US-China tech war & rivalry

Unrestrained regional powers jostling for control, building weapons and taking bolder risks are influencing trajectory of world politics.

The US has launched a probe into China’s market practices in the production and export of mature semiconductors, leaving it to the Trump administration to determine how to proceed once the investigation is completed.

The company was added to a US trade blacklist in 2019 on claims it aided in human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

Wang was recognised by Science magazine in 1996 for his work on cancer cell death.

As weak consumption hinders economic growth, policymakers must consider improving labour rights and wealth distribution to boost demand.

US president-elect offers strongest signals yet that he opposes a potential exit of TikTok from the US market.

Sophgo, an affiliate of bitcoin mining equipment supplier Bitmain, is in the process of being placed on the Entity List.

Chinese researchers and companies such as ByteDance made up a greater share of the 37-year-old AI conference this year, but some could not secure visas.

Details have emerged on the key distinctions between China’s recent internet satellite launch and SpaceX’s constellation.

Talkie, a popular AI companion app developed by Shanghai start-up MiniMax, has been removed from Apple’s store in the US.

Total trade value in city dubbed China’s Silicon Valley surged past 4 trillion yuan from January to November, with a record year-on-year increase.

The pact sustains targeted collaboration, but it also risks reinforcing emerging scientific blocs, potentially reshaping the global research landscape.

Earlier version had included provisions on overseas transactions involving China in sectors like chips, quantum technology and AI.

Security concerns over a network equipment manufacturer that controls more than 60 per cent of the US market for home internet routers.

Investigators fear that TP-Link is using ‘the Huawei playbook’, according to people familiar with the probe.

As US president-elect Donald Trump forms his hawk-filled cabinet, what might China do to counter and deflect a barrage of blows?

The arguments over whether the law violates freedom of speech protected by the US Constitution will be heard on January 10.

Local competition and geopolitical tensions add to short-term pressures, but views of CEOs were more positive when pointing to China’s long-term outlook.

In January, the DOD added AMEC and other Chinese tech firms to the blacklist because they were considered a threat to US national security.

Beijing has signalled to the incoming government that it’s prepared to ‘resist and retaliate’, according to analysts.

As Donald Trump’s next term approaches, he signals plans to rely on ‘friendship’ with Xi Jinping to achieve foreign policy goals.

Restrictive policies could hinder innovation, limit consumer choice and fragment the global digital economy.

IC output growth for the year through November was up 23 per cent, while imports were up 14.8 per cent amid an intensifying US-China chip war.

Dialogue set up last year as Biden and Xi sought to manage bilateral differences could fall off amid anticipated revival of trade war.

In the first 11 months of 2024, China’s semiconductor industry recorded 677 investment deals, a decline of 35.9 per cent year on year.

A new consumer trends report found that 45 per cent of surveyed Americans have bought something on TikTok.

The surveillance camera maker, blacklisted by Trump in 2019, did not say why it was now ending contracts for projects completed in 2018.

Substantial revisions include enhanced inter-agency review, but backlash from some Republicans was swift.