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Avnet and The University of Hong Kong Open EMUS Lab to Accelerate AI Innovation and Commercialization in Hong Kong

4 days ago010 mins

New innovation hub accelerates AI commercialization through research, engineering expertise and global supply chain support HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Avnet (NASDAQ: AVT), a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, today joined The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in officially opening the Emerging Microelectronics and Ubiquitous Systems Lab (EMUS Lab), a collaborative…

The bill would also introduce new controls that affect both foreign and US firms, such as Applied Materials.

China 15 years behind in top chipmaking tools, says ASML supplier

3 weeks ago04 mins

Such tools are key targets of US efforts to block the country from acquiring top-flight AI chips Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 10:05 AM [BERLIN] China is about a decade and a half behind in developing cutting-edge chipmaking tools, according to a top executive at Germany’s Zeiss Group, a key supplier in the global…

Beijing reportedly considers tougher export controls • Table.Briefings

2 months ago01 mins

Beijing is reportedly examining new export restrictions for strategically important technologies. The measures are intended to prevent China’s advances from benefiting the West. Insiders warn, however, that stricter rules could slow Chinese innovation. 21. July 2026 Recipients need a subscription to read 21. July 2026 Recipients need a subscription to read Chinese companies, such as…

Technicians assemble humanoid robots at the Lingyi iTech Guangdong Co. Embodied Intelligence Super Factory facility in Beijing, China, on 29 May 2026.

Is China a threat, or just out-engineering everyone?

2 months ago024 mins

Add ThinkChina as a preferred source Technicians assemble humanoid robots at the Lingyi iTech Guangdong Co. Embodied Intelligence Super Factory facility in Beijing, China, on 29 May 2026. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) The eminent scientist and sinologist Joseph Needham famously formulated two questions on Chinese science and technology (S&T) in his 1969 book The Great Titration: Science and…

Firms assist on Three-Circle’s HKD7.16bn debut in Hong Kong

2 months ago02 mins

Freshfields, JunHe, King & Wood and Jingtian & Gongcheng have counselled on Three-Circle Group’s HKEX debut on 9 July, raising around HKD7.16 billion (USD913 million), completing the electronic ceramic components company’s dual listing following its SZSE IPO in 2014. The company issued around 71.36 million H shares at HKD100.3 each, achieving a market capitalisation of…

Why America and China Must Compete Without Becoming Enemies

3 months ago035 mins

Modern geopolitics increasingly operates through perception rather than direct confrontation. During the Cold War, rival powers were separated by clearer ideological and economic boundaries. Today, however, the US and China remain deeply interconnected through trade, finance, supply chains and advanced technology even as strategic competition intensifies. Some US policymakers argue that decades of engagement with…

Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen. Photo: Huawei.

China’s Huawei touts new chipmaking technology to sidestep US restrictions

4 months ago07 mins

Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment. Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen. Photo: Huawei. Huawei has been at the centre of a geopolitical standoff in recent years after Washington warned its equipment…

Financial Secretary Paul Chan revealed plans for the first national manufacturing innovation centre outside mainland China in his budget address in February. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong eyes HK$220 million private investment for national innovation centre

5 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong authorities will seek half of the HK$440 million (US$56.2 million) investment for a planned national innovation centre in Yuen Long from the private sector, while setting performance benchmarks that an analyst has called ambitious. The target was announced after Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po revealed the plan in his latest budget in February,…

China’s Two Sessions Show a Nation Hardening on Advanced Tech, Unmanned Warfare and Xinjiang

6 months ago011 mins

China wrapped up its most important political meetings of the year on Thursday, a weeklong gathering that signaled Beijing’s determined push for advanced-tech self-sufficiency and a shift from its reactive posture in its rivalry with the West. The Two Sessions—the plenary meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference—set China’s…

Hong Kong to set up first national innovation centre outside mainland China

7 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong will establish the first national manufacturing innovation centre outside mainland China and a high-level steering committee to spearhead AI development, the finance chief has said, as the city seeks to align with the country’s 15th five-year plan. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also unveiled a citywide artificial intelligence (AI) literacy drive in Wednesday’s…