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Chip design software firms climb as US lifts curbs on China exports
The export resumption means Synopsys and Cadence will only lose one month of revenue in the current quarter.
4 Jul 2025 - 9:54AM
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
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US-China tech war
Tech war: US lifts export control of chip design software to China
3 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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TikTok
TikTok Shop cuts more US jobs as Trump’s ban deadline looms
The team has also been replacing US-hired staff near Seattle with managers connected to China.
3 Jul 2025 - 10:45AM
A campaign event for TikTok Shop at the iconic Pike Place Market in Seattle. Photo: TNS
Semiconductors
Mainland China chipmaking capacity to outstrip Taiwan by 2030: report
Mainland China is expected to account for 30 per cent of global foundry capacity by 2030, market research firm Yole Group projects.
2 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
Huawei
Huawei to open-source self-developed programming language Cangjie
The language supports general programming for apps on HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s self-developed platform.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:07PM
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TikTok Shop launches in Japan as app faces uncertainty in US
The popular short-video app is seeking to diversify its global footprint while reducing its reliance on the US market.
1 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
TikTok Shop has officially launched in Japan. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Artificial intelligence
Nvidia taps 2 young Chinese AI experts to strengthen research
Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao share photos of themselves with Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia.
29 Jun 2025 - 5:18PM
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Artificial intelligence
China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head
While the US is still far ahead in AI chip technology, China is following very closely in algorithms, says computer scientist Harry Shum.
29 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM
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Business of climate change
Cloudy with a chance of bankruptcy: US tariffs hurt China’s solar firms
One-third of China’s 121 listed solar producers are in the red; more than 50 along the supply chain have filed for bankruptcy this year.
28 Jun 2025 - 11:00AM
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Artificial intelligence
UN agency pushes AI ethics standards as US-China tech rivalry deepens
Unesco hosted a forum in Bangkok this week to drive the adoption of its AI ethics recommendations.
27 Jun 2025 - 12:30PM
Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra delivers opening remarks during the Unesco Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, in Bangkok on June 25, 2025. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors
ASML launches science project in China to discover new talent in lithography
The competition is committed to creating a ‘window for contestants to deeply explore lithography technology’, according to the company.
26 Jun 2025 - 8:27PM
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Artificial intelligence
OpenAI: Zhipu AI is fuelling China’s global push for US tech alternatives
The Beijing-based start-up is racing to secure clients in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, the ChatGPT maker says.
26 Jun 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s AI capital spending set to reach up to US$98 billion in 2025: BofA
Government investment is expected to account for US$56 billion, while China’s major internet firms are projected to contribute US$24 billion.
25 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
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Huawei
Huawei, SMIC struggle to advance chips to 5-nm level, MateBook shows: report
Huawei’s newly released MateBook Fold laptop runs on another 7-nm Kirin chip made by SMIC, as the Mate 60 Pro smartphone did two years ago.
24 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
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The logo of Huawei seen at the Viva Technology conference at Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 12. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war
How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s AI ambitions
Huawei is expected to ship about 700,000 Ascend AI processors in 2025, according to Mizuho estimates.
23 Jun 2025 - 11:57AM
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Huawei
Huawei opens HarmonyOS 6 to developers, prepares AI features for public launch
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.
21 Jun 2025 - 7:17AM
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TikTok
TikTok ‘continues to work with’ Vance on deal as its US fate remains uncertain
TikTok said it was ‘grateful’ for Trump’s deadline extension to September 17, which would allow it to keep serving its 170 million US users.
20 Jun 2025 - 9:30PM
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The TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors
China’s Empyrean sees opportunities in US chip-design software curbs
Beijing-based company hopes to ascend to the top tier of global EDA providers, but acknowledges considerable gap with US rivals.
20 Jun 2025 - 6:30PM
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Semiconductors
How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model
Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.
19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
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Blockchain
Tariffs see Chinese bitcoin-mining machine makers eye US production
Top manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan and MicroBT are setting up production in the US to counter tariff and geopolitical risks.
19 Jun 2025 - 1:43PM
TikTok
TikTok’s fate still in limbo as Trump extends deadline to sell its US operations
Analyst assessments reflect the uncertainty on whether Trump can – or will – keep extending the TikTok ban.
18 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM
TikTok has been expanding overseas amid turmoil in the US, its largest market, where it has about 170 million users. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model matches Google, Anthropic in coding benchmark
The updated reasoning model, released in May, performed well against leading US models in the real-time WebDev Arena tests.
18 Jun 2025 - 6:03PM
US-China tech war
US pushes Vietnam to decouple from Chinese tech, sources say
Vietnam has been asked ‘to reduce its dependency on Chinese hi-tech’, say one of the people familiar with the discussions.
17 Jun 2025 - 10:18AM
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SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global
‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.
17 Jun 2025 - 7:30AM
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