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Friday 9 January 2026
China tests US-Japan-South Korea alliance with export controls
China is testing the extent of support US President Donald Trump would extend to Japan by imposing export controls on the country, just months after Trump boasted that he had solved...
Friday 9 January 2026
Limited H200 access signals Beijing's calibrated approach to foreign AI technology due to security concerns
China is preparing to approve limited imports of Nvidia's H200 AI chips as early as this quarter, potentially reopening a key market for the US chipmaker while maintaining strict...
Friday 9 January 2026
How China's carmakers are pushing imported cars to the margins
China's market for imported passenger cars continues to shrink, underscoring a profound shift in consumer preferences and industrial power. According to the latest data from the China...
Friday 9 January 2026
Samsung Foundry eyes auto chips for growth beyond data centers

Samsung Electronics is positioning its contract chipmaking business to win automotive orders, a move industry analysts view as a practical entry...

Friday 9 January 2026
China targets 2027 self-sufficiency in core AI technologies
Amid escalating US–China technology competition, China at the start of 2026 formally unveiled new objectives for its AI industrial policy. Eight government bodies, including...
Friday 9 January 2026
South Korean startup WARP Solution advances Wi-Fi-like wireless charging
South Korean startup WARP Solution is advancing the commercialization of radio frequency (RF) wireless power transfer (WPT) chips and components, via applications such as electronic...
Thursday 8 January 2026
CES 2026: Power shift on display as TCL takes center stage while Samsung steps back
CES 2026 opened on January 6 (Pacific Time), offering not only a snapshot of technology trends but also a clear signal of shifting industry power. Ahead of the show, industry watchers...
Thursday 8 January 2026
China's 'Neuralink rival' raises US$286 million in BCI funding
China's brain–computer interface (BCI) unicorn BrainCo has completed a funding round of about CNY2 billion (US$286 million), making it the world's second-largest single BCI...
Thursday 8 January 2026
BMW cuts prices in China as 2026 auto competition heats up

As 2026 begins, competition within China's auto market is heating up rapidly, propelled by a convergence of government policy shifts...

Thursday 8 January 2026
China's price war pushes AI data center energy storage to breaking point
CES 2026 highlighted a wide range of AI applications, but the core driver remains the large-scale buildout of global AI data centers (AIDC). Energy storage systems are shifting from...
Thursday 8 January 2026
China reportedly tells firms to pause Nvidia H200 orders to push domestic AI chips
Chinese authorities have reportedly asked domestic tech companies to halt orders for Nvidia's H200 AI chips, according to Reuters, signaling tighter oversight even as US...
Thursday 8 January 2026
China launches fresh anti-dumping probe against Japanese dichlorosilane, following dual-use export curbs

China has launched an anti-dumping investigation into Japanese dichlorosilane imports, marking...

Thursday 8 January 2026
Huawei's Ascend 950 tests South Korea's AI market
Huawei has signalled a renewed push into South Korea's AI infrastructure market, outlining plans to introduce its next-generation AI processor — widely expected to be the Ascend...
Thursday 8 January 2026
GAC-Huawei Terminal formalize deeper HarmonyOS and AI alliance
China's automotive and ICT sectors marked a new inflection point on January 5, 2026, as GAC Group and Huawei Terminal (Huawei Device Co.) signed a comprehensive cooperation framework...
Thursday 8 January 2026
RISC-V's rise: A third CPU ecosystem in 5-10 years?
Bao Yungang, vice director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Computing Technology and chief scientist at the Beijing Open Source Chip Academy, predicts RISC-V will...