiny in recent years as there are indications that...