Australia has escalated a two-year campaign to force Chinese investors out of Northern Minerals Ltd., barring three China-linked shareholders that defied divestment orders from voting or exercising other rights in the heavy rare-earths developer — a signal that Canberra now intends to police foreign ownership on an ongoing basis, not just at the point of a transaction.
A South Korean lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow a second-tier subsidiary of a general holding company to retain a stake of at least 50% in a jointly funded semiconductor venture, rather than the 100% currently required under the country's holding-company rules.
DeepSeek is preparing a new fundraising round and a possible Shanghai listing as surging computing costs force one of China's best-known artificial intelligence startups to rethink its long-standing resistance to outside capital.
