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Tongming Lake IT City, a hi-tech industrial estate in Beijing’s southern economic zone Yizhuang. Photo: Handout

China pushes forward self-reliance campaign amid unrelenting US sanctions

In Beijing’s Tongming Lake IT City, a group of prominent Chinese firms are leading efforts to become self-sufficient in core technology.

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China aims to bring mega computing network online by next year in data power push

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Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Nvidia’s AI chips before US ban cuts off supply

US ban on tailor-made Nvidia and Intel chips hits Beijing’s AI ambitions

Washington has delivered another blow to China’s AI ambitions by banning China-specific Nvidia and Intel graphic processing units and blacklisting two top Chinese makers of GPU chips.

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Nvidia’s HGX AI Supercomputer is seen on display during the annual Foxconn Tech Day in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Despite decoupling talk, Chinese businesses are flourishing in the US

A growing number of Chinese firms and Chinese-run businesses have found the secret sauce to success in the US: keeping low, localising operations – and cutting as many ties as possible to a home office in China.

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China’s Apple iPhone ban hurts supplier stocks as market logs 1.4% weekly loss

Apple suppliers including Foxconn Industrial and Luxshare Precision slipped as the CSI 300 Index completed a weekly loss. Trading in Hong Kong was scrapped amid inclement weather.

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Local regulator rebukes chip unit of Tsinghua Unigroup for investment violations

Xian-based UniIC has been scolded for making investments in Hong Kong-based subsidiary without approval from provincial Development and Reform Commission.

Local regulator rebukes chip unit of Tsinghua Unigroup. Photo: Shutterstock

Micron head met Beijing’s commerce ministry: Chinese media report

Micron’s president and CEO met with China’s Ministry of Commerce, according to report, as slew of US Chip companies signal commitment to market amid geopolitical tensions.

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Chairman of Inspur unit resigns amid push to capitalise on demand for AI servers

Inspur’s listed entity said its chairman has tendered his resignation, a move that comes as the US-blacklisted firm is looking to capitalise on huge Chinese demand for servers to train artificial intelligence models.

Intel CEO wraps up low-key China trip amid ongoing tech war

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger concluded a low-key trip to China this week, his second to the country in three months, as the US chip giant doubles down on the Chinese market despite an intensifying US-China tech war.

The Intel logo is seen on a smartphone screen in this arranged photograph. Photo: Shutterstock Images

China’s chip imports slump in first half amid US trade restrictions

China’s chip imports continue to slump amid intensified efforts by US to thwart its access to advanced chips and related technologies.

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China’s chip imports continue to slump. Photo: Reuters

Inspur’s shares drop after China’s top AI server maker warns on profits

The warning indicates the firm has few options to hedge the risk of a chip supply shortage, after being placed on US trade blacklist.

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Intel and Nvidia continue to push AI chips in China despite US restrictions

The latest initiatives by Intel and Nvidia in China underscore the continued importance of the vast mainland market to US semiconductor technology providers.

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Micron to invest US$600 million on China plant despite Beijing’s ban

Micron Technology, whose memory chip products were deemed a security risk by China, plans to spend US$600 million to upgrade a chip packaging plant in Xian, including a buyout of its Taiwanese partner.

The Micron logo is seen on the company’s offices in Shanghai, China May 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters

With Micron chip ban, China shows its hand

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at how quickly the ban on US firm Micron Technology came about and also at the potential implications.

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In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at how quickly the ban on US firm Micron Technology came about and also at the potential implications. Photo: Shutterstock

Major Micron client in China aborts Shanghai IPO days before probe of US firm

That move by solid-state driver maker Memblaze reflect how Beijing’s actions against Micron could impact some local companies.

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Exclusive | China’s top server makers ‘stop orders of modules containing Micron chips’

Inspur, which is under US trade sanctions, and Lenovo are among the biggest buyers of Micron products, which are under a partial ban in China.

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China’s Micron ban will likely see clients shift to local firms, analysts say

Shares in Chinese memory chip companies such as YMTC surged on Monday in Shanghai and Shenzhen on hopes they may be able to fill the gap.

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Micron products have been banned by China. Photo: AP

China labels Micron chips ‘security risk’ but US government disagrees

China’s cybersecurity watchdog said on Sunday that products made by US memory chip company Micron Technology posed a national security risk, effectively banning their sale.

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Beijing’s probe into US chip firm Micron could help Chinese suppliers, South Korean rivals

The Chinese cybersecurity probe into US DRAM giant Micron Technology could shake up the memory chip supply chain in China, but whether big local rivals will benefit is still unclear, according to analysts.

China unit of server maker Inspur on US blacklist changes domicile to be 2km from parent

Inspur Electronic Information Industry, the listed vehicle of China’s largest server maker that was added to the US Entity List last week, changed its domicile to an address about two kilometres from its parent firm.

The Inspur logo is seen on one of the company’s buildings. Photo: Handout

Nvidia, AMD grapple with latest US curbs on China’s Inspur

Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and other US tech firms are scrambling to assess whether they must halt sales to units of China’s Inspur Group after its addition to a US export blacklist.

A smartphone with a displayed Nvidia logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken on March 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

US move to add Inspur to Entity List will hinder China’s computing power

Analysts say addition of Inspur to Entity List is a development that will severely constrain China’s development of AI and computing power.

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Hong Kong stocks log first weekly gain in a month as China recovery builds

Local stocks completed a winning week as several upbeat economic reports suggest China’s post-Covid recovery is gaining traction, brightening the corporate earnings outlook.

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US sanctions more Chinese businesses, including shipping and genetics companies

Three Chinese genetics firms are punished for supporting Beijing’s surveillance of ethnic minorities, the US Commerce Department says.

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Two Chinese shipping firms transported Iranian petrochemical products in violation of American sanctions, the US says. Photo: Reuters

US-China tech war weighs on Xi Jinping’s legacy ahead of 20th party congress

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how China’s technological progress has been stalled, especially after US President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science Act into law

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In this edition, we look at how China’s technological progress has been stalled, especially after US President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science Act into law. Photo: Getty

China’s AI champion Hikvision downplays impact of US Nvidia chip ban

Hikvision is the second Chinese company that felt compelled to speak out on the US government’s move to stop Nvidia and AMD from selling their flagship artificial intelligence chips to clients in China.

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With latest US chip ban, China’s AI castle could be built on Nvidia sand

US export restrictions on Nvidia data centre GPUs could hit China’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems, which rely on such chips.

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