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...The company’s substantial China presence has been criticised by lawmakers in Washington....
...Biotechnology has become one of Washington’s national security priorities, as the Biden administration works to onshore manufacturing capacity as well as slow China’s access to sophisticated technology,...
...Reporting by Ryan McMorrow in Beijing, Eleanor Olcott in Hong Kong, Ivan Levingston in London, Tabby Kinder in San Francisco and James Fontanella-Khan in New York...
...Washington has sought to impose export controls designed to hamper China’s development of advanced technologies....
...One AI entrepreneur said US companies might be wary of working with the kingdom, fearing rebuke from Washington, or acquiescing to political demands that generative AI models be censored to remove any content...
...But a bruising regulatory crackdown on the internet sector by Beijing and political scrutiny in Washington has hampered its progress towards a public offering....
...Washington has given Nvidia and other chip companies a grace period of about one month to fulfil orders to China....
...The move is part of a wave of global funds hiving off their China businesses as Washington and Beijing step up regulatory scrutiny of cross-border investment and data flows....
...This is not “TikTok vs Washington”, they said, but “TikTok vs Washington vs Beijing”....
...He Yadong, spokesperson for the commerce ministry, on Thursday called on Washington to “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies”....
...Chinese pharmaceutical group WuXi AppTec has said it is lobbying hard in Washington against a proposed bill that threatens its business in the US, where it generates 65 per cent of its revenues....
...Washington indicted eight people, including senior Cambodian officials, who were implicated in a smuggling ring....
...The marriage between Chinese tech and Saudi investment comes with “strings attached,” reports the Financial Times’ Eleanor Olcott....
...(Nikkei Asia) Washington pushes allies to tighten China chipmaking restrictions (FT) Alibaba to improve stock options and other incentives for employees (Nikkei Asia) Anyone for crickets?...
...While Shein continues to pursue a US listing as a priority, the UK has become an alternative as politicians in Washington probe the company’s ties to China, such as its alleged use of cotton from Xinjiang...
Beijing clears regulatory hurdle holding up tech tie-up as trade tensions ease with Washington
...Most worryingly for investors, Washington politicians have considered closing a tax loophole that allows it to sell most of its products without incurring import duties....
...She is also the second-largest shareholder by voting rights and has sold more than $500mn worth of shares since 2020, according to data provided by the Washington Service....
...Alibaba said Washington’s decision in October to tighten controls on crucial AI chips used in cloud computing “may materially and adversely affect Cloud Intelligence Group’s ability to offer products and...
...The move was widely seen as retaliation against Washington’s restrictions on Chinese access to critical technology....
...restructuring, Chinese tech group Alibaba is reversing course and taking another gamble — betting artificial intelligence will power growth despite its access to essential AI processors being threatened by Washington...
...The latest set of Washington’s semiconductor export controls poses an “existential challenge” to Chinese artificial intelligence groups, writes the Financial Times’ Qianer Liu, Eleanor Olcott and Ryan McMorrow...
...Washington has tightened restrictions on exports of Nvidia’s GPUs to China to halt the country’s progress in developing AI, which it claims could be harnessed for military use....
...And as Washington tightens China’s access to Nvidia GPUs, SenseTime’s edge in this field is set to expire....
...These moves come shortly after Huawei’s surprise release of a 5G-capable smartphone, which triggered a swift response from Washington....
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