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Brian Rhoads
SCMP Plus Editor
Brian Rhoads has been a journalist in Asia and North America for more than three decades, serving in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York and the San Francisco area. He graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science in 1987.
Brian Rhoads has been a journalist in Asia and North America for more than three decades, serving in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York and the San Francisco area. He graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science in 1987.
Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Shares of firms including Zhongji Innolight, newly listed in Hong Kong, dive on news US is working on plan to ban imports from China of new models of their core product.
Top official greets scientists doing research from foundational to frontier, with country committed to raising R&D spending by at least 7 per cent a year.
Big three Chinese premium vehicle makers’ deliveries decline in July and central bank vows steps to foster economic growth as it hits a four-year low.
Nvidia supplier Innolight declines on its Hong Kong trading debut as once AI-hungry investors turn increasingly nervous about sector’s huge spending plans.
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Overseas borrowers in China’s onshore yuan debt market will avoid some fees until 2028 as regulators seek to grow international use of the currency.
The reported start of production of chipmaking equipment in China has shaken up the global industry, even with efforts still trailing far behind leaders.
Chipmaker CXMT skyrocketed on its first day of trading on Shanghai’s Star Market, fuelled by a low IPO valuation and surging global demand for DRAM memory.
The US and China seem to be focused on maintaining a fragile truce ahead of a September presidential summit.
Washington mulls penalties after Anthropic and OpenAI say Chinese tech firms are stealing intellectual property by distilling their frontier models.
Mainland shares are bouncing back from a rout after state investment funds, regulators and companies intervened.
An overwhelming rush to sign up for Moonshot’s Kimi K3 model underscores how China is rapidly gaining ground on the US in artificial intelligence.
Listing could be country’s second biggest at US$9.8 billion and comes as global demand for memory chips soars on the back of AI infrastructure build-out.
Upticks in June retail sales and industrial output growth to meet export demand are the bright spots amid a raft of sobering economic indicators.
Torrid pace of export growth in June, fuelled by global AI boom, keeps country on track for another huge surplus despite Iran war headwinds and big rise in imports.
The successful capture of the booster stage of a Long March-10B rocket is a first step on the road to narrowing the decade-long head start of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Renewed conflict in the Middle East may lead to new oil shortages, a global economic slowdown and risks to China’s vital export industries.
Central bank chief Pan Gongsheng unveiled new steps to grow the yuan market in Hong Kong, underscoring the city’s role in boosting global use of China’s currency.
Plug-in hybrid owners will have to start paying an annual vehicle levy in China, as the shift to new-energy models lowers tax revenues while also worsening road damage.
Heavy rains and growing drought risks may make it harder to feed China’s 1 billion-plus population.
Investors in Hong Kong have missed out on an AI chip boom, while also suffering amid concerns about China’s economy.
Zhipu AI model matches Anthropic’s Mythos on certain cybersecurity tasks, researchers say, after rating highly for its coding.
Europe’s most valuable company is seeking to boost sales in China while its home government works to fend off tougher export controls from the US.
Beijing is supporting the development of offshore yuan trading as part of a broader drive to boost the Chinese currency’s global role.
Two rare earth miners were among 10 US companies added to an export control list as China imposed tit-for-tat retaliatory measures.
Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang defended China’s exports after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a Plaza Accord-style intervention to strengthen the yuan.
The US government will get 30 days, instead of 90, to review new AI models under voluntary guidelines approved by President Donald Trump.
Unifying and strengthening cross-border investment rules will help China fight potential trade wars with the US and Europe.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth adopted a noticeably less hostile tone towards China in his address at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue.
EU officials will discuss new trade protection measures at a meeting on Friday as the continent’s companies contend with a deluge of Chinese imports.
