China's Economic Growth on Target Despite Challenges

China’s economic growth path remained steady in the first quarter of the year. Exports, manufacturing investment and travel-related consumer spending compensated for the drag from the property sector ... Read More

VCs double down on fintech Coast, which aims to be the Brex for ‘real-world’ industries

But a four-year-old contender, Coast, is pursuing a different type of customer — businesses with so-called “real-world ... Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up for TechCrunch ... Read More

China’s Economy, Propelled by Its Factories, Grew More Than Expected

China’s big bet on manufacturing helped to counteract its housing slowdown in the first three months of the year, but other countries are worried about a flood of Chinese goods. Read More

Non-sexy industries can appeal to investors too

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech ... can appeal to investors too. Expense management startup Coast is going after businesses with so-called real-world field ... Read More

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By Ronen Bergman, Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt, Adam Entous and Richard Pérez-Peña Avatars are addressing voters by name, in whichever of India’s many languages they speak. Experts see ... Read More

China's economy grew faster than expected in the March quarter

China's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering some relief to officials as they try to shore up growth in the face of protracted weakness in the ... Read More

China’s Superexpensive EV

Apple gave up on the EV market. China’s smartphone company Xiaomi, a huge Apple rival in the world’s largest smartphone market, has decided it can take a significant market share in the world ... Read More

China's Xiaomi To Enter Cut-throat EV Market For The First Time

injecting itself into a fiercely competitive sector in the world's largest car market. China's EV sector has grown rapidly in recent years -- propelled by purchasing subsidies that were ... Read More

What African architecture can teach the world

She called the work Museum of Artifice - and it was a nod to Ethiopia's famous rock-hewn churches in Lalibela as well as the remote northern village of Dallol. This is in the Danakil Depression ... Read More

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Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

What African architecture can teach the world

She called the work Museum of Artifice - and it was a nod to Ethiopia's famous rock-hewn churches in Lalibela as well as the remote northern village of Dallol. This is in the Danakil Depression, more ... Read More