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Trump ups the ante in US-China race for AI dominance

January 24, 2025January 23, 2025 by Rob Garver

The $500 billion Stargate investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure aims at outpacing Beijing

Categories Big Tech Tags Artificial Intelligence, China, Donald Trump, News, United States, Voice of America Leave a comment

US security risks rise over China’s AI androids

December 26, 2024December 24, 2024 by China Factor Staff

Shanghai group Agibot joins the ranks of robot manufacturers amid Washington’s fears of a ‘stealth army’

Categories Big Tech Tags China, News, Robots, Tech War, United States Leave a comment

March of the robots highlights China’s research rise

October 14, 2024September 12, 2024 by Adam Hancock

Heavy state investment in the past two decades has been the key to developing ‘critical technology’

Categories Big Tech Tags AI, China, Drones, News, President Xi Jinping, State Investment, United States Leave a comment

Huawei fails to chip away at Nvidia’s dominance 

July 4, 2024July 3, 2024 by China Factor Staff

China struggles to close the gap with the United States in the race for AI supremacy

Categories Big Tech Tags Advance Tech Rivalry, China, Huawei, News, Nvidia, United States Leave a comment

China takes a hit in the chip war with the US

June 5, 2023May 23, 2023 by Joyce Huang

Micron ban risks being a self-inflicted wound for Beijing as tension between Washington increases

Categories Big Tech Tags China, Communist Party of China, Micron, News, Tech Risks, United States, Voice of America Leave a comment

High-tech rivalry and the US-China chip conflict

May 1, 2023April 28, 2023 by June Park
ASML | Chips | Machine

American export controls on semiconductor technology reflect the cut-throat competition in the global market

Categories Big Tech Tags Advanced Technology, China, Chip Conflict, East Asia Forum, News, The Netherlands, United States Leave a comment

China’s chatbots will have to toe the Party line

April 3, 2023March 29, 2023 by Fan Yang

Baidu’s ERNIE Bot will not be a substitute for ChatGPT – but that might be how the Chinese state wants it

Categories Big Tech Tags Baidu, Censorship, ChatGPT, Communist Party of China, News, Surveillance State, Tencent, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

US-China tech war bytes amid Taiwan tension

August 15, 2022August 5, 2022 by Maria Ryan

High-stake chips put Beijing and Washington on a collision course over the island’s semiconductor giant TSMC

Categories Big Tech Tags China, ChinaFactor, Chip Conflict, Communist Party of China, News, Taiwan Crisis, The Long Read, TSMC Leave a comment

How Apple has played the numbers game in China

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by China Factor Staff

CEO Cook’s alleged ‘secret $275 billion deal’ with Chinese officials could trigger fresh security concerns in the US

Categories Big Tech Tags Apple, China, ChinaFactor, iPhones, News, US$3 trillion Leave a comment

China’s regulators put the squeeze on tech titan Tencent

March 25, 2021March 24, 2021 by China Factor Staff
The image shows the Tencent logo decked out in an array of colors. China’s regulators have put the spotlight on Tencent.

Media reports reveal the online group has come under closer scrutiny following regulatory pressure on Alibaba

Categories Big Tech Tags Alibaba, Beijing, Big Tech, China Crackdown, News, Tencent, WeChat Leave a comment

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