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Thursday 9 October 2025
China tightens rare earth export controls with new ban on overseas assistance
China's Ministry of Commerce issued two major new rare earth regulations on October 9, 2025, including a landmark rule that imposes export controls on rare earth technologies and...
Thursday 9 October 2025
Beijing tightens tech controls, linking rare earths to AI and national security

In a major escalation of its tech resource policy, China's Ministry of Commerce announced new export restrictions on rare earth materials,...

Thursday 9 October 2025
Glass substrate TGV: China's edge to capture AI HPC packaging
China's glass substrate through glass via (TGV) industry has made significant progress, with companies pushing innovations from materials to mass production. Despite challenges in...
Thursday 9 October 2025
Memory module makers halt consumer DRAM price quoting during China's National Day holiday
The ongoing DRAM shortage is intensifying as memory module manufacturers suspend consumer DRAM price quotes during China's National Day holiday, signaling a sharp rise in spot market...
Thursday 9 October 2025
Lessons Taiwan should learn from China's involution
In recent years, China's traditional industries and those with lower technical barriers have faced intensifying competition, with bad money driving out good. This trend threatens...
Thursday 9 October 2025
GLT shutters China plant, eyes Vietnam trial and biomedical expansion
Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has liquidated its Zhongshan factory in Guangdong, China and has plans to start trial production at its new facility in Vietnam facility in the...
Thursday 9 October 2025
China's humanoid robot industry grows, but core processors remain foreign-controlled
As the US-China tech rivalry intensifies, China has ramped up its robot+ strategy in recent years, targeting humanoid robots as a next-generation strategic technology. However, behind...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
China and Taiwan chart diverging paths in the 12-Inch SiC market
In the high-stakes arena of silicon carbide (SiC) innovation, a quiet transformation is underway. While much attention has focused on non-Chinese supply chains entering advanced packaging...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Beijing's K-visa policy sparks domestic debate over job opportunities for youth
China's new K-visa program, designed to attract foreign STEM professionals, has triggered domestic backlash amid soaring youth unemployment. Critics argue the policy, which allows...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Samsung China targets premium market with W26 high-end foldable smartphone
Samsung Electronics is set to release a new high-end foldable smartphone designed specifically for the Chinese market, aiming to break into China's price-competitive smartphone landscape...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
US rebuilds rare earth supply chain to cut China dependence
The global rare earth market has long been dominated by China, encompassing everything from ore extraction to separation and refining, and even magnet manufacturing. Although the...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
China accelerates DUV lithography breakthroughs with patents and testing
China is enhancing its DUV lithography technology amid US export restrictions. Yuliangsheng's 28nm immersion DUV machine is being tested at SMIC, while SMEE has patented a method...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
YMTC eyes HBM market entry to disrupt top three
Chinese NAND Flash giant Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) is preparing to enter the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market and is anticipating a technological breakthrough. As...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
CATL extends global lead as Korean battery utilization drops to 50%

South Korea's once-dominant battery manufacturers are losing their footing in the global electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, as Chinese...

Tuesday 7 October 2025
Malaysia denies talks with China on rare earth refinery but reaffirms long-term ambitions for sector
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has denied reports that it is in talks with a Chinese state-owned firm to build a rare earth processing plant, after Reuters cited...