The 2025 Future Innovation Tech Expo, or FIX 2025, closed late last month after drawing more than 115,000 visitors to the EXCO convention center in Daegu. The event spotlighted South Korea's ambitions in artificial intelligence, robotics, and future mobility. South Korea's President Lee Jae-Myung made a surprise visit on the event's third day, energizing participants and underscoring his administration's push to make the country a global AI powerhouse

China's Chery Automobile is preparing its most ambitious overseas push yet, planning a December 2025 debut in Germany. Industry watchers are calling the campaign a "Rhine River Crossing," an attempt to break through Europe's toughest and most symbolically significant automotive market

China is using the escalating Nexperia dispute to showcase a new, flexible export strategy that mixes hardline control with selective exemptions. As the Dutch government's takeover of the chipmaker triggered factory shutdowns in China, Beijing countered with both sanctions and relief measures, proving it can retaliate while also managing the global supply chain

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from November 3 to November 10, 2025

Global investors, including Nvidia and Qualcomm Ventures, are backing India's deep-tech sector. Meanwhile, LGES faces a battery tech leak linked to Ola Electric

Malaysia has reiterated its neutral stance on artificial intelligence (AI) chip selection, ensuring that both Nvidia Corporation and Huawei's Ascend unit chips will be adopted. According to Bernama, as Malaysia's data center industry flourishes, government officials have been asked how the country ensures smooth access to AI chips from both the US and China

According to the Economic Times, Ola Electric issued a statement on November 9, rejecting media reports that linked the company to the alleged theft of South Korean pouch cell battery technology, calling the claims "misleading and baseless.

China called on the EU to step up efforts to persuade the Netherlands to withdraw its restrictive measures against Nexperia, saying the Dutch side is responsible for recent disruptions in the global semiconductor supply chain

German luxury automaker BMW is approaching a critical milestone in its electric transformation as it prepares to launch the iX3, the first model built on its next-generation Neue Klasse platform. Together with a strong showing in its third-quarter 2025 earnings, the results underscore BMW's growing strength in vehicle electronics and electrification

China's Wingtech Technology is facing renewed strain as its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia becomes mired in a leadership and supply chain dispute, while a state-backed shareholder prepares to cut its holdings. The dual challenges highlight deepening tension between Nexperia's Dutch management and Chinese operations, further clouding Wingtech's stability and global semiconductor ambitions

South Korea's two largest memory chipmakers, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, are reportedly finalizing supply agreements with Nvidia for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4), according to ETNews and The Seoul Economic Daily

China is accelerating its drive for technological self-sufficiency by subsidizing electricity costs for data centers that use domestic AI chips, even though they consume far more power than Nvidia's. The initiative seeks to ease financial pressure on major tech firms such as ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent after Beijing's ban on Nvidia's processors, while advancing the nation's local semiconductor ecosystem

Discussions regarding Nexperia's fate have stalled for over a month, and China and the Netherlands remain at odds. The Hague is plagued with political paralysis, where a caretaker cabinet is too weak to navigate a dispute with global supply chain stakes

US AI startup Anthropic has enforced a new policy prohibiting Chinese-controlled entities from using its Claude series models, prompting ByteDance's Singapore-based IDE platform Trae to immediately remove Claude from its offerings. The move has attracted significant attention from global developer communities