As the United States and China escalate their rivalry over quantum technology, companies across the sector are already repositioning to navigate the geopolitical storm, from […]
Author: Jeff Pao
China sanctions US defense, rare earth firms in retaliation
China hit back at Washington on Monday with a sweeping two-pronged retaliation, barring government departments from buying products from 46 US defense contractors and blacklisting […]
Japan seeks G7 price floors to break China’s rare earth grip
Japan is seeking to rally G7 nations into a united front against China’s export controls on critical minerals, pushing for a floor price mechanism to […]
US-Iran peace deal rattles China’s energy strategy, geopolitics
Beijing officially welcomed the United States-Iran peace deal announced over the weekend, hoping the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will ease a months-long oil […]
Beijing reins in Alibaba, JD.com over destructive 618 price cuts
Shares in China’s biggest e-commerce companies fell on Thursday after Beijing’s market regulator summoned five of the country’s largest online shopping platforms over deceptive promotional […]
Ex-CIA disguise chief says AI elevates spy wars to new heights
Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources […]
Beijing vows to retaliate as EU warns of China Shock 2.0
Beijing has threatened to retaliate after the European Union’s executive body called for a more robust response to the surge in cheap Chinese goods flooding […]
Nvidia GPU crackdown hits China-linked Southeast Asia data centers
Washington has moved to close a one-year-old loophole that allowed Chinese technology companies to acquire banned high-end Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) by routing purchases […]
China’s H200 hunger drives Nvidia chip smugglers to Japan route
Taiwanese authorities have busted a smuggling ring that used Japan as a waypoint to funnel Super Micro Computer servers loaded with high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence […]