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Saturday 8 November 2025
How China hits hard to power its AI ambitions post-Nvidia
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...
Thursday 6 November 2025
China bans Nvidia from state data centers, mandates domestic AI chips
China has escalated its campaign to reduce dependence on foreign technology. The country now requires all new state-funded data centers to use domestically produced artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Nexperia warns clients of supply halt and quality risks at China plant amid dispute
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is warning clients that shipments from its Chinese factory are halted indefinitely. The company also says it cannot guarantee the quality of products from...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
China reportedly ties Nexperia negotiations to CEO reinstatement and asset unfreeze

Talks between China and the Netherlands over Nexperia have made notable progress, attracting scrutiny from the European Union. EU Trade...

Tuesday 4 November 2025
China localizes network infrastructure chips; Taiwanese IC design houses turn to the West

China's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency has extended to networking infrastructure, with Taiwanese IC design firms Realtek Semiconductor...

Tuesday 4 November 2025
China's Beidou satellites power a new era of homegrown navigation chips

As China completes the global deployment of its BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System, officials are now focused on exporting the technology...

Saturday 1 November 2025
China signals conditional easing on Nexperia exports as Washington moves to broker deal

China has offered its latest formal response to the semiconductor supply crisis surrounding Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, signalling limited...

Friday 31 October 2025
Europe braces, Honda halts output in widening Nexperia crisis

A deepening dispute over Nexperia, the China-backed semiconductor maker based in the Netherlands, has triggered a fresh global supply...

Friday 31 October 2025
Shennan Circuits and China’s PCB sector gear up for the space economy

As China accelerates its ambitions in low-Earth-orbit (LEO) communications, the country's push for homegrown satellite technology is sparking...

Friday 31 October 2025
Trump-Xi Busan deal pauses G2 trade war, but doubts linger
In April 2025, US President Donald Trump escalated the trade conflict with China by threatening tariffs as high as 145%, prompting a fierce response from Beijing, vowing to fight to...
Friday 31 October 2025
Beijing’s orbit of influence expands with Pakistan’s latest satellite launch

China successfully launched its Kinetica-1 rocket this week, sending two Zhongke satellites and Pakistan's PRSC-HS1 remote-sensing satellite...

Friday 31 October 2025
Commentary: Trump–Xi talks cool tempers, not conflicts, in chips and rare earths

On 30 October 2025, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, in a summit that could redefine the global trade and technology...

Monday 27 October 2025
Taiwan turns China's export curbs into a test of industrial resilience

As Energy Taiwan and Net-Zero Taiwan 2025 open on October 29, Beijing has completed its second wave of export restrictions on lithium...

Wednesday 22 October 2025
Dutch Minister held call with Beijing in rising tensions over Nexperia asset freeze

In a rare late-night statement issued on October 21, China's Ministry of Commerce disclosed that Minister Wang Wentao held a phone call...

Wednesday 22 October 2025
China's DRAM awakening? CXMT plans Shanghai IPO, targets US$42B valuation

CXMT, China's leading DRAM maker, plans to launch an IPO in Shanghai as early as the first quarter of 2026, targeting a valuation of up...