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US-China tech war

Opinion | Does Trump’s victory reflect a shift in traditional American values?

Trump’s ‘America first’ stance has led some to wonder if traditional American values still apply. The answer is crucial to shaping the US’ future.

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Opinion | Is there method in the madness of Trump’s ‘gunpowder’ gambit?

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China’s top chip packaging firm sees major board shake-up

14 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM

Recap | ByteDance AI becomes China’s No 1, AMD cuts jobs in Nvidia battle and more tech stories

In our latest future tech news, ByteDance’s Doubao is beating competitors in China, AMD moves to focus on AI chip market and OpenAI urges US collaboration against China.

14 Nov 2024 - 1:05PM

Doubao, a ChatGPT-like conversational bot developed by TikTok owner ByteDance, has emerged as the most popular AI app for Chinese consumers. Photo: Reuters

OpenAI wants US to team up with allies to beat China in AI race

The ChatGPT maker says the US and its neighbours should collaborate in AI and expand their partnership to include Middle East nations.

14 Nov 2024 - 10:13AM

Joe Biden, Xi Jinping will meet at Apec in Peru: US official

American leader’s last face-to-face talk with his Chinese counterpart comes amid uncertainty over future of bilateral relations under Trump.

14 Nov 2024 - 7:00AMvideocam

China’s chip start-up taking on Nvidia kicks off pre-IPO process

Moore Threads has hired Citic Securities to start the ‘tutoring’ process as it seeks to capitalise on enthusiasm in China’s semiconductor industry.

13 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM

Graphics processing unit designer Moore Threads is pursuing a potential public listing amid enthusiasm around progress in China’s chip industry. Photo: Moore Threads Technology

TikTok hires hundreds of Chinese workers in US despite scrutiny

More than 60 per cent of the over 1,000 approved H-1B hires for TikTok and ByteDance last financial year were from China.

13 Nov 2024 - 11:03AM

Exclusive | Ex-WTO head says China-EU ‘united front’ can counter Trump trade curbs

Pascal Lamy has called for China and the EU to resolve their differences and defend global trade together in a second Trump term.

13 Nov 2024 - 12:43AMvideocam

Trump eyes Rubio for top diplomat. Will China sanctions create chaos for ties?

Analysts say if Donald Trump picks Marco Rubio for US secretary of state, it could signal more ‘confrontational’ approach to diplomacy.

12 Nov 2024 - 10:54PMvideocam

Marco Rubio (right) is one of the most outspoken US senators on a wide range of issues that Beijing considers sensitive. Photo: Reuters

China’s tech firms fear bigger curbs as TSMC stops AI chip supply

A wider shipment ban on TSMC-made chips could affect a range of mainland businesses from electric vehicles to smartphones.

12 Nov 2024 - 9:29PM

TSMC has stopped taking advanced AI chip orders from mainland Chinese clients. Photo: Reuters

Recap | Trump’s return threatens Chinese EV makers, an AI talent war and more tech news

The global expansion of biotech firms is another story the SCMP has been covering in the realm of future tech recently.

12 Nov 2024 - 3:17PM

Japan pledges fresh US$65 billion for chips, AI to help narrow gap with China

The US and its allies are racing to keep ahead of China in AI-powering semiconductor capabilities, seen as essential to economic security.

12 Nov 2024 - 3:07PM

Trump’s crypto pledge may see China restore digital-asset market: HashKey head

HashKey chairman and CEO Xiao Feng said a number of factors may compel mainland China to open its digital-asset market in about two years.

12 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Beijing has so far given no indication of potentially relaxing its ban on cryptocurrencies, even as Donald Trump’s US election win renews enthusiasm among digital-asset proponents in China. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s AI chip unicorn Moore Threads moves closer to possible IPO

The GPU and AI-accelerator start-up, founded by an Nvidia veteran, has become a joint-stock company after fresh investments.

11 Nov 2024 - 5:00PM

Moore Threads is one of China’s top GPU designers. Photo: Handout

China’s chip industry braces for another 4 years under Trump

Chinese semiconductor firms are ramping up purchases of foreign chipmaking equipment and looking to forge new alliances.

11 Nov 2024 - 10:33AM

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.

9 Nov 2024 - 5:51AMvideocam

US lawmakers eye China technology as they target semiconductor equipment makers

Key House committee asks five American, Dutch and Japanese companies to detail their sales volume and customer base on the mainland.

9 Nov 2024 - 6:23AMvideocam

A view of the headquarters for ASML, a Dutch supplier of equipment to computer chip makers, in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Photo: EPA-EFE

Global businesses bet on China’s market despite US trade tensions

On the sidelines of Shanghai’s CIIE trade fair, foreign companies brush away fears of a new US-China trade war after Trump’s victory.

8 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM

TSMC halts advanced chip orders from mainland China, source says

TSMC has told mainland Chinese clients it will no longer produce advanced chips for them, according to person briefed on the notice.

8 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM

US chip restrictions are hindering AI ambitions of China’s top chip foundry

SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun said the foundry can still benefit from rising demand for less advanced ‘legacy chips’ required for some AI products.

8 Nov 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

SMIC’s facility in Pudong district of Shanghai on March 15. Photo: AFP

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.

8 Nov 2024 - 5:20PMvideocam

Surrounded by army cadets, Donald Trump, then US president, watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Game on December 12, 2020, in West Point, New York. Trump won the US presidential election this week. Photo: AP

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.

8 Nov 2024 - 7:12AMvideocam

China’s top chip foundry SMIC posts record revenue despite US sanction warning

The Shanghai-based chipmaker reported a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in third-quarter revenue to US$2.17 billion.

8 Nov 2024 - 12:04AM

Opinion | Trump doubling down on conflict with China won’t end well for the US

Under a broadened definition of national security, presidential actions have been taken that would have been unimaginable only a decade ago.

7 Nov 2024 - 6:40PMvideocam

Donald Trump speaks to his supporters at a rally in Washington before the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. Trump won a second term as US president this week. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS

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.

7 Nov 2024 - 10:20AM

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

Semiconductor firms ASML, AMD, Qualcomm reaffirm China commitment

They joined about 400 other firms at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, part of the 2024 CIIE trade fair in Shanghai.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

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.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:44AMvideocam

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US-China tech war

The US and China are competing for supremacy in the suite of advanced technologies that will affect the means of future economic production. US efforts to curtail China's access to American technology are threatening to unravel decades of globalisation and interdependent supply chains and raising the risk of a confrontation that has been likened to a new cold war.

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9 September, 2024