The unfolding US-China tech war is likely to endure the barrage of Trump-tariffs. In the long run, it may even be defining – one from which India can significantly gain if leveraged effectively. The tech deal in India’s proposed trade deal is the trump card on the table that must be seen outside the confines…
All non-Chinese chip manufacturers face risk in China because the government is seeking to break the country’s dependence on technology from outside. Until last year, this remained a distant goal, but the transition has begun with restrictions on Chinese local and central government purchases of new PCs and servers. The risks from that shift, and…
China has disclosed details about a 60 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) state fund aimed at early-stage investments in artificial intelligence (AI) projects, underscoring Beijing’s commitment to advancing the industry through state-led investments. Zhang Jianhua, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology overseeing the fund, said at a conference in Shenzhen that the…
US technology giant Google moved to assure developers in China on Friday that its Android mobile operating system (OS) will remain open source after a change to how it publishes its code raised concerns that developers may lose access. Google, owned by Mountain View, California-based Alphabet, sent a notice to its China-based partners to assure…
The Hong Kong government’s investment arm will unveil a partnership with a company specialising in open-source RISC-V chip technology on Friday and later host a joint summit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday the partnership to be announced by the government-owned Hong Kong Investment Corporation would help accelerate the development of related industries…
As China’s political elite gather for the country’s annual legislative sessions in March, we examine the broader forces likely to influence policies for the coming year – and how decision-makers will respond to the unpredictable second term of US President Donald Trump. In the first part of this series, Frank Chen surveys the status of…
But that reign is over—a casualty, in part, of the escalating U.S.-China technology Cold War. Apple has fallen from first to third in the country, dethroned by two Chinese companies, Vivo and Huawei, that offered similar features at lower costs as China’s economy slumped. Now Apple has a new offering in the world’s biggest smartphone…
China’s top universities are aggressively recruiting Chinese undergraduates abroad to skip traditional academic pathways and enrol directly into PhD programmes – as the US tightens funding for graduate studies and geopolitical tensions grow. It is a move that analysts have said reflects Beijing’s push to lure young academics from the United States. Fudan University, a…
Talkie has been unavailable in the US App Store for about six days. However, Talkie remains downloadable on Google Play, where the app was last updated on Thursday. Users in the US who previously downloaded Talkie from Apple’s store can still access the app. Talkie’s official TikTok account, which has 29,800 followers, has not published…
China’s semiconductor sector saw a steep one-third decline in funding inflows this year amid US restrictions on advanced chips and overcapacity concerns in legacy chips, according to data from a local industry research firm. In the first 11 months of 2024, the country’s chip industry recorded 677 investment deals, a decline of 35.9 per cent…