US-China tech war & rivalry

The fate of video-sharing app TikTok’s US business was a key part of a call between the leaders of the US and China, along with plans for a meeting in South Korea.

With a December 16 deadline looming, the news is the latest twist in a fast-moving potential deal to keep TikTok operating in the US.

China’s latest ranking and the return of foreign investors reveal a simple truth: its rise must be acknowledged.

By embedding AI across the economy and bureaucracy, Beijing aims to accelerate growth, boost productivity and sharpen governance capacity.

As in many other industries, Chinese brands have outpaced their global rivals through rapid innovation and intense competition.

US-sanctioned Huawei shows it can match Nvidia’s multi-year chip road map, Interconnected Capital’s Kevin Xu says.

The Ultimate 2 watch features a ‘mechanical seal’ that protects the speaker and microphone from water at a depth of 150 metres.

Chinese side provides no details on outcome, and says ‘the US should refrain from taking unilateral trade restrictive measures’.

AI chips are experiencing unprecedented opportunities, and the firm will continue to focus on innovation, co-founder Chen Tianshi says.

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China’s 15th five-year plan is likely to build on President Xi Jinping’s push for “new quality productive forces” as the country pivots towards seeking scientific breakthroughs rather than incremental advances in existing technologies.

The move comes just weeks after the White House engineered a deal for the US to take a 10 per cent stake in Intel.

As China’s lead expands, so will its geopolitical influence through traditional channels of power and the appeal of energy self-sufficiency.

US-sanctioned Huawei is playing a leading role in finding solutions that can empower China’s AI ambitions without relying on foreign tech.

China is quietly vying to influence the bodies that set global manufacturing standards, which Europe and the US have long dominated.

China’s internet regulator is said to be banning domestic tech companies from buying an Nvidia chip model tailored for the local market.

The broadcast offers fresh evidence that Chinese developers are designing advanced chips that could replace imports.

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

US President Donald Trump will likely only agree to a China visit if he can announce multibillion-dollar orders, probably for Boeing aircraft and US soybeans.

Among other concerns, governance document says Beijing seeks ‘to ensure that AI is always under human control’.

The lawmakers say that Futurewei held the prime lease on three buildings at the site before Nvidia acquired full control in 2024.

The US$531 million haul will help build plants at home and abroad, company says, in line with stated plans to quadruple production this year.

Shuimu BioSciences is the first Chinese company to develop its own cryo-electron microscopy machine, a vital tool in drug discovery.

The edge is in producing a population ready to think alongside machines rather than compete with them.

Implementation of sale-or-ban law delayed for fourth time after declaring that a ‘deal’ for the app had been reached with Beijing.

New framework text over fate of wildly popular app is not expected to be revealed until presidents Xi and Trump chat on Friday, but bilateral impact could be significant.

The chip, mainly used for AI inference tasks, is seen as expensive for what it does, two people with knowledge of purchasing discussions say.

A framework for the sale of TikTok’s US operations represents a small step in US-China relations, even if larger topics are still far from resolved.

The firm fully supports domestic chips in its AI computing infrastructure, according to Tencent Cloud president Qiu Yuepeng.