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Nvidia has become a bargaining chip in US-China trade negotiations. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Semiconductors

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

The world’s most valuable company by market cap finds itself in the centre of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington.

Semiconductors

US secretly tracks AI chips to detect smuggling to China, sources say

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Huawei

Huawei’s new algorithm could cut China’s reliance on foreign memory chips

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Semiconductors

Voice of doubt in Nvidia’s H20 chips grows louder in China

A media outlet affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV says the chips cannot be trusted because of ‘back-door’ concerns.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrives for the opening ceremony of the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing last month. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

People’s Daily spells out PLA’s mid-century goal, with US as a benchmark

Defence academic explains Xi Jinping’s ‘world-class military’ goal and why the PLA must dominate.

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Artificial intelligence

US, China clash on AI

The two countries are pursuing divergent paths in the race to develop a true artificial intelligence that is virtually indistinguishable from human cognition.

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United States

US charges 2 Chinese nationals with sending Nvidia AI chips to China

Geng Chuan and Yang Shiwei are accused of illegally exporting tens of millions worth of advanced chips, including the advanced H100s.

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The Nvidia logo is seen on the compnay’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Photo: TNS
Artificial intelligence

Shanghai targets 5 new data centres as China boosts AI capacity

China’s computing power reached 246 exaflops as of June 2024, placing it second only to the US, according to government data.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Big Tech vies for AI agent supremacy after Manus relocates

Tencent showcases a dozen AI agents at China’s biggest AI event, intensifying the competition in a heated market.

Artificial intelligence

AI experts urge US-China collaboration at Shanghai conference

From Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, experts warn about the risks that AI poses.

Computer scientist Harry Shum and former Google CEO Eric Schimidt speak during WAIC on Saturday. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China Future Tech webinar | How China’s open-source movement changed the AI landscape

A deep dive into China’s open-source AI revolution involving DeepSeek, Alibaba.

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Hong Kong society

‘Obedient’ AI partners partly to blame for Hong Kong’s low births: lawmaker

‘To encourage childbirth today, we not only compete with pets, but also with AI,’ legislator and academic William Wong says.

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US-China relations

China’s quest for AI self-reliance undeterred by Trump’s new action plan

Growth expected for Beijing’s AI industry despite US curbs, with some estimating a 55 per cent domestic market share for Chinese firms by 2027.

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Artificial intelligence

US and EU users open to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek: survey

More than half of US and EU respondents, however, say they will only use models hosted on non-Chinese infrastructure.

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AI models from Chinese start-up DeepSeek are gaining worldwide interest. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

US falling behind China in AI energy race, Anthropic says

The Silicon Valley start-up says it is ‘concerning’ that the US added only one-tenth of the power capacity that China added last year.

Power lines in Mountain View, California. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Southern China launches ‘AI super league’ to groom start-ups for Asean

Bordering Vietnam, Guangxi has long been a centre for cooperation with Southeast Asia, where AI demand is set to boom.

Artificial intelligence

How open-source AI is helping China win hearts and market share

China’s free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems.

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Artificial intelligence

Nvidia CEO meets China’s commerce minister to discuss AI cooperation

In a meeting with Jensen Huang, Minister Wang Wentao says China’s doors are wide open for Nvidia and other multinational firms.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends the opening ceremony of the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
Science

Warning of glut in AI computing centres as China readies for Nvidia H20’s return

Industry demands are changing and only about 30 per cent of the country’s intelligent computing capacity is being used.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia, AMD to win market share in China as US eases export curbs

The return of Nvidia's H20 chip is set to increase foreign chip imports in China, where Huawei has been gaining ground, analysts say.

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Semiconductors

China’s open source AI is ‘a catalyst for global progress’, Jensen Huang says

China’s open source AI is a ‘catalyst for global progress’ that is ‘giving every country and industry a chance to join the AI revolution’, Huang says.

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President and CEO of Nvidia Corporation Jensen Huang heads to deliver his speech for the opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 16, 2025. Photo: AP Photo
Semiconductors

Nvidia to resume selling H20 graphic processing chips to China

Nvidia has applied to sell the H20 GPU again, and the US government has ‘assured Nvidia that licences will be granted’.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
US-China relations

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang meets Trump before heading to China

The world’s most valuable tech company has become ensnared in a broader US-China conflict as the foremost producer of AI chips.

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United States

Nvidia becomes 1st company to clinch US$4 trillion value amid AI boom

The AI chip leader’s shares hit US$164, tripling its market value in about a year and surpassing Apple and Microsoft.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese start-up Manus AI relocates to Singapore amid US chip curbs

Manus AI has begun recruiting in the city state, offering positions such as data analyst and AI agent engineer.

Chinese start-up Manus AI has moved its global headquarters to Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Meta’s AI lab scoops up two more Chinese experts from Apple, OpenAI

The new recruits include Pang Ruoming, manager of Apple’s foundations model team, and OpenAI researcher Li Yuanzhi.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in 2023. Photo: Reuters
Science

China’s optical chip advances such as Meteor-1 light the way for AI development

Optical computing is a promising alternative or addition to electronic computing, potentially improving system efficiency, a professor says.

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Artificial intelligence

Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home

Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.

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