6 h. ago US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi added to list of Chinese military

A group of nine US lawmakers sent a letter to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth this week urging the Pentagon to add a slew of Chinese technology firms to a list of entities allegedly assisting the Chinese military. The letter, sent late on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed a US$1 trillion must-pass military spending bill into law, asks Hegseth to place AI firm DeepSeek, smartphone maker Xiaomi and electronic display maker BOE Technology Group on what is known as the Section...

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6 h. ago US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi on list of Chinese military

US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi on list of Chinese military-linked firms  South China Morning Post

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6 h. ago US lawmakers urge Pentagon to add DeepSeek, Xiaomi to China military

Nine Republican lawmakers, including several congressional committee chairs, sent a letter this week urging US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to add more than a dozen Chinese technology firms to the Pentagon’s list of companies alleged to have links to the Chinese military. The letter, released on Friday after US President Donald Trump signed a US$900 billion military spending bill restricting US investments into Chinese tech, asks the Pentagon chief to place AI firm DeepSeek, smartphone maker...

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8 h. ago US lawmakers urge Pentagon to add DeepSeek, Xiaomi to list of firms allegedly aiding Chinese military

US lawmakers urge Pentagon to add DeepSeek, Xiaomi to list of firms allegedly aiding Chinese military  Reuters

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15 h. ago Chinese FM firmly opposes US FY2026 defense act’s negative China provisions, urges Washington to not implement them

Chinese FM firmly opposes US FY2026 defense act’s negative China provisions, urges Washington to not implement them  Global Times

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16 h. ago US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

US President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a review that could result in the first shipments to China of Nvidia’s H200 chips, five sources said, making good on his pledge to allow the controversial sales. Trump this month said he would allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China, with the US government collecting a 25 per cent fee, and that the sales would help keep US firms ahead by cutting demand for Chinese-developed chips. The move drew fire from China hawks across the US...

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21 h. ago As global scrutiny grows, Chinese firms look to call Singapore home

As global scrutiny grows, Chinese firms look to call Singapore home  Reuters

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23 h. ago Trump signs defence bill restricting investment in Chinese tech, military firms

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a sweeping defence bill that would restrict US outbound investment in Chinese technology and curb federal contracts with Chinese biotechnology companies, amid an uneasy trade truce between Washington and Beijing. The bill, known as the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), cleared both the House of Representatives and Senate earlier this month after months of negotiation. The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday in a 77-20 vote, following its...

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33 h. ago Chinese Solar Firms Trim Losses as Beijing Tackles Overcapacity

Chinese Solar Firms Trim Losses as Beijing Tackles Overcapacity  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

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36 h. ago ByteDance AI model usage grows over tenfold on strong demand from Chinese firms

ByteDance AI model usage grows over tenfold on strong demand from Chinese firms  South China Morning Post

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38 h. ago China 'strongly opposes' EU's intensive investigations into Chinese firms

China 'strongly opposes' EU's intensive investigations into Chinese firms  chinadailyasia.com

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61 h. ago Chinese Investment Firm Funded By Yale and Princeton Buys Slice of Shanghai Tech Company That Works With China's Military

Chinese Investment Firm Funded By Yale and Princeton Buys Slice of Shanghai Tech Company That Works With China's Military  freebeacon.com

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64 h. ago Chinese Stocks Stage Sudden Rally as Technology Firms Lead Gains

Chinese Stocks Stage Sudden Rally as Technology Firms Lead Gains  Bloomberg.com

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3 d. ago Rapid advances in China’s AI video space lead to widespread tech adoption

China’s artificial intelligence video market is heating up as companies race to launch generative tools, promising to produce high-quality, realistic clips, fuelled by the growing adoption of AI in video creation across industries. Beijing-based Shengshu Tech, the first mainland Chinese firm to roll out a challenger to OpenAI’s Sora video generation tool, on Tuesday unveiled an AI agent it said was a “one-click professional video creation tool”, capable of turning images into high-quality,...

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3 d. ago Chinese biotech Scizeng’s global licensing deal to yield up to US$1.44 billion

A Chinese biopharmaceutical firm has sealed a global licensing deal valued at up to US$1.44 billion, the second in a week, as a wave of cross-border tie-ups shows no sign of abating despite headwinds from the US Biosecure Act. Shanghai Scizeng Medical Technology, a unit of Changchun High-Tech Industry, has agreed to grant US-based Yarrow Bioscience exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise GenSci098, an injectable therapy for thyroid eye disease and Graves’ disease, both...

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8 d. ago ‘Major breakthroughs’: Chinese biotech firms plan global expansions after domestic success

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. Chinese biotech companies are expected to make major international advances over the next decade, industry leaders said, but cautioned that weak patent...

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9 d. ago Beijing protests "political" UK sanctions on Chinese cyber firms

Beijing protests "political" UK sanctions on Chinese cyber firms  Morningstar Canada

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1 week ago UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms, warns of cyber threats, hybrid warfare

Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the UKs top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states”. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar and its co-owner Mikhail Sergeevich Zvinchuk, as well as the Centre for Geopolitical Expertise and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living...

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1 week ago UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms, warns of cyber threats and hybrid warfare

Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the UKs top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states”. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar and its co-owner Mikhail Sergeevich Zvinchuk, as well as the Centre for Geopolitical Expertise and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living...

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1 week ago Federal communications agency may bar Chinese telecoms firms from US networks

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday it may bar three major Chinese telecoms companies from connecting to US networks over efforts to prevent robocalls, the latest in a series of actions Washington has taken against Beijing. The FCC issued orders saying China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom must address issues with their certifications in the agency’s robocall mitigation database, and raised concerns about their presence in the database. If the FCC removes them,...

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