China warned on April 27, 2026, that it would take countermeasures if the EU's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act harms Chinese companies — a move with potential global trade and investment implications as Brussels seeks to shore up domestic manufacturing amid green transition goals.
"Singapore-washing" — the tactic of Chinese technology firms re-domiciling in the city-state to bypass geopolitical scrutiny — is facing an existential threat. China has moved to implement aggressive new capital controls following a multi-agency probe into Meta's US$2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus. Bloomberg reports that Chinese officials have categorized the deal as a "leakage" of sensitive homegrown technology to a geopolitical rival.
South Korea's Naver Cloud and construction project management firm HanmiGlobal have formed a strategic alliance to jointly pursue large-scale data center projects overseas, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.
Quanta Computer is doubling down on speed, scale, and execution as it heads into 2026, with leadership expressing strong confidence that surging AI server demand will drive another year of record growth, even amid global uncertainty. At Quanta's 38th anniversary celebration, Vice Chairman C.C. Leung emphasized the company's ability to meet increasingly demanding customer expectations. Orders are not only growing in volume, he noted, but also require faster delivery and lower costs. Despite operating at full capacity, he stressed that the company continues to seek even more orders and growth opportunities.
The 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opened on April 24 with a new focal point: the rapid ascent of large language models (LLMs) into the smart cockpit.
DeepSeek's 90% cut to fees for input cache hit, which occurs when the model reuses previously computed results for identical or similar inputs instead of recomputing them, across its API lineup could lower operational costs for global developers and enterprises, especially for long-text and high-frequency applications, potentially accelerating the adoption of locally developed large language models, intensifying price competition with international providers, and reducing barriers to AI-powered services worldwide.
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 20-27, 2026:
South Korea and Vietnam have expanded cooperation across technology, energy, and infrastructure, signing dozens of agreements during Korean President Lee Jae-Myung's visit to Hanoi, as both countries seek to reinforce supply chain resilience amid global volatility.
India is accelerating its semiconductor ambitions, from Micron Technology's Sanand ramp to new fabrication and advanced packaging projects, while expanding design partnerships. At the same time, regulatory pressure on Apple, weakening smartphone demand, and solar policy tensions highlight challenges alongside growing global supply-chain integration.
Across both sides of the Pacific, robot startups and leading laboratories have reached a consensus over the past year that model architecture is no longer the sole focus. Data has become the core competitive resource. Regardless of how technical approaches evolve, most teams eventually encounter the same problem: the shortage of training data.
S-Tech Corp's shift toward titanium alloys and entry into the US market could reshape global supply for the aerospace and defense sectors, reducing reliance on nickel-based products and mitigating raw-material price risks while influencing inventory cycles and production utilization worldwide.
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