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26.12.25 - 17:12
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China imposes sanctions on US defence firms over Taiwan arms deal (The Guardian)
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The $10bn Trump-approved sale to Taipei triggers Beijing sanctions against firms such as Boeing and Northrop GrummanChina's foreign ministry has hit US defence companies, including Boeing, with sanctions after Donald Trump approved a large package of arms sales to Taiwan.The ministry said on Friday that the measures – against 10 individuals and 20 US firms including Boeing's production hub at St Louis in Missouri – freeze any assets the companies and individuals hold in China and bar domestic organisations and individuals from doing business with them. Continue reading......
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26.12.25 - 15:06
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China′s Zhipu AI ramps up push towards human-level AI, reiterates open source pledge (SCMP)
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Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI said it would step up efforts next year in the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) while continuing to open source its AI models after its initial public offering.
In 2026 “we're going to contribute more substantially to the AGI journey,” Zheng Qinkai, a researcher at the company, which markets itself internationally as Z.ai, said in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted on US social media site Reddit.
AGI, referring to technology that matches human......
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26.12.25 - 14:36
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China Sanctions 20 US Defense Firms, Issues ′Red Line′ Warning Over Record Taiwan Arms Deal (ZeroHedge)
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China Sanctions 20 US Defense Firms, Issues 'Red Line' Warning Over Record Taiwan Arms Deal
After sounding the constant warning that Washington is "playing with fire" in continually arming and supporting self-ruled Taiwan, China's foreign ministry announced Friday new sanctions on ten individuals and 20 American defense companies, mostly notably among them Boeing, specifically in response to American arms sales to Taiwan.
The ministry described that the sanctions freeze any assets that the listed people and firms hold in China and prohibit Chinese organizations and citizens from conducting business with them, and singled out Boeing's St. Louis-based defense branch, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and L3Harris Maritime Services - among others.
Also on the list is Palmer Luckey, the founder of defense firm Anduril Industries. The sanctioned executives are barred from traveling to mainland China, as well as Hong Kong and Macau.
Anduril Industries
"In response to the la...
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26.12.25 - 14:06
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Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up a new automotive chip firm (SCMP)
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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world's largest maker of electric vehicle batteries, has partnered with semiconductor developer Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics to form a new automotive chip firm in Beijing.
CATL-owned Wending Investment, Guoxin Micro subsidiary Tongxin Micro and five affiliates have agreed to establish Tongxin Micro Technology with a registered capital of 300 million yuan (US$43 million), according to a Thursday filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
With its 153......
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26.12.25 - 13:33
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FCC Bans New Models Of China′s DJI Drones, Citing Security Risks (ZeroHedge)
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FCC Bans New Models Of China's DJI Drones, Citing Security Risks
Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will ban all new models of foreign-made drones due to national security concerns, a move that will shut out Chinese drone manufacturers DJI and Autel from the U.S. market.
A drone in flight at a DJI store in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on July 12, 2022. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
The FCC said in a Dec. 22 public notice that its decision was made after obtaining results from an executive-branch interagency review convened by the White House, which concluded that foreign drones and related critical components pose “unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons.”
“I welcome this Executive Branch national security determination, and I am pleased that the FCC has now added foreign drones and related components, which pose an un...
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26.12.25 - 13:06
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China′s stance on TikTok deal ′not a green light with no strings attached′, analysts say (SCMP)
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The Chinese commerce ministry's latest remarks on the TikTok deal in the US signalled acceptance rather than approval, as Beijing “hopes” the arrangement will comply with Chinese laws and strike a balance between rival interests, analysts say.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which oversees trade and export controls, declared its position a week after TikTok announced the formation of a joint venture, controlled by a consortium of American investors, that would take over its operations in the......
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26.12.25 - 12:06
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Tech giants go prime time in the fight for China′s biggest audience (SCMP)
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China's biggest tech groups and a clutch of fast-rising consumer electronics brands are battling for coveted sponsorship slots at the Spring Festival Gala, as intensifying competition in artificial intelligence turns the country's most watched television broadcast into a rare nationwide marketing battleground.
Major players including ByteDance, Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding had all held discussions with state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) over high-stakes partnership......
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