Taiwan’s Ma visits Xi, whose intentions he trusts
Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou met with Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in Beijing on Wednesday, their first meeting since Singapore in November 2015.
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US pushes ASML to deny maintenance in China
The Dutch government is said to have started slowing the issuance of licenses for ASML to provide maintenance services to certain lithography machines in China.
Xi tells Biden not to curb China’s tech sector
Top leaders of the United States and China held a two-hour phone call on Tuesday, setting the tone before US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with her Chinese counterparts in Guangzhou and Beijing on April 4-9.
China to make 5nm chips with SAQP process
A Beijing-based state-owned enterprise reportedly has started research on a multiple-patterning process that can achieve the mass production of 5 nanometer chips.
China challenges United States’ EV subsidies at WTO
China has filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the United States excluded buyers who purchased electric vehicles (EVs) with Chinese batteries from its subsidy scheme.
Are new Chinese rules a warning to AMD and Intel?
The Chinese government has urged its departments and agencies to use desktops and laptop computers that are equipped with domestic processing units (CPUs) and operating systems. The announced purpose is to increase reliability.
US weighs sanctions against Huawei’s chip network
The United States is thinking of blacklisting a number of Chinese chipmakers that helped Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies bypass its sanctions.
China’s legacy chips to survive with price advantage
The European Union and the United States will not be able to achieve their goals of reducing their companies’ reliance on China’s legacy chips (28 nanometers or above) as the products have a price advantage, say Chinese state media and commentators.