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Peak XV was its first institutional investor, leading the seed funding in the startup through its Surge platform in late 2019. Minimalist was one of the earliest startups in the Surge portfolio.

In December, Sinopec, China’s biggest refiner, brought forward its forecast for crude oil consumption to reach a peak to 2027, compared with the range it previously gave of between 2026 and 2030.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a call Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping as both leaders ...

The U.S. should rethink Chinese perceptions of geopolitical conflict because China brings a fundamentally different perspective to politics than the West, Xinru Ma, a research scholar at the ...

Following his ordeal, China’s embassies in Thailand and Myanmar have warned their citizens to beware of recruitment scams, while the state-run China Daily published an opinion piece warning that ...

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Hangzhou, China - November 16, 2024 [Note: no sound] A sunrise over the sea of clouds at Taizi Peak in Lin'an, Hangzhou, captured with a drone. This footage was filmed by Mr. Wang, in Lin'an ...