Siemens

World-leading EV motor expert joins Hong Kong PolyU after 38 years in Britain

24 Feb 2026 - 2:00PMvideocam

Merz the latest European leader to visit China amid tensions with US

20 Feb 2026 - 9:38PMvideocam

Profits rise for China’s semiconductor firms on AI boom, tech self-reliance push

Domestic A-share companies in the sector are forecast to achieve substantial growth in their 2025 results, according to Donghai Securities.

31 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM

The results reflect investors’ sharpened focus on stocks related to integrated circuits, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and storage solutions. Photo: Shutterstock

European Union

Opinion | In the tech race, Europe can choose a path that sidesteps US-China rivalry

To avoid technological marginalisation, Europe can play to its strengths by focusing on deployment standards instead of the US-China rivalry.

18 Jan 2026 - 8:03AM

India

India’s Modi to host German leader to bolster trade, defence ties

Merz’s visit is his first to an Asian country since he took office, ahead of a planned EU-India summit and as they work on a free-trade agreement.

11 Jan 2026 - 11:13PM

A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart transformer

Chinese engineers’ powerful breakthrough could solve risks of renewable energy shock after low wind swing almost shut down the national grid.

27 Dec 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

China unveils the world’s most powerful smart direct current transformer, which can significantly reduce the blackout risk of renewable energy. Photo: Handout

Chinese mega dam stops using Western industrial chips over security concerns

Shift from Siemens and Schneider reflects concerns over industrial control system vulnerabilities, including computer worms like Stuxnet.

14 Aug 2025 - 11:00AM

Tech war: China approves Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys after US lifts EDA ban

The State Administration for Market Regulation gives the green light to the US$35 billion deal under certain conditions.

14 Jul 2025 - 6:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Global AI conference in Shanghai to showcase China’s prowess, vision

High-level meeting on AI governance to be held in tandem with the three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference, starting on July 26.

10 Jul 2025 - 8:00PM

A billboard and sculpture are seen at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 3, 2024. Photo: AP Photo

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

The headquarters of Synopsys in Sunnyvale, California. Photo: Reuters

US-China trade war

China, US ease export curbs but Trump’s Vietnam deal risks blowback: analysts

Progress after London talks signals a thaw, but analysts say Washington’s crackdown on transshipments could reignite tensions.

4 Jul 2025 - 6:48AM

US-China tech war

Tech war: US lifts export control of chip design software to China

Siemens, Synopsys and Cadence – three of the world’s largest EDA software developers – are set to resume sales to China.

3 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud to bring AI capabilities to global data centres this year

The company operates more than two dozen data centres worldwide, including two in the US and one in London.

24 Jun 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Liu Weiguang, senior vice-president of Alibaba Cloud, speaks on stage during a company event in Shenzhen on Tuesday. Photo: Handout

US-China relations

Opinion | US-China trade war goes nuclear with Trump’s chip software ban

Sweeping ban, albeit hard to enforce, threatens to kneecap China’s semiconductor ambitions and endanger its national security.

4 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

US chip design software firm Synopsys halts China sales, services

Synopsys, along with Cadence and Siemens’s Mentor Graphics, controls more than 70 per cent of China’s electronic-design-automation market.

31 May 2025 - 11:07AMvideocam

European Union

Opinion | Brussels should listen to Europe’s CEOs who want closer China ties

Amid a hail of US tariffs, a strong showing of CEOs from Europe and UK at China Development Forum reflects a desire to stay invested in China.

30 Mar 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Opinion | In world of sound bites, leaders need a forum to engage with candour

We must reassess our levels of engagement in a world dominated by sound bites and social media. There is transformative power in genuine dialogue.

7 Feb 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

People watch US President Donald Trump speak at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23. Most conferences adopt a one-directional format, with speakers on stage addressing a passive audience. Photo: Xinhua

Electric & new energy vehicles

‘Milestone’ for China’s gas turbine technology as it closes gap with the West

First domestically built 300MW heavy-duty gas turbine passes ignition test in Shanghai.

9 Oct 2024 - 11:21PM

In China, Germany’s Olaf Scholz seeks ‘open and fair’ competition, cooperation

Scholz’s trip comes as the European Union is undertaking an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), and as criticism grows in the United States about Chinese overcapacity.

15 Apr 2024 - 6:59PMvideocam

Exclusive | China-Germany ties are resilient despite EU push to ‘de-risk’: Beijing envoy

In an exclusive interview, ambassador Wu Ken says both Berlin and Brussels had greater understanding of China as more in Europe reflect on the ’risks brought by de-risking’.

26 Mar 2024 - 8:44PMvideocam

China’s ambassador to Germany, Wu Ken, says entrepreneurs in Europe have told him “China’s development is an opportunity rather than a challenge – giving up the Chinese market is tantamount to saying goodbye to opportunities and growth”. Photo: DPA

China creates electric power in its western deserts equal to half that in US

Booming solar, wind farms in Gobi can upend the AI race between China and the US, industrial expert says.

20 Feb 2024 - 11:00PMvideocam

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Solar panels in the Ningxia Tengger Desert New Energy Base in China’s northern Ningxia region are among renewable energy facilities in northwestern China. Photo: AFP

Huawei

Nokia set to exit joint venture with Huawei amid US-China tensions

The Finnish telecoms equipment giant will sell its majority stake in TD Tech to a group that includes state-owned entities, pending final government approval.

22 Jan 2024 - 2:20PM

Top chip design tool makers see growth ahead in China’s car market

Executives from chip design software firms commented at Semicon China last week about China’s leading position in electric cars.

3 Jul 2023 - 8:00AMvideocam

Cybersecurity

EU countries, lawmakers reach data rule deal targeting Big Tech

The EU on Tuesday agreed on rules that govern how Big Tech and other companies use European consumer and corporate data, with safeguards against non-EU governments gaining illegal access.

28 Jun 2023 - 1:34PM

European Union industry chief Thierry Breton speaks during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on June 15, 2023. Photo: Christophe Licoppe/European Commission/dpa

Opinion | A German anti-China policy? Don’t hold your breath

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock may be taking a hard line on China, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz will have the final say. Scholz is aware that the economic reality simply does not allow him to meet Baerbock and her party’s demands on China.

21 Apr 2023 - 4:19AMvideocam

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attend a joint press conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on April 14. Photo: Reuters