US-China tech war & rivalry

The tech giant did not give a public launch date for the latest version of the operating system, but said it will be more intelligent and open.

Shenzhen’s focus should be on infrastructure like national labs and Hong Kong’s on nurturing foundational research for scientific breakthroughs.

Wielding its biggest bargaining chip in trade dealings with Washington, Beijing applied pressure by imposing export controls on some critical minerals.

Beijing-based company hopes to ascend to the top tier of global EDA providers, but acknowledges considerable gap with US rivals.

Son envisions a version of China’s manufacturing hub of Shenzhen that would bring high-tech manufacturing to the US, sources told Bloomberg.

State broadcaster CCTV showcases defence university’s miniature bionic robots suited to reconnaissance and battlefield missions.

Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.

Top manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan and MicroBT are setting up production in the US to counter tariff and geopolitical risks.

Meanwhile, Washington’s ambassador to Beijing says Donald Trump’s vision is for relationship based on fairness and respect.

Chinese engineers rented Malaysian data centres packed with high-end Nvidia chips to train their AI model, a newspaper report has alleged.

Huawei deputy chairman says the telecoms industry is facing stagnant growth, while touting AI-driven solutions.

A week after the second round of high-profile trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington, analysts break down what happened before, during and after.

US embassy’s announcement of project to swap ‘secure American technology’ for Huawei telecoms equipment also troubles Panamanian president.

China’s ability to control exports of rare earths far outstrips the ability of the US and its allies to slow China’s technological advance.

The American chip giant will attend China’s flagship supply chain event for the first time in July, despite rising US-China friction over tech issues.

Vietnam has been asked ‘to reduce its dependency on Chinese hi-tech’, say one of the people familiar with the discussions.

The international unit of TP-Link is scaling back its chip development efforts after one product failed final testing, sources say.

Vietnam, Indonesia and other emerging economies could emerge as winners, analysts say.

The move will further tighten existing loopholes and curb collaboration between Chinese firms on the entity list and Taiwanese tech leaders.

Former finance minister says Canada has a stake in the US-China discussions, particularly when it comes to export controls over rare earths.

The facilities will provide computing power for the Greater Bay Area and beyond, says innovation chief Sun Dong during a tech show in Paris.

Shijian-25 is expected to use its robotic arms to latch onto Shijian-21 and replenish its fuel.

That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.

Nearly half of smartphones and tablets running the Chinese tech giant’s Android alternative were shipped in 2024.

This week: US-China trade framework leaves tariffs in place, Geely to stop building new EV plants and Macau satellite casinos to close. Next week: May economic data releases; TikTok ban deadline nears, Chinese regulators to release new financial policy and more.

It’s a matter of time before Chinese products find their way into the markets anyway – trade barriers achieve very little without industrial policy.

The US president fails to grasp that a rising China is a new question to answer, not an old mistake to correct.

‘I’ve told all of our investors … our forecasts will not include the China market,’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNN.

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.