U.S. sanctions – Charm

Who is He Tingbo? Meet China’s “Chip Queen” Who Helped Huawei Survive America’s Tech Ban: She got $400 million and a dream; now she’s the woman who defied America’s tech blockade – who is China’s ‘Chip Queen’?

2 months ago013 mins

Huawei’s “chip queen” is no longer just a respected engineer inside China’s technology world. He Tingbo has become a defining figure in the global semiconductor race, representing China’s determination to survive sanctions, rebuild technological independence, and challenge long-standing Western dominance in advanced chips. Her latest appearance in Shanghai, where she introduced Huawei’s new “Tau Scaling…

More than a dozen international air carriers have stopped serving Venezuela since the end of November.

Venezuela Is Relying on 20 Aging Planes After U.S. Restricted Its Airspace

Cs news7 months ago011 mins

CARACAS, Venezuela—A U.S. pressure campaign to topple President Nicolás Maduro is stranding Venezuelans around the world, cutting off air links to one of the planet’s least-connected countries and compounding the misery of a beleaguered population. PREMIUM More than a dozen international air carriers have stopped serving Venezuela since the end of November. Venezuela’s 28 million…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marched in a Caracas rally this past week to protest U.S. threats.

Why Russia and China Are Sitting Out Venezuela’s Clash With Trump

Cs news8 months ago010 mins

For two decades, Venezuela cultivated anti-American allies across the globe, from Russia and China to Cuba and Iran, in the hope of forming a new world order that could stand up to Washington. PREMIUM Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marched in a Caracas rally this past week to protest U.S. threats. It isn’t working. Russia, China,…

How Russia’s Sanctioned Arctic Gas Found a Chinese Loophole

Cs news9 months ago011 mins

To understand how effective U.S. sanctions on Russian oil could be, look no further than the already-sanctioned Arctic gas project central to Moscow’s export ambitions. PREMIUM The Beihai LNG Terminal in southern China in 2017. In multiple rounds of blacklisting, the Biden administration crippled the logistics, shipping and financing ecosystem around the natural-gas facility known…

The US Treasury Department also sanctioned China-based Rizhao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal Co. Treasury said it has accepted more than a dozen of Iran's so-called shadow fleet vessels that evade the sanctions. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

US cracks down on China-Iran oil trade: Sanctions 100 individuals, Chinese refineries, and fleet vessels

Cs news9 months ago02 mins

The United States on Thursday announced sanctions on around 100 individuals, entities, and vessels, including Chinese companies, accused of facilitating Iran’s oil and petrochemical exports, the Treasury Department said. Among those targeted were Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group Co, described as an independent “teapot” refinery in Shandong Province that purchased millions of barrels of Iranian oil…

How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions

Cs news9 months ago012 mins

U.S. sanctions make it nearly impossible to pay Iran for its oil. China has figured out how to do it anyway, in an arrangement that has largely been secret. PREMIUM A gas flare burns from a pipe on an offshore oil platform in the Persian Gulf.(WSJ) The barter-like system works like this, according to current…

America ‘accuses’ one of China’s largest technology company: You plotted to steal our trade secrets and …

Cs news1 year ago04 mins

A U.S. federal judge has reportedly ruled that Huawei Technologies, China’s leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer, must face a sweeping 16-count indictment accusing the company of stealing trade secrets, racketeering, wire and bank fraud, and violating U.S. sanctions. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly rejected Huawei’s motion to dismiss the charges, calling the company’s arguments premature in…