TLDRs: China has threatened unspecified retaliation after Taiwan blacklisted Huawei and SMIC. Taiwan’s move marks a significant shift toward U.S.-aligned tech restrictions on China. Cross-strait economic ties complicate Beijing’s ability to strike back without self-harm. Taiwan is leveraging its semiconductor dominance as geopolitical leverage in the tech war. China has issued a stern warning to…
By Ryan Woo, Ethan Wang and Laurie Chen China will counter US pressure on fentanyl, says foreign minister BEIJING -China said on Friday it will “resolutely counter” pressure from the United States on the fentanyl issue and presented itself as a stable global power amid geopolitical turmoil, in an appeal to Global South countries. Washington…
Happy Monday! With the Chiefs laying an egg last night, can we finally chill out with all those State Farm Bundle-Rooski ads for a little bit? Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories Israel on Saturday welcomed home three male hostages—Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami—from terrorist captivity after 491 days in the Gaza Strip….
✓ Link copied to clipboard! Chinese startup DeepSeek has sent shock waves through the artificial intelligence world and created a headache for the United States. Its AI assistant overtook Western rival ChatGPT on January 27 to become the top-rated free app on Apple‘s App Store in the U.S., delivering a trillion-dollar blow to U.S. tech…
Last year, after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, media reported that he had extended an unusual invitation for China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, to attend the inauguration on January 20. No top Chinese leader has ever attended a U.S. presidential inauguration (in fact, foreign leaders from any country, including close U.S. partners and…
China recently banned the export of the minerals gallium and germanium to the United States amid growing tensions between the two countries on trade. The minerals are of critical economic value because they are used in computer chips, in military technology such as night vision goggles, and in the renewable energy industry, where they are…
China has struck back at U.S. trade restrictions by banning exports of gallium, germanium, and other high-tech materials essential for advanced manufacturing and military technology. The move, announced Tuesday by Beijing‘s Commerce Ministry, could propel the economic rivalry between the two powers and their respective supply chains. China has explicitly decided to target crucial materials…
Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the private conversation. During last November’s Biden-Xi meeting near San Francisco, Xi and his aides asked Biden and his team to tweak…