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Companies are put on the 'Unverified List' when US export control officers cannot complete on-site visits to find out if they can be trusted to receive US-origin technology and other goods
The Japanese maker of batteries, chips, and nuclear and defence equipment had been paralysed by protracted battles with overseas activist investors
Policymakers have vowed to boost consumption and cut reliance on property. But Beijing lacks a roadmap to clean up debt and restructure the economy
Tencent hopes its mobile party game ‘DreamStar’ can take on NetEase’s ‘Eggy Party’ and is promoting it on ByteDance’s ad platform Pangolin
Khan’s party turned a written version of a script he wrote in prison into an AI speech by creating a ‘voice clone’ from his existing speeches
Chinese companies are asking Malaysian chip packaging firms to assemble chips known as graphics processing units (GPUs) amid concern US export restrictions could be expanded
Among other measures, the rules implement tougher licensing regulations and call for stronger protection of user information and payment accounts
The plan comes amid Beijing’s push to tamp down national security risks and heightened concerns around large-scale data leaks and hacking
China's video-game market jumped back up this year with domestic revenue topping 300 billion yuan for the first time
One expert has predicted quantum computers might be capable of cracking the encryption that protects most digital communications by 2025
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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