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Tuesday 24 June 2025
Taiwan accelerates autonomous bus trials and EV adoption to tackle 5,000-driver shortage
Taiwan is currently grappling with a shortage of approximately 5,000 bus drivers, prompting the government to accelerate the integration of autonomous driving technology into its...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Vietnam extends VAT reduction to end of 2026 to boost economy
The Vietnamese National Assembly has approved an extension of the value-added tax (VAT) cut, reducing the rate from 10% to 8% until the end of 2026 to support domestic economic growth...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
China’s AI firms exploit Southeast Asia detour, weakening Huawei’s domestic chip ambitions
Chinese AI firms are reportedly utilizing AI compute resources in Southeast Asian nations to bypass US sanctions, exploiting regulatory frameworks that align with local laws and limit...
Monday 23 June 2025
Huawei 5nm's hard reality check
Huawei's next-generation chip ambitions are running into technical and geopolitical headwinds. While Chinese state media CCTV recently claimed a breakthrough in 5nm production through...
Monday 23 June 2025
Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0 preview: AI evolution targets Apple iOS 26
Huawei officially unveiled the HarmonyOS 6.0 Beta version at the "Huawei Developer Conference 2025" (HDC 2025) held in Songshan Lake on June 20, 2025, opening developer preview opportunities...
Monday 23 June 2025
Rising Israel-Iran tensions drive demand for Taiwan's military power amplifiers
Rising tensions between Israel and Iran have drawn global focus back to the modernization of defense communications and radar systems. This shift is driving sustained demand for military-grade...
Saturday 21 June 2025
India grants Starlink license to operate satellite internet services
India has granted a license to Elon Musk's Starlink, paving the way for the satellite internet service to operate in the country. India's Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia...
Saturday 21 June 2025
GSEO signals cautious optimism under global trade uncertainty
GSEO, a key supplier of camera lenses for Apple's iPhone, addressed shareholders on June 17, 2025, with President Jones Chen and General Manager Lee Kuo offering a guarded yet forward-looking...
Friday 20 June 2025
Why Taiwan's chip blacklist matters more to India than it seems
A recent move that may have escaped wider attention could carry long-term consequences for the global chip supply chain. Taiwan has added China's top foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Friday 20 June 2025
U.S. defense firms shrug off China threat, join Taiwan sea drone test
Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology hosted a demonstration of unmanned vessels, drawing 13 domestic and international companies, including five US firms...
Friday 20 June 2025
China rolls out IPO welcome mat for unprofitable tech
To strengthen capital market support for technology startups, Qing Wu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), announced during the 2025 Lujiazui Forum on June...
Thursday 19 June 2025
Samsung shifts talent focus from China to emerging markets
Samsung Electronics is entering a new phase of strategic transformation, shifting its focus away from China and toward emerging markets such as India and Vietnam. According to South...
Thursday 19 June 2025
Taiwan's GUS Technology powers military drones with next-gen batteries amid rising global conflicts
As geopolitical tensions rise, from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict to recent clashes between Israel and Iran, the global defense landscape is undergoing rapid transformation...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Apple turns to Alibaba for AI push in China, drawing US concern

Alibaba has open-sourced 32 variants of its latest Qwen 3 language models, designed specifically to run on Apple's MLX machine learning...

Wednesday 18 June 2025
Korean exporters brace for turmoil as US tariffs and Middle East conflict roil global trade
South Korean exporters are facing mounting pressure from a confluence of geopolitical and trade shocks, as the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran rattles global commodity...