62 h. ago Chinese firms to incur higher costs for deploying advanced AI chips from US: analysts

Chinese companies are expected to shoulder higher costs for deploying advanced chips from the US, owing to a new 25 per cent tariff imposed by Washington on select high-performance semiconductors, according to analysts. The administration of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the new import duties on advanced artificial intelligence chips covered Nvidia’s H200 and Advanced Micro Devices’ MI325X graphics processing units, as well as their equivalent products and derivatives. According to...

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2 w. ago ‘Repaid kindness’: Japan war orphan raised by multiple China families is now a midwife

A Japanese war orphan raised by multiple Chinese families grew up to become a midwife, honouring the kindness she received from China. Her story, shared in the documentary series Beyond Blood and Borders, aired in December, on mainland streaming platforms and attracted widespread attention. The series follows the lives of 10 Japanese orphans left behind after Japan’s defeat in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945. More than 4,000 children were abandoned in China, primarily in the Northeast and...

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2 w. ago ‘We’re not scared’: Life in Taiwan goes on amid major Chinese war games

‘We’re not scared’: Life in Taiwan goes on amid major Chinese war games  Al Jazeera

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2 w. ago China launches major military drills around Taiwan in warning against ‘external forces’

China launches major military drills around Taiwan in warning against ‘external forces’  Anadolu Ajansı

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2 w. ago China Announces 'Major Military Drills' Around Taiwan in Wake of Massive US Arms Sale

China Announces 'Major Military Drills' Around Taiwan in Wake of Massive US Arms Sale  Common Dreams

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2 w. ago Taiwan on high alert as China launches major military drills

Taiwan on high alert as China launches major military drills  AFR

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2 w. ago China announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal

China announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal  CNN

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3 w. ago China Slaps Sanctions on 20 US Companies Over Taiwan Arms Sales, Boeing, Northrop Grumman hit by Anduril Beijing with Major Sanctions

China Slaps Sanctions on 20 US Companies Over Taiwan Arms Sales, Boeing, Northrop Grumman hit by Anduril Beijing with Major Sanctions  Central News South Africa

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4 w. ago China’s rebuilding of Micronesian airport runway raises alarm in US

The rebuilding of a World War II-era airfield in Micronesia with the help of Chinese companies has raised alarm in the United States, with US defence analysts warning about Beijing’s growing footprint in the strategic western Pacific. Cleo Paskal, a non-resident senior fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defence of Democracies, posted a video on social media last week showing an airport runway being rebuilt on Woleai, a remote 4.5 sq km atoll in Micronesia’s Yap state. “Chinese company...

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