Canon’s decision to close one of its major printer production facilities in mainland China marks more than the end of a factory’s operations. It signals a deeper transformation in the country’s consumer electronics industry, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with
Guangdong, China’s wealthiest and most industrially advanced province, is moving quickly to remind the country that it remains a central engine of technological innovation. With a gross domestic product that surpasses the entire economy of South Korea, Guangdong has long been the symbol
Huawei Technologies has drawn renewed global attention after details resurfaced about a three year old patent describing a novel method to manufacture chips at the 2 nanometre level without using extreme ultraviolet lithography. Since the US imposed sweeping restrictions that prevent Chinese companies
ByteDance’s TikTok is preparing to make one of its largest global infrastructure investments by committing more than 200 billion reais, or roughly US$37.7 billion, to build a data centre in Brazil. This project will be TikTok’s first major data hub in Latin America,
China’s race to build its own high performance chips is accelerating, and two home grown GPU makers, Moore Threads and MetaX, are now preparing for highly anticipated stock market debuts. Their listings come at a moment when Beijing is placing unprecedented emphasis on
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ecuadorian voters have decisively rejected a proposal to allow the return of U.S. military bases to the country, delivering a major political setback to President Daniel Noboa and complicating future defense cooperation with Washington. The referendum, held on Sunday,
Reading Time: 4 minutes The ongoing U.S. federal government shutdown has reached far beyond the halls of Washington, dealing an unexpected blow to bilateral trade engagement with China just as diplomatic relations appeared to be stabilizing. The disruption has prevented U.S. agricultural officials
The escalating dispute surrounding Nexperia, a Dutch semiconductor firm owned by China’s Wingtech Technology, has exposed growing vulnerabilities in Europe’s position within the global chip industry. Once a symbol of globalization and industrial cooperation, Nexperia is now caught in a complex geopolitical standoff,
Reading Time: 4 minutes SoftBank Group’s shares dropped sharply this week following the company’s announcement that it has fully divested its holdings in Nvidia, raising $5.83 billion in the process. The move, intended to finance a series of ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives,
Alibaba Group Holding has strongly refuted allegations made in a recent Financial Times report claiming that the company has links to the Chinese military. In a rare public statement, the tech giant called the report “completely false” and “malicious,” questioning its timing and
