US-China tech war

Alibaba gets reprieve on lobbying ban tied to US Defense Department blacklist

News that SpaceX would bar Chinese investors from its IPO was reported earlier by Bloomberg.

China investors being shut out as some American AI firms, including SpaceX, go public: sources

The release of DeepSeek-R1 in January 2025 was, for many observers, a demonstration that hardware disadvantage need not mean capability disadvantage.

The US and China’s AI race will define the century

The new guidance does not change anything for Nvidia, a company official says.

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

Wall Street predicts that revenue for Jensen Huang's Nvidia will account for more than a third of the entire semiconductor sector’s sales in 2026.

Nvidia tells sceptical investors that AI is ready to go mainstream

CEO Jensen Huang has previously identified China as a US$50 billion opportunity for Nvidia.

China will open its market to AI chips from US, Nvidia’s CEO says

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing from May 14 to 15.
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Why were there no splashy deals at the Trump-Xi summit?

US President Trump with Chinese President Xi while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.

Trump leaves Beijing with few wins but warm words for Xi

China's President Xi Jinping (right) and US President Donald Trump (centre) visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14.

US-China summit: Trump sees ‘better’ ties, Xi warns over Taiwan, as talks conclude

US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on Nov 9, 2017.

Trump heads to Beijing amid war, trade tensions and hardened rivalry