The revival of techno-nationalism is reshaping strategies across continents. The European Union has embraced technological sovereignty with the EU Chips Act and investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technology. Japan and South Korea are diversifying supply chains and boosting domestic capacity. India is positioning itself as an alternative hub through the Make in India…
Call them China’s Sputnik moments: DeepSeek. BYD and Xiaomi cars. A robot Olympics in Beijing. Huawei’s resurgence. And Labubu. Labubu did its job. The little gremlin doll made it clear that a brand being from China is no longer shorthand for cheap. Pop Mart has built trust to such an extent that company management is…
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump’s overhaul of State Department may play into Beijing’s hands for decades Illustration: Brian Wang The US effort to counter China’s…
As next-generation tanks and fighter jets roll past the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, many in China will be swept up in a sense of national pride. The Chinese leadership has set a target for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to emulate…
Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week, Emily Baker-White at Forbes published an investigation finding that Intel, which recently agreed to give the U.S. government a ten-percent stake in the…
Huawei Technologies has launched new memory products that can improve the efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) computing, in the company’s latest effort to double down on its hardware business. The three “AI solid-state drive (SSD)” products – OceanDisk EX 560, OceanDisk SP 560 and OceanDisk LC 560 – are aimed at solving bottlenecks faced by…
The Hangzhou-based start-up’s updated model, which supports an innovative data format called UE8M0 FP8, was “ushering in a booming domestic computing power chain”, Huatai Securities analysts said in a research note on Tuesday. That architecture showed that the synergy between mainland-designed software and chips would realise significant results, according to the report. FP8, known as…
China’s domestic server and chipmakers are entering a “super cycle” as the country’s local governments spend lavishly on computing infrastructure to support artificial intelligence development. The AI Computing Power Concept Index, compiled by Chinese financial data provider Wind and comprising 54 component stocks, hit a record high on Monday, with an increase of 166 per…
The updated Luxeed S7 sedan and updated Luxeed R7 coupe SUV have starting prices of RMB 229,800 ($32,130) and RMB 249,800, respectively. These two updated models are the first products launched by Luxeed following its entry into the “Phase 2.0.” (Luxeed S7. Image credit: Luxeed) Luxeed, the new automotive brand co-developed by Huawei and Chery,…
Huawei’s Aito M8 is once again in the spotlight after securing the prestigious “five stars +” grade in the C-NCAP crash and safety evaluation, making it the safest car in China under the 2024 standards. The full-size new energy crossover, developed in partnership with Seres, has already proven its popularity with more than 56,000 units…