The US has fired its first salvo at China’s AI tech champions by adding them to its trade blacklist on human rights grounds. Source: SCMP When Trump administration officials announced on October 7 that they were banning some of China’s most feted artificial intelligence and surveillance companies from buying US technology, the move caught Chinese […] Read more
China’s all-consuming focus on sealing a US trade dealforced its top trade negotiator to cancel a trip to Brussels, raising the risk of Europe being pushed “off a cliff”, according to the head of a leading European business group in Beijing. Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said on […] Read more
Beijing’s statements after a closed-door meeting of the Communist Party’s elite indicate that it will move to tighten control over Hong Kong and Macau, particularly when it comes to national security issues and the nomination of principal officers. But it made clear that the “one country, two systems” principle, which guarantees the two cities a […] Read more
Huawei captured a record share of China’s smartphone market in the third quarter as its device shipments soared at the expense of rivals, according to new data from research firm Canalys. Canalys said Huawei shipped 41.5 million smartphones in China in the third quarter, representing 66% growth year-on-year. The Chinese tech giant now commands 42% […] Read more
The weaponisation of space is becoming increasingly likely, following last week’s record-breaking test flight by the US Air Force’s X-37B space plane, military observers said. The world’s only reusable space vehicle, the Boeing X-37B, returned to Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday after 780 days in orbit. According to the US […] Read more
Wealth has continued to leave China despite strict government controls, according to estimates from analysts, as trade talks that could help stabilise the yuan exchange rate against the US dollar and ease capital outflow pressures continue between Beijing and Washington. Officially, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe), China’s foreign exchange regulator, has maintained that […] Read more
In the midst of rising Western criticism and a trade war with the United States, China significantly accelerated the number of reforms it carried out this year or has planned for next, according to a World Bank report published on Thursday. This “eagerness to reform” has seen China jump from 45th to 31st in the […] Read more
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will face “retribution sooner or later” for saying that Beijing wanted him to fire the general manager of the Houston Rockets, state broadcaster CCTV said in a commentary published late Friday. The government-controlled broadcaster said Silver “crossed the bottom line” by continuing to defend Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. “To cater […] Read more
Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to put EU-China relations to the fore when Germany takes on the European Union’s rotating presidency next year. This includes plans for a summit meeting – which multiple diplomatic sources expect to be held in Leipzig next September – where for the first time President Xi Jinping would meet all […] Read more
China talked up progress on trade with the US on Tuesday, highlighting bulk purchases of American farm products it had already made this year and saying that it was “on the same page” as Washington in negotiations. Asked if the two countries agreed on the degree of progress from two days of high-level talks in […] Read more
