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TSMC’s logo at its headquarters. Photo: Reuters

US orders TSMC to stop sending advanced chips used in AI applications to China

Department of Commerce sends letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips destined for China.

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Exclusive | Chinese internet censors ban anti-West firebrand Sima Nan for a year

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Outside In | Does Trump’s election signal a crisis of legitimacy for democracy?

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Opinion | Transactional Trump may well improve US-China ties

The new US president is likely to negotiate a second-phase trade deal, seek China’s help to end wars, and keep the Taiwan status quo.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion | Trump 2.0 signals more drawing of lines between West and the rest

In an all-of-economy bid to upgrade the US defence ecosystem, all global goods and services could be subject to security scrutiny.

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Chipmaker TSMC says US investment plan unchanged after Trump win

TSMC is poised to receive its final award from the Chips and Science Act, a Biden initiative that Trump has described as ‘so bad’.

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Opinion | Trump’s return as president marks the end of American exceptionalism

Trump’s second term will mark a turn in US foreign policy towards a transactional approach and hasten the start of a multipolar world order.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Trump’s win stokes fears in Taiwan about chips and defence

The island’s administration is projecting calm but others are keeping wary watch.

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Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales

Launches of new flagship phones from Chinese Android brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have helped lift Qualcomm’s forecast.

From chip war to TikTok ban: what tech can expect from Donald Trump

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, tech companies are bracing for a revamp of tech policies imposed by Joe Biden.

Tech giants are bracing for the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Photo: EPA-EFE

Trump’s national security jobs will go to loyalists, China hawks: analyst

Top candidates to fill secretary of state, other cabinet posts have consistently taken hard lines on Beijing, Chinese companies.

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Donald Trump speaks at an election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida. He will take office as US president again on January 20. Photo: Reuters

EU has wish list for Trump, but support for tough China agenda will be expected

In Brussels, there is an expectation that the US election result could usher in a shifting balance of power in Europe.

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World waits to see how Trump reshapes US approach to trade, China and security

The Republican promised his supporters a ‘golden age for America’ after securing a mandate to overturn the post-1945 Washington consensus.

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Xi visits PLA paratroopers whose mission is to ‘liberate Taiwan’

President calls for ‘all-out efforts’ to improve combat readiness after inspecting bird-like spy drones and next-gen armoured vehicles.

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President Xi Jinping meets officers and soldiers at the PLA Air Force Airborne Corps in Xiaogan, Hubei province on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

Musk’s SpaceX asks Taiwanese suppliers to move production abroad

The US company has requested multiple satellite component manufacturers to produce outside Taiwan, sources say.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from lthe Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo: Reuters

Chinese public’s eyes on US election as Americans in country face nervous wait

Election-related topics have attracted tens of millions of views on domestic social media amid the anticipated tight contest.

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Review | Weekend in Taipei: Luke Evans, Gwei Lun-mei in dull action quickie

Sung Kang is tame as a tycoon fighting Evans’ drug cop to get at his estranged wife and her son, in a film that has action but lacks panache.

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Olympic champions among mainland China students set to visit Taiwan

40-strong team of students and faculty from leading mainland universities will arrive on November 27, Ma Ying-jeou Foundation says.

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Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou (blue tie) hosts a banquet for a visiting mainland Chinese student delegation, in Taipei in July 2023. Photo: Handout

Ahead of US election, Asians see little difference in candidates’ policies

Many US plans for the region are baked in, analysts note, and won’t change regardless of whether Trump or Harris becomes president.

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My Take | Taiwan’s Lai is stealing valour from old Kuomintang heroes

Island leader is grasping at straws when he needs the reflected battle glory of the opposition KMT to poke at Beijing.

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Nvidia asks South Korea’s SK Hynix to move up HGM4 memory chip deliveries

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the request amid a shortage of advanced chips, which SK has pledged to work on with fellow market leader TSMC.

The logo of SK Hynix seen on its product during the 26th Semiconductor Exhibition (SEDEX 2024) in Seoul on October 23. Photo: Reuters

Open questions | Thornton on US election and rivalry with China amid ‘politically sensitive’ time

‘It is all quite manageable’: former Trump-era official Susan Thornton says US-China competition is neither zero-sum nor existential.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Taiwan’s Lai has little to celebrate from constitutional court win: experts

Opposition leaders have described the ruling rejecting almost all of the proposed government oversight reforms as a ‘disgrace’.

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‘A big deal’: what Biden’s largest Taiwan arms package says about US intentions

The US$2 billion deal includes an advanced air defence system that has been used by Ukraine to counter Russian attacks.

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China’s cocktail bars are great, so why hasn’t the world taken notice yet?

China’s top bar concepts boast world-class quality and skills, while the country boasts the largest market for alcoholic drinks in the world – worth US$336 billion in 2023.

The team at Changsha cocktail bar CMYK, one of only two mainland Chinese bars to feature in this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars. Photos: Handout

Exiting the world stage, Joe Biden leaves a mixed legacy on US-China affairs

Efforts at rebuilding global alliances have proved more successful than establishing an ‘end goal’ in Washington’s China strategy.

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Illustration: Henry Wong

What will a Trump or Harris win mean for China? SCMP editors give their view

From trade to tech to Taiwan, our China and US editors weigh in on the key issues.

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Beijing official tells Taiwan and mainland China media to advance reunification

More than 110 media representatives and academics from both sides attend Cross-Strait Media Summit in Beijing to discuss ‘new landscape’.

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last updated:
16 October, 2024
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