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  "id": 4971048,
  "title": "China’s tech push fuels fastest profit growth in 4 years amid signs of economic divide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/chinas-tech-push-fuels-fastest-profit-growth-in-4-years-amid-signs-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T00:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3365975/chinas-tech-push-fuels-fastest-profit-growth-4-years-amid-signs-economic-divide"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese companies' profits surged to their fastest growth in four years during the first half of the year, driven by artificial intelligence demand and the development of domestic technology. The report by the China Association for Public Companies found that firms on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Star Market saw profit growth more than quadruple, while those on the ChiNext board in Shenzhen increased by 33 percent. This outpaced the 19.5 percent growth seen across all 5,557 mainland China-listed companies. The surge in profits underscores the government's focus on technological self-reliance and the transition away from credit-driven expansion in China's economy.",
  "summary": "Artificial intelligence demand and technological domestic substitution drove profit growth for Chinese listed companies to its fastest pace in four years in the first half, underscoring the nation’s K-shaped economy as it transitions away from credit-fuelled expansion. Profit for firms on the chip-heavy Star Market under the Shanghai Stock Exchange surged more than fourfold from a year earlier in…",
  "key_points": [
    "Chinese tech sector profits grew fastest in 4 years",
    "AI demand and domestic tech development boosted growth",
    "Shanghai Star Market firms saw profit quadruple"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The profit surge in China's tech sector underscores the government's focus on technological self-reliance and a transition away from credit-driven economic expansion, widening the economic divide.",
  "illustration": null,
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Exclusive-Honda tells suppliers to cut costs in $9 billion push to fend off China, documents show",
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        "title": "Honda tells suppliers to cut costs in US$9 billion push to fend off China, documents show",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Honda tells suppliers to cut costs in $9 billion push to fend off China: Reuters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/honda-tells-suppliers-to-cut-costs-in-9-billion-push-to-fend-off-5040446",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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