Top news of the day: September 5, 2025

Top news of the day: September 5, 2025

We have ‘lost’ India and Russia to ‘dark china’, says Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (September 5, 2025) said India and Russia appear to have been “lost” to China, following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Tianjin, China. “Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China. May they…

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China’s ‘silent sanction’ on US semiconductors creates a weapons generation gap

China’s ‘silent sanction’ on US semiconductors creates a weapons generation gap

In addition to the spectacle of Wednesday’s military parade in Tiananmen Square, with its rows of never-before-seen weapons and equipment, was a less visible but highly consequential shift. At its heart lies China’s growing dominance in gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, giving it a strategic advantage that is reshaping the global arms race, according to…

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Strategic Opportunities in Supply Chains and Semiconductors

ByteDance’s Strategic Shift to Singapore and Its Implications for AI Chip Development and U.S.-China Tech Decoupling

In 2025, ByteDance’s relocation of its semiconductor team to Singapore has become a focal point in the evolving dynamics of global tech competition. This move, part of an internal reorganization under its Singapore-incorporated subsidiary Picoheart (SG), underscores the company’s strategic recalibration amid U.S. export restrictions on advanced semiconductor technology and China’s push for domestic chip…

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