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China spies on us, we spy on them too: Trump on Iran satellite images

Trump downplayed a WSJ report that Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite imagery of a US base in Jordan before a July missile strike that killed three US troops

Trump open to Chinese EV firms building cars in US with American workers

The US president said Chinese automakers could set up plants in the country and employ American workers, while ruling out imports of China-made vehicles and production in Mexico for US sales

US, China may discuss AI safety in September ahead of Trump-Xi summit

The planned dialogue would be the first official US-China discussions focused exclusively on AI since Donald Trump returned to the White House

US journalist gets 2 years in prison for acting as illegal agent for China

An American journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States, the US Justice Department said. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, pleaded guilty earlier this year and is not planning to appeal, according to his defence lawyer, Charles Burnham. Pauken also was sentenced to 36 months of supervised release with no overseas travel, the department said in a news release on Tuesday. He was arrested in February. The case is the latest in a series of federal prosecutions involving people accused of working for the Chinese government without proper disclosure, as tensions between Washington and Beijing remain high. "Pauken betrayed his country for money" for supporting "Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) operations, recruiting, and gathering of sensitive information from potential assets," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A Eisenberg in the news release. Pauken worked as a journalist f

China 15 years behind in developing top chipmaking tools: ASML supplier

China could take about 15 years to develop extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, Zeiss semiconductor head Frank Rohmund said, as Beijing pushes for self-sufficiency amid US chip curbs

The unmaking of the nation state

One of the most perceptive chapters in the book relates to international law

Chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designation

CXMT's lawsuit seeks to overturn the designation and remove itself from a Pentagon list that can trigger government contracting restrictions and reputational damage

Trump weighs 7.5% tariff on China for flooding market with cheap goods

President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalise the world's second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods, according to three people familiar with the matter. Two of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations still being finalised, said Trump is considering setting the new tariff at 7.5 per cent. It's a level administration officials believe would not endanger the one-year trade truce between Washington and Beijing or a planned White House meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to take place in late September. The move, if finalised, appears to be a calibrated effort by the White House to work around a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that struck down Trump's plan to implement a sweeping, high-tariff scheme not seen since the 1930s. After that decision, the Trump administration announced in March it was launching formal investigations ...

US attempt to strangle Iran's economy depends on China's cooperation

The US has spent 20 years promising 'crippling sanctions' on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump's goals

Bessent's economic D-Day threat to Iran hinges on willingness to hit China

But that's only if Bessent actually follows through on a threat the Trump administration has made before

The myth of the China shock

The decline in US manufacturing jobs began decades before China's WTO entry. The bigger challenge is helping workers and regions adapt to economic disruption

China allows limited Nvidia H200 shipments: Why is Beijing easing curbs?

China has allowed small batches of Nvidia's H200 AI chips into the country, easing restrictions as its leading AI firms seek more computing power to compete with US rivals

US asks countries to pick sides in AI race with China or face consequences

By pressing countries to choose sides the US hopes to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI, which could be used for military or economic dominance

Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open

Microsoft has shut at least 15 China offices and joint ventures in five years and considered exiting the market in 2023, as US-China tensions, regulations and technology curbs weigh on its business

Trump admin deploys AI to crack down on China-linked tariff dodging

White House report accuses dozens of countries of helping China evade US tariffs through third-country transshipments, with the new AI set to track such illicit trade flows

Russia, China take note as Iran conflict depletes US weapons stocks

The Iran war has depleted US weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say

The canary in the AI coal mine: Winning the race without safeguards

Winning the AI race will matter little if, in the process, we create hazards that no country can contain

SpaceX tightens supply chain rules, excludes Chinese nationals, components

SpaceX is carrying out detailed supplier audits and asking partners worldwide not to deploy Chinese nationals at factories making products for the company

US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China on security grounds

The Federal Communications Commission in the US said on Tuesday it would ban the import of foreign-made humanoid robots in a move that targets China, arguing they pose a national security risk. The decision could strain bilateral relations as the technology race between the two world leaders advances. China makes substantially more humanoid robots than the US and other competitors, and analysts estimate that Chinese humanoid robots' global market share has reached roughly 85 per cent. The FCC's ban includes new imports of humanoid robots, quadrupeds -- often referred to as four-legged robot dogs -- as well as foreign-made power inverters. In making the decision, the FCC said these advanced robots produced in foreign countries pose supply chain vulnerabilities to the US as well as cybersecurity and national security risks. FCC chairperson Brendan Carr said in a statement that the move was to "secure America's critical supply chains." The United States has been taking steps to keep