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Monday 27 April 2026
China warns EU over industrial law, threatens countermeasures
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...
Monday 27 April 2026
Singapore-washing is dead: China cuts off US tech investment
"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...
Monday 27 April 2026
Nio pushes into chipmaking to cut reliance on Nvidia

Nio's founder, chairman, and chief executive, William Li, said on April 24 that the company is accelerating efforts to develop its own automotive...

Monday 27 April 2026
Smart cockpit's next test: Can AI deliver real value?

The 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opened on April 24 with a new focal point: the rapid ascent of large language models...

Monday 27 April 2026
DeepSeek cuts API prices 90%, sets new global low for LLM services
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...
Sunday 26 April 2026
AI data centers hit interconnect limits, boosting optical module demand

The surge in optical module stocks reflects a deeper shift in AI infrastructure: the bottleneck is no longer computing power alone, but...

Sunday 26 April 2026
Samsung, Kingston reportedly lift SSD prices by over 10% as supply tightens

Samsung Electronics and Kingston Technology have reportedly notified distributors of price increases of more than 10% across their solid-state...

Friday 24 April 2026
White House accuses China of 'industrial-scale' AI theft, signals crackdown
The White House has accused China of conducting "industrial-scale" theft of US artificial intelligence intellectual property, a development that could escalate tensions in the ongoing...
Friday 24 April 2026
Commentary: DeepSeek rethinks funding strategy under talent drain and AI race
The trajectory of DeepSeek has drawn scrutiny, but its latest move marks a clear inflection point. According to a report by The Information, the company is seeking external...
Friday 24 April 2026
Zhen Ding to invest CNY40 billion in Huai'an to expand high-end PCB capacity

Zhen Ding Technology has broken ground on its HD campus at the Huai'an Technology City in China, as it accelerates investment to expand...

Friday 24 April 2026
SMIC returns to advanced packaging, scales team to boost AI chip strategy

China's leading foundry, SMIC, is quietly recalibrating its strategy, moving beyond its long-standing focus on front-end wafer manufacturing...

Friday 24 April 2026
China chipmaker scales beyond security ICs into AI, automotive

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics reported steady growth in 2025, reinforcing its position across specialty ICs and security chips while...

Thursday 23 April 2026
Chinese smartphone shipments to fall below 600 million units in 2026, lowest level since 2021
Rising upstream component costs and weak retail promotions in China, combined with traditional off-season demand overseas, are denting global smartphone supply and pricing. Consumers...
Thursday 23 April 2026
China hands 11.5-year sentence in rare earth, semiconductor data leak case
China is intensifying investigations and enforcement against data leaks in critical sectors across its industrial supply chain, targeting areas such as rare earths, semiconductors,...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Tencent, Alibaba circle DeepSeek in US$20 billion AI deal talks
Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group are reportedly in talks to invest in AI startup DeepSeek, as the company seeks fresh funding that could value it at more than...