IN A NUTSHELL 🚫 Trump’s Ban on advanced AI chip exports to China aims to curb China’s technological rise but has paradoxically fueled its self-reliance. 🌐 Over six years, China has developed a self-sufficient tech ecosystem, with companies like Huawei and ByteDance leading the way in innovation. 🔗 The move has accelerated a technological decoupling…
IN A NUTSHELL 🌟 China has strategically targeted the U.S. by leveraging its dominance in rare earth elements. 📈 A 34% tax on American imports will be implemented by China in direct response to U.S. tariffs. 🛠️ The U.S. and its allies remain heavily reliant on Chinese refining, limiting short-term alternatives. 🌍 The conflict over…
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 China has reportedly outpaced the US in developing next-gen stealth drones with superior energy efficiency. 💡 The drones utilize dual synthetic jet (DSJ) technology, which eliminates traditional control surfaces for enhanced stealth. 🔍 NUDT claims these drones last three times longer and use half the energy compared to DARPA’s early-stage developments….
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Kratos has secured a $1.45 billion contract to develop a hypersonic technology testbed for the Pentagon. 🔧 The MACH-TB 2.0 initiative aims to enhance U.S. capabilities through rapid, cost-effective hypersonic testing. 🛡️ The program addresses the need to close the gap with Russia and China, who have deployed operational hypersonic systems….
DeepSeek’s rise is diffusing traditional risks associated with high-stakes AI arms races, pointing to an alternative technological trajectory that challenges Silicon Valley to re-examine its approaches, says SMU academic Liang Chen. Source link
Nevertheless, scientific cooperation between Chinese and overseas researchers has gone beyond the scope of bilateral agreements, supported by major funding initiatives like the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, the US National Institutes of Health, and, of course, China’s talent policies and generous incentives mentioned above. Source link
Following negotiations, Chinese authorities conditionally approved the merger in 2020, with Nvidia making certain commitments to Beijing, including refraining from any form of bundled sales in the Chinese market as well as to treat Chinese customers fairly, reasonably, without discrimination, and so forth. Source link
Since 2018, the US has frequently targeted China’s tech industry, which is heavily centered on chips. This latest action is unprecedented in its scope and depth, not only applying to exports by US manufacturers and suppliers, but also that by US, Japanese and Dutch manufacturers made in other parts of the world to certain chip…