The United States is moving to impose a 15% tariff and a series of price floors on polysilicon and its derivative products, a step designed […]
Author: Jeff Pao
China exit rules tightened to guard rare earth, battery secrets
China will tighten its exit-entry rules from September 15 to stop experienced engineers from leaking knowhow in industries subject to export controls and deter tourists […]
China’s DUV lithography still lags ASML by four generations
Media reports published earlier this week about China’s plan to start making its own immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines have caused a sharp sell-off […]
AI race loss fears behind Trump’s planned September hosting of Xi
Managing the risks of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and protecting intellectual property are set to top the agenda when United States President Donald Trump […]
Chinese chip stocks dive as overvaluation defies Beijing’s rescue
Shares of Chinese chip makers tumbled on Thursday after state fund support that had briefly steadied broader tech stocks earlier in the week failed to […]
US may sanction China’s Moonshot for distilling Anthropic’s Fable
Washington is threatening to impose sanctions on Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies for building their models by distilling outputs from American AI systems, saying it […]
Power of Siberia 2 deadlock belies Russia-China ‘no-limits’ pact
Power of Siberia 2, a landmark natural gas pipeline that would link Russia and China, has hit a deadlock, with a gas-price gap so vast […]
China’s Ethnic Unity Law extends legal reach to Taiwan, diaspora
Taiwan’s government and overseas ethnic groups have raised concerns after China implemented the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress this month, warning it forces […]