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Monthly Archives For May 2025
Trump administration will ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese student visas in major escalation with Beijing
The United States will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing, and another blow …
The Shift East: How China’s EV Boom Powers Its Tech Rise
Time and again, whether it’s smartphones, solar panels, or 5G, China is combining state support with economies of scale and a fiercely competitive domestic market to command transformative technology. Strong supply chains leverage high-quality …
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang touts US manufacturing plans, warns China export controls threaten US chip lead
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang laid out the company’s US manufacturing plans, while criticizing export controls on chips to China during the the AI giant’s earnings call Wednesday.
U.S. Pauses Exports of Airplane and Semiconductor Technology to China
President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.
The 3 biggest takeaways from Nvidia’s Q1 earnings call: China, China, China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a lot to say about the China restrictions and praised President Donald Trump during the company’s Q1 earnings call.
US restricts chip design software sales to China, sources say
The U.S. has ordered companies that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling to China without first getting an export license, two people familiar with the situation said.
Big BYD dealer in eastern China goes out of business, local media reports
A large dealer of Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s , cars in the eastern province of Shandong has gone out of business with at least 20 of its stores found to be deserted or shut,…
JD Vance says US should use bitcoin as an advantage in rivalry with China
Speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Vance applauded president Donald Trump’s executive order in March that created a strategic bitcoin reserve with tokens already owned by the government.
Shein switching to Hong Kong listing after London IPO stalls: Sources
Its proposed listing in London failed to secure green light from Chinese regulators, sources said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China’s Steel Output Cuts Could Intensify Coking Coal’s Plunge
China’s declining steel demand is sweeping through related markets, with prices of the coking coal and coke used in blast furnaces plunging to their lowest since 2016.
Nvidia shares rise as sales hit from China export curbs not as bad as feared
Nvidia beat quarterly sales expectations as customers stockpiled its AI chips before fresh U.S. curbs on China exports took effect, but the same restrictions will slice off $8 billion in sales from the company’s current…
Sources: Meeting signals potential easing of China’s rare earth export controls for EU chip firms
China’s Ministry of Commerce has briefed Chinese and European semiconductor-related enterprises on rare earth export control procedures, indicating a potential relaxation of restrictions for EU-linked supply chains so as to better stabilize global industrial chains,…
