China targeted

The United States is formally banning the export of four technologies tied to semiconductor manufacturing, calling the protection of the items "vital to national security." 

Numbers at their lowest 

Sales in China dropped sharply in second quarter by 14.2 per cent over last year, according to number crunchers at Counterpoint.

What could possibly go wrong?

Chinese scientists have come up with a way of launchings of AI-powered cubesats – from a large mothership in space to take out other countries satellites.

Leg shackles all in the name of coronavirus

Hong Kong will mandate electronic tracking bracelets for people in home isolation and bring in a China-style electronic health code system apparently to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Musk’s mastery on show

Tesla’s new car factories in Texas and Berlin are "losing billions of dollars" as they struggle to increase production because of a shortage of batteries and China port issues, according to Chief Executive Elon Musk.

It looks like Trump’s tech war made things worse

China's chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after US sanctions on local champions from Huawei to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components.

Market share jumped

China's market share in the Russian smartphone market jumped significantly in May as Western manufacturers paused new sales in in Tsar Putin’s kingdom.

Loongson goes quad-core

The Chinese are slowly catching up to Western chips with the 3A5000 quad-core CPU lineup.

If the West imposses sanctions

Chief economist for the China Center for International Economic Exchanges Chen Wenling has suggested that if the West brings in sanctions against China the country will invade Taiwan to obtain control of TSMC.

As of June 30, 2023

Amazon has decided to completely end its digital book business in China.