US-China tech war

Nvidia and the Trump administration: Commerce, competition and controversy

How the tech giant’s deal with the government could shift US industrial policy and constitutional limits

Although China’s domestically produced chips have made significant progress over the past two years, there remains a clear performance gap compared with Nvidia's H200 chip.

Why China isn’t rushing to buy Nvidia’s H200 AI chip

The US is offering China Nvidia’s second-fastest AI chip, the H200, but Beijing is holding back. Behind the hesitation lies a high-stakes struggle over technology, control, and the future of domestic ...

The H200 is part of the Hopper generation of Nvidia’s chips, second-best to the Blackwell line and two generations behind the upcoming Rubin series.

China is ‘rejecting’ Nvidia’s H200 chips, outfoxing US strategy, David Sacks says

The Asian nation is weighing a package of incentives worth as much as US$70 billion to support its local chipmaking industry

Major players such as Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu are making headway into the semiconductors that underpin AI development, one of Beijing’s top priorities.

Chinese AI euphoria obscures a gloomier technological reality

Washington and its allies are not supplying the country with the gear required to make the most sophisticated AI chips

While Trump pledged Nvidia’s top products would remain off bounds, the move gives China access to semiconductors at least a generation ahead of its best technology.

Trump’s Nvidia deal reshapes US’s China strategy, risks supercharging Xi’s AI push

The Asian nation has challenged America’s chip curbs this year with its own export controls on rare earths

The chip, known as the B30A, can be utilised to train large language models when efficiently arranged in large clusters, a capability many Chinese companies require, the report added.

US to block Nvidia’s sale of scaled-down AI chips to China, The Information reports

THE White House has informed other federal agencies that it will not permit Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips to China, The Information reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar ...

The Dutch government stepped in on Sep 30 to take control of Nexperia, citing worries about the possible transfer of technology to Nexperia’s Chinese parent company, Wingtech.

Dutch government in talks with China over Nexperia’s export controls

[AMSTERDAM] The Netherlands is in talks with China, over export controls imposed on the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, which has become tangled up in the trade frictions between the US and China.

From DeepSeek to Huawei, Chinese companies are increasingly publicising their progress in sensitive technologies, seeking to demonstrate that years of US sanctions have not completely stalled their advance.

Huawei affiliates parade products that fuel China chip ambitions

[SHENZHEN] Huawei Technologies’ key partners are showcasing a dizzying array of products from software to chip gear, just days after US President Donald Trump threatened more curbs on China’s access t...

A ship at a port in Qingdao, China, on Oct 9, 2025. Chinese exports have hit new records in many markets this year, showing Beijing can survive without the US consumer.

Xi’s red line on Trump’s export curbs threatens to upend truce

China’s firm response shows both sides continue to disagree on the terms of a truce struck back in May