The ongoing discount battle between China’s car manufacturers has brought the government in Beijing onto the scene. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce plans to ensure that regulations are complied with and fair competition is guaranteed. The aim is to promote the healthy development of the industry, said He Yongqian, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce. […]
China has started building the first space-based supercomputer. On May 14, a carrier rocket launched the first twelve satellites of a planned “Three-Body Computing Constellation” into orbit. The network of small satellites will process data directly in space, marking the start of an ambitious project. The project will involve a total of 2,800 satellites, forming […]
The ceasefire in the tariff dispute between China and the US stands on shaky ground. Just a few weeks ago, both sides agreed in Geneva to a 90-day truce in the trade war, which had previously effectively ended all trade thanks to drastic tariffs.As part of the deal, the US lowered its tariffs on Chinese […]
Internally, Beijing has recently cast itself as the winner of the US-China trade spat. The temporary suspension of most Trump-era tariffs by a US court was gleefully reported by Chinese state outlets. “Is Trump’s tariff war over?” ran a headline by Xinhua News Agency. Even though a US appeals court reinstated the tariffs just hours […]
China’s space program is facing a true test: The Tianwen-2 mission is set to launch this week and bring rock samples from an asteroid back to Earth. In terms of its technical complexity, the expedition surpasses anything China has attempted in space before. Ye Peijian, the former chief designer of the Chang’e-1 lunar probe, calls […]
Anybody wanting to use Huawei AI chips without US approval risks criminal prosecution. Washington seeks to prevent the international distribution of Chinese chips through a kind of global ban. The US Department of Commerce warned of the consequences for the “use of Huawei’s Ascend AI chips anywhere in the world.” At the same time, the […]
China is gaining increasing relevance on the world stage as an arms supplier. With weapons systems, fighter jets and warships, the People’s Republic has expanded into markets previously dominated by Russian or Western manufacturers – with geopolitical ramifications that are as yet unforeseeable.For example, Central Asia, where the balance of power is currently shifting: In […]
Stricter US export controls on AI chips could fuel China’s technological innovation. They have “China doubling down on its existing deeply subsidized development efforts,” warns a recent study by the US think tank CSIS. This could “produce breakthrough technologies capable of leapfrogging the current state of the art, potentially destabilizing the US semiconductor ecosystem.”A recent […]
When Auto Shanghai kicks off on Wednesday, the spotlight will be on three names that stand for the breakneck speed of change in China’s automotive industry like no other: XPeng, NIO and Li Auto. They were considered the promising names of a new era, proof that China can produce affordable, technologically ambitious and stylish electric […]
In the trade war between the USA, the signs continue to point to escalation. Although US President Donald Trump is willing to negotiate, he does not want to take the first step. “The ball is in China’s court: China needs to make a deal with us, we don’t have to make a deal with them,” […]