The U.S. has placed major chip export restrictions on Huawei and Chinese firms over the past few years. This has cut off companies’ access to critical semiconductors. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Taiwan has added China’s Huawei and SMIC to its trade blacklist in a move that further aligns it with U.S. trade … Read more
Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. Stringer | Reuters China’s dominance of the global rare earths supply chain won’t dwindle easily, even if Beijing decides to approve more export licenses through deals with Europe and the U.S. Three Shenzhen-listed Chinese companies this … Read more
Chip engineer handling a wafer. Compared to Nvidia’s export-restricted chips, the performance gap between Huawei and the H20 is less than a full generation,” said Dylan Patel, founder, CEO and chief analyst of SemiAnalysis. Sinology | Moment | Getty Images With the U.S. restricting China from buying advanced semiconductors used in artificial intelligence development, Beijing … Read more
Crews walk towards a Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet to prepare it for take-off from the deck of British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales, in an undisclosed location, on April 24, 2025, following its deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. Richard Pohle | Afp | Getty Images The automotive and robotics industries have been … Read more
Chinese beverage chains are redefining coffee culture in the country — and now they’re trying to win over customers in the U.S. and beyond. Luckin Coffee, China’s largest coffee chain, has expanded aggressively in China and overtaken Starbucks on the mainland, with more than twice as many outlets. Following an accounting fraud scandal that got the company … Read more
European startup founders are being pressured to embrace China’s toxic “996” work culture on LinkedIn and they’re pushing back. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images The European startup scene was recently shaken by a LinkedIn debate with some venture capitalists applying pressure on founders to embrace a culture of overwork to compete on a global … Read more