5 d. ago Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

During past flare-ups in diplomatic tensions between China and Japan, Chinese consumers spontaneously boycotted Japanese goods. But the latest row, sparked by controversial remarks on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has met with a markedly different response, with almost no one in China calling for a boycott of Japanese products. Part of the reason for the turnaround is a seismic shift in China’s consumer market, with the Japanese home appliances, digital gadgets and cars once...

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7 d. ago Tensions flare as Wingtech slams chipmaker Nexperia’s head office over deception

A fierce war of words has erupted between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, after China and the European Union signalled that their dispute should be resolved at the corporate level. Wingtech accused Nexperia’s head office of being insincere after the Dutch head office publicly released a letter that said the chipmaker’s Chinese unit had been unresponsive to requests for talks. The heightened tensions underscore the complexity in resolving the two sides’...

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7 d. ago What’s going on at Nexperia? Dutch chipmaker issues urgent plea to its China unit

What’s going on at Nexperia? Dutch chipmaker issues urgent plea to its China unit  CNBC

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7 d. ago What’s going on at Nexperia? China’s Wingtech escalates war of words with Dutch chipmaker

What’s going on at Nexperia? China’s Wingtech escalates war of words with Dutch chipmaker  CNBC

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8 d. ago Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain  Reuters

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8 d. ago Tempers flare as CAHN and Beijing Guoan reignite tensions in AFC match

Tempers flare as CAHN and Beijing Guoan reignite tensions in AFC match  Báo VietNamNet

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1 week ago Netherlands’ Nexperia blunder shows it has forgotten its own history

The Netherlands has discovered that it could end up hemmed in by its technological prowess. A day after the United States tightened export controls on Chinese companies on September 29, the Dutch government moved to take control of Nexperia, a Chinese-controlled chipmaking firm. This coordinated act of carrying out US containment policy triggered a cascade that exposed the cost of the Netherlands being indispensable but not impartial. It likely prompted China’s decision to use rare earth...

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1 week ago Xi and Trump discuss Taiwan, bilateral ties in rare call, Xinhua reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Taiwan and Ukraine issues on Monday, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. The phone call came after a series of fast-changing geopolitics in recent weeks. China has seen an escalating row with Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, and the US has announced a 28-point peace proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022. Xi clarified Beijing’s...

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1 week ago Trump to visit China in April after ‘very good’ call with Xi

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will visit China in April at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping following a phone conversation between the two leaders that also covered Taiwan, Ukraine and bilateral relations. “Our relationship with China is extremely strong!” Trump said on social media following the Monday morning call, a follow-up to their “highly successful” meeting in South Korea on October 30. “Since then, there has been significant progress on both sides in keeping...

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1 week ago Beijing says US initiated ‘positive, friendly and constructive’ Trump

Washington initiated the phone call between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, Beijing has clarified, describing the conversation as “positive”. “According to my understanding, the call was initiated by the US side, and the atmosphere of the conversation was positive, friendly and constructive,” Mao Ning, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a regular press conference on Tuesday. Communication between the two heads of state on issues of shared concern...

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1 week ago Hong Kong to build on National Games success with GBA cities: official

A senior sports official has said that Hong Kong’s performance in co-hosting the National Games is satisfactory and that the city will explore running more events with Greater Bay Area neighbours after the region was named a candidate for future Olympic Games. Yeung Tak-keung, head of the National Games Coordination Office in Hong Kong, said on Saturday that city authorities and their counterparts from Guangdong province and Macau could conduct a comprehensive review of their experience...

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2 w. ago Nexperia’s Chinese owner pledges to use ‘all legal means’ in fight for control

Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, said it will use all possible legal means to take back control of the company, putting pressure on the Dutch government to do more to restore the rights of the Chinese shareholder. In a statement published a day after the Dutch government’s decision to suspend its intervention in Nexperia, Shanghai-listed Wingtech said the ruling made by the Dutch Enterprise Chamber on October 7, which deprived Wingtech of shareholder control...

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2 w. ago China Future Tech webinar: assessing the impact of the Nexperia saga

While the Dutch government has offered goodwill in the dispute over control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker, the crisis is far from over. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday welcomed the Dutch government’s revocation of an executive order taking control of the firm. But it also noted that a Dutch court ruling remained a “key obstacle” to resolving the matter. Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of Nexperia, said it had yet to resume control of the chipmaker. In...

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2 w. ago Dutch government releases control of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia

Dutch government releases control of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia  upi.com

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2 w. ago Top Democrat demands probe into 4 Chinese firms potentially supplying Nexperia

A senior US Democrat is urging the Commerce Department to investigate four Chinese semiconductor firms potentially tied to Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, warning they could threaten the safety and reliability of components used in cars across the US and its allies. The request marks the latest twist in the turmoil surrounding the Chinese-owned firm, which has become a flashpoint in broader disputes involving China, Europe, and the US, following months of internal conflicts, regulatory intervention...

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2 w. ago Top Democrat demands US probe into Chinese firms potentially supplying Nexperia

A senior US Democrat is urging the Commerce Department to investigate four Chinese semiconductor firms potentially tied to Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, warning they could threaten the safety and reliability of components used in cars across the US and its allies. The request marks the latest twist in the turmoil surrounding the Chinese-owned firm, which has become a flashpoint in broader disputes involving China, Europe, and the US, following months of internal conflicts, regulatory intervention...

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2 w. ago Dutch control of chipmaker Nexperia suspended as internal row rumbles on

Dutch control of chipmaker Nexperia suspended as internal row rumbles on  Reuters

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2 w. ago Netherlands suspends state seizure of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia

Netherlands suspends state seizure of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia  The Guardian

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2 w. ago Netherlands suspends intervention at chipmaker Nexperia to ease tensions with China

Netherlands suspends intervention at chipmaker Nexperia to ease tensions with China  Anadolu Ajansı

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2 w. ago Dutch government suspends invoking Goods Availability Act on Nexperia

The Dutch government has suspended its invocation of the Goods Availability Act, a Cold War-era law it used to effectively seize the European operations of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia. In a statement on Wednesday, the Dutch economy minister said the government had held “constructive meetings with the Chinese authorities” in recent days and that he was “positive about the measures already taken by the Chinese authorities to ensure the supply of chips to Europe and the rest of the world”. “We...

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