Taipei is looking to upgrade its missile defense systems as part of its new military spending as it considers the threat of a Chinese invasion.
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GLOBAL FACTORY ACTIVITY CRIMPED BY WEAKNESS IN CHINA AND THE U.S.
Factory output contracted around the world in September as U.S. economic activity slowed, demand in China weakened, and the ongoing U.S. tariff war made customers hesitate to buy, Reuters reported.
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‘STARGATE OF CHINA’ PLANS TO CHALLENGE WEST’S AI DOMINANCE
In the West, the Stargate partnership of OpenAI, Oracle, and funder Softbank have set out to build $500 billion in AI data centers in the U.S. and more elsewhere around the world.
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CHINA CUTS OFF IMPORTS NVIDIA’S CUSTOM AI CHIP
The Cyberspace Administration of China has ordered AI companies, including major developers such as Alibaba and ByteDance, to halt all present and future orders for RTX Pro 6000D chips made by California-based Nvidia, the world’s market leader in advanced AI processors, the Financial Times reported.
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GLOBAL WEALTH AND POWER ARE PIVOTING TO THE EAST
History’s wheel is turning. China builds, India rises, BRICS surpasses the G7—while America punishes allies and empowers its Enemies.
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CHINA PLAYS THE LONG GAME IN AI
In the global race to dominate AI, China is the tortoise to the U.S.’s hare—and we know who won that fabled contest.
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CHINESE CHIPMAKERS’ STOCK PRICES JUMP
Beijing’s pressure on domestic tech companies to stop buying computer chips from foreign makers is boosting share prices for Chinese companies making chips of all kinds.
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INSULTED, BEIJING MOVES AGAINST PURCHASE OF NVIDIA AI CHIPS
China’s government is increasing pressure on domestic artificial intelligence (AI) companies to not buy AI chips from Nvidia, the U.S. company that produces most of the world’s state-of-the-art AI processors.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
Last month, growth in China’s retail sales and industrial production slowed from June, confronting Beijing with both facets of its economic malaise at the same time.
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LITHIUM PRICES JUMP AFTER CHINA CLOSES KEY MINE
The global price of lithium has rocketed up as much as 30 percent over the past two months as Chinese authorities made clear they would not renew the operating license of a key mine.