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Nexperia says China banned it from exporting China-made products, as Beijing hits back at the Dutch government for taking over the Wingtech-owned chipmaker (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-1…

China Puts Export Controls on Nexperia After Dutch Takeover
China is blocking Nexperia from exporting products from the Asian nation after the Dutch government moved to seize control of the chipmaker.

China holt gestrandete Raumfahrer aus dem All zurück
Drei chinesische Astronauten sitzen nach einem Vorfall mit vermutlich Weltraumschrott im All fest. Die Bodenkontrolle will sie am Freitag zurückholen.
https://www.<…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/13/muddle-over-semantics-or-pressure-from-china-collapsed-spying-case-remains-baffling
Muddle over semantics or pressure from China? Collapsed spying…

So China's BYD has a €6,800 electric car on the Chinese market, with a 30 kWh battery and 300 km range. Amazing.
https://electrek.co/2025/04/08/byds-low-cost-seagull-ev-now-starts-under-8000-china/

"China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan"
#China #Energy #Renewables

China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan
Announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA), the new plan is expected to drive CNY 250 billion ($35.1 billion) in sector investment.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has reached a TikTok deal with China, as Trump cites "a 'certain' company that young people" in the US wanted saved (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/15/trump-tiktok-china.html

Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
The U.S. and China have a 'framework' deal for social media platform TikTok in place, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.

China: Rekordvorbestellungen beim iPhone 17
Der chinesische Markt war für Apple zuletzt ein schweres Geschäft. Beim iPhone 17 läuft es offenbar nun wieder deutlich besser.
https://www.heise.de/news/…

How China and the U.S. Are Racing to De-Escalate the Trade War (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/trump-tariffs-us-china-stock-market-e2652d66
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p1#a251014p1

China Wants Foreign Scientists.
The Public Says No, Thanks.
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates,
a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond
https://www.

China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.

Trump implies that a TikTok deal has been reached with China, saying a deal was reached "on a 'certain' company that young people" in the US wanted to save (Chris Eudaily/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/15/trump-tiktok-china.html

Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
The U.S. and China have a 'framework' deal for social media platform TikTok in place, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.

China: Kartellbehörde wirft Nvidia Verletzung von Fusionsauflagen vor
Eine chinesische Voruntersuchung soll Nvidia belasten. Jetzt folgt eine umfassende Untersuchung zur milliardenschweren Mellanox-Übernahme.

USA zu Zöllen gegen China wegen russischer Ölkäufe bereit
Die USA zeigen grundsätzlich Bereitschaft, China wegen seiner Käufe von russischem Öl mit Zöllen zu belegen. US-Finanzminister Scott Bessent forderte jedoch, dass sich auch die europäischen Verbündeten an solchen Maßnahmen beteiligen müssten. Chinas fortgesetzte Importe russischen Öls würden die russische Kriegsmaschinerie am Laufen halten, betonte Bessent.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ NATO und EU arbeiten an "Drohnenschutzwall" ++
Laut NATO-Generalsekretär Rutte arbeitet das Verteidigungsbündnis gemeinsam mit der EU an einem Abwehrwall gegen Drohnen. Die Zahl junge Ukrainer, die als Schutzsuchende nach Deutschland kommen, ist im Sommer gestiegen.

Erstmals ist ein #Containerschiff über die #Nordostpassage entlang der russischen #Arktisküste von #China

Nordostpassage entlang Russland: Containerschiff fährt erstmals über Arktis von China nach Europa
Der Klimawandel erleichtert den Schiffsverkehr durch die Arktis. Jetzt ist erstmals ein Containerschiff entlang der russischen Küste nach Großbritannien gefahren. Davon könnte auch der Kreml profitieren.

Trump Threatens China Cooking Oil Trade as Retaliation for Soybean Boycott | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/trump-threatens-china-cooking-oil-trade-as-retaliation-for-soybean-boycott

A look at quick commerce in India and China: India's ecosystem is evolving into a retail-media play, while China's is being used as a weapon in platform wars. (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)
https://indiadispatch.com/p/quick-commerce-india-china

Delivering Different Things Entirely
Quick commerce has become a retail-media play in India and a platform weapon in China.

Nach Verzögerung: iPhone Air kommt nach China
Nachdem Apple wegen fehlender Zulassung die Einführung der chinesischen Variante des Air verschieben musste, ist der regulatorische Prozess nun beendet.
https://www.

China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-trade-war-trump-talks-25c50136?st=ii8pbt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p33#a251015p33

🍿 is he sure China needs him more than he needs China?
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115379778316488864

TikTok-Verbot: USA und China erzielen Rahmenvereinbarung
Nach einer vorläufigen Einigung im Streit um ein TikTok-Verbot, wollen die Präsidenten Trump und Xi miteinander telefonieren. Details sind derzeit noch unklar.

❝Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth. They were born into democracy and have no appreciation of what life is like without it.❞
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/wang-jian-china-journalist-reports-united-states-donald-trump-xi-jinping

Soybeans are the second largest crop in the United States.
More than 80 million acres.
American soybean farmers are heading into harvest season without a single order from China,
historically their largest customer,
raising alarm bells about the agricultural sector’s stability and broader implications for the U.S. economy

Farmer says ‘we’re in a very dire situation’ ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer
Caleb Ragland says his pleas to the Trump administration have fallen on deaf ears.

The Adoption Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of Veterinary AI Adoption in China and the North America
Shumin Li, Xiaoyun Lai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11758 https://

The Adoption Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of Veterinary AI Adoption in China and the North America
This study compares the perception, adoption, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) among veterinary professionals in China and North America (NA), testing the hypothesis that adoption patterns are shaped by regional market and demographic factors. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 455 veterinary professionals in China between May and July 2025. The results were compared with published data from a 2024 survey of 3,968 veterinary professionals in the United State…

CMHG: A Dataset and Benchmark for Headline Generation of Minority Languages in China
Guixian Xu, Zeli Su, Ziyin Zhang, Jianing Liu, XU Han, Ting Zhang, Yushuang Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09990

CMHG: A Dataset and Benchmark for Headline Generation of Minority Languages in China
Minority languages in China, such as Tibetan, Uyghur, and Traditional Mongolian, face significant challenges due to their unique writing systems, which differ from international standards. This discrepancy has led to a severe lack of relevant corpora, particularly for supervised tasks like headline generation. To address this gap, we introduce a novel dataset, Chinese Minority Headline Generation (CMHG), which includes 100,000 entries for Tibetan, and 50,000 entries each for Uyghur and Mongolia…

Taiwan reports surge in Chinese cyber activity and disinformation efforts https://therecord.media/taiwan-nsb-report-china-surge-cyberattacks-influence-operations

Nederland grijpt hard in bij chipfabrikant Nexperia uit angst voor lekken chipkennis naar China.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/10/12…

Nederland grijpt hard in bij chipfabrikant Nexperia uit angst voor lekken chipkennis naar China
Intellectueel eigendom: Het ministerie van Economische Zaken legt de bedrijfsvoering van chipfabrikant Nexperia grotendeels stil, om te voorkomen dat chipkennis naar China weglekt.

China's Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple's investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-industr…

Sprinten, Kämpfen, Siegen: Startschuss der World Humanoid Robot Games in China
In Peking beweisen humanoide Roboter ihr Können im Laufen, Kampfsport und anderen Disziplinen. Dabei liegen Staunen und Schmunzeln manchmal nah beieinander.

"Home Hub" und Tischroboter: Apple findet offenbar Fertiger – nicht in China
Nach vielen Gerüchten könnte ab dem kommenden Jahr eine neue Apple-Produktkategorie fürs Heim starten. Nun gibt es Infos zur Fertigung.
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China is upset that Australia accused it of spying.
Beijing launches unusually personal attacks at ‘irresponsible’ ASIO boss Mike Burgess over new China speech

Beijing launches unusually personal attacks at ‘irresponsible’ ASIO boss Mike Burgess over new China speech
Beijing has accused Australia’s domestic spy boss of ‘spreading disinformation’ and ‘sowing division and confrontation’ after he again warned against Chinese hackers.

Auf den ersten Blick positiv, aber irgendwie auch ein wenig Geoengineering. Ich bin gespannt wie sich das in Zukunft noch entwickelt. Ich habe vor einigen Jahren schonmal Artikel dazu gesehen, dass grossflächige PV in der Wüste die Desertifikation eindämmen könnte.
https://www.go…

Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs amid trade tensions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/11/trump-threatens-china-with-additional.html

Kiew ruft China zu verstärktem Einsatz für Frieden in der Ukraine auf
Kiew hat Peking dazu aufgefordert, sich während eines China-Besuchs des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin verstärkt für Frieden in der Ukraine einzusetzen. "Angesichts der bedeutenden geopolitischen Rolle der Volksrepublik China würden wir eine aktivere Rolle Pekings bei der Herbeiführung des Friedens in der Ukraine begrüßen", erklärte das ukrainische A…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Spahn und Miersch treffen Selenskyj ++
Die Vorsitzenden der Koalitionsfraktionen, Spahn und Miersch, sind bei einem Besuch in Kiew von Präsident Selenskyj empfangen worden. Serbiens Präsident Vucic will in China mit Putin zusammenkommen.

How the coupling of green finance and green technology innovation affect synergistic effect of pollution and emission carbon reduction: evidence from China
Guoqiang Liu, Ruijun Xie
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09707

How the coupling of green finance and green technology innovation affect synergistic effect of pollution and emission carbon reduction: evidence from China
Amid China's dual-carbon transition, the synergistic alignment of green finance with green-technology innovation is pivotal for co-controlling pollution and CO2 emissions. Using panel data for 266 Chinese prefecture-level cities over 2007-2023, We construct the coupling coordination index system of green finance and green technology innovation via a coupling-coordination model and systematically analyzes influencing mechanism of synergistic effect of pollution and carbon reduction. Four finding…

“Ook wil hij dat de NAVO-landen als blok importheffingen van 50 tot 100 procent instellen op producten uit China. Als ze dat niet doen, zal hij geen zware sancties opleggen aan Rusland, schrijft Trump in een bericht op zijn eigen platform Truth Social.”
Chickening out. Trump durft nooit iets tegen Putin te ondernemen en dit is zijn smoes. De NAVO landen zijn Gekke Henkie niet en gaan dit nooit doen natuurlijk.
Trump tegen NAVO-landen: stop met kopen van Russische olie

Trump tegen NAVO-landen: stop met kopen van Russische olie
Ook wil de president dat NAVO-landen forse importheffingen opleggen aan China.

Trump has said he is ready to impose sanctions on Moscow,
-- but on the condition that all Nato allies agree to completely halt purchases of Russian oil and other implement their own sanctions.
He also suggested members of the transatlantic alliance consider imposing tariffs of 50% to 100% on China for its purchases of Russian petroleum as a way to help end the war.
Turkey, a Nato member, is the third largest buyer of Russia’s oil products, after China and India, according …

How China stopped an NYC-based independent Chinese film festival, including pressuring directors and moderators, as it largely erases independent films in China (Vivian Wang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/world/asia/china-film-festival-new-…

How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival
A showcase for independent Chinese films was scrapped after the Chinese authorities pressured directors, moderators and even a volunteer to pull out.

Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree (David Dayen/American Prospect)
https://prospect.org/world/2025-10-14-china-trump-tariffs-rare-earth-minerals/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p103#a251014p103

China says Nvidia was found in violation of antitrust regulations in a preliminary investigation, in a brief statement without further details (Edwin Chan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-15/china-find…

Researchers report rare intrusion by suspected Chinese hackers into Russian tech firm https://therecord.media/rare-china-linked-intrusion-russian-tech-firms

China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks. (Vivian Wang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/world/asia/china-stem-visa-racist-backlash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.8jAC.tCnvMXWsZM9c&smid=re-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p6#a251015p6

China wehrt sich gegen mögliches US-Verbot, Russland zu überfliegen
Chinesische Airlines wehren sich gegen Pläne der US-Regierung, ihnen auf Strecken in die USA den Überflug über Russland zu verbieten. Ein solcher Schritt würde die Flugzeiten verlängern, die Ticketpreise erhöhen und könnte einige Routen gefährden, argumentierten die Unternehmen.Das US-Verkehrsministerium hatte vergangene Woche vorgeschlagen, chinesischen Flug…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Stromabschaltungen in vielen Teilen der Ukraine ++
Nach erneuten russischen Angriffe auf Energieanlagen hat die Ukraine in vielen Landesteilen die Stromversorgung massiv eingeschränkt. Die Zahl junge Ukrainer, die als Schutzsuchende nach Deutschland kommen, ist im Sommer gestiegen.

RedBird Capital drops its £500M bid for the Telegraph Media Group, after intense pressure from the Telegraph newsroom and allies over the group's links to China (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/14/redbird-ca…

Neue Eskalation im Handelsstreit: China droht den USA
Mit scharfer Kritik kontert China Donald Trumps jüngste Zollankündigung. Warum eskalierte der Streit erneut und welche Folgen könnte das haben?
https://www.

China's response to Trump's tariffs: No grand statements, just stop buying American soy. Immediately and 100%.
https://newrepublic.com/article/201461/trump-tariffs-soybean-industry-china-reckoning

Trump’s Tariffs Should Force a Reckoning With America’s Soy Industry
The industry became the world’s second largest not because of human demand for soy, but to feed China’s pigs.

China set to open world’s tallest bridge, expanding infrastructure push
China will open the world’s tallest bridge this month,
besting its own record with a structure that can fit almost two Eiffel Towers beneath it.

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwestern Guizhou,
one of China’s poorest provinces,
stands a staggering 2,050 feet above ground,
making it almost twice the height of Paris’s landmark tower.

It stretches 9,481 feet end to end, ac…

China set to open world’s tallest bridge, expanding infrastructure push
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge can fit almost two Eiffel Towers under it and will be touted as evidence of China’s engineering prowess when it opens this month.

Trump's Two Minds on China Sow a Chaotic Few Days (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/trump-china-tariffs.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p125#a251013p125

Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for therapy to save time and money, while avoiding stigma around mental health (Yi-Ling Liu/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/young-people-in-china-are-embracing-ai-therapy/

Young people in China are embracing AI therapy
Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.

In other words, Trump is not going to place sanctions on Russia because Europe won't place 50-100% tariffs on China? Or am I missing something?
Also typical Trump doesn't want it to describe it as Putin's war, he started it...
#usa #trump

Montag: Bose-Lautsprecher verlieren Funktionen, China droht wegen neuer US-Zölle
SoundTouch-Geräte nicht mehr smart Eskalation im Handelsstreit EU-Mehrheit für Social-Media-Altersgrenze Jubiläum für Geheimarchiv Win 10 in Linux-VM

China wehrt sich gegen mögliches US-Verbot, Russland zu überfliegen
Chinesische Airlines wehren sich gegen Pläne der US-Regierung, ihnen auf Strecken in die USA den Überflug über Russland zu verbieten. Ein solcher Schritt würde die Flugzeiten verlängern, die Ticketpreise erhöhen und könnte einige Routen gefährden, argumentierten die Unternehmen.Das US-Verkehrsministerium hatte vergangene Woche vorgeschlagen, chinesischen Flug…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ NATO und EU arbeiten an "Drohnenschutzwall" ++
Laut NATO-Generalsekretär Rutte arbeitet das Verteidigungsbündnis gemeinsam mit der EU an einem Abwehrwall gegen Drohnen. Die Zahl junge Ukrainer, die als Schutzsuchende nach Deutschland kommen, ist im Sommer gestiegen.

Man, today's Metacurity is packed with tons of critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries,
--UK proposes new cyberattack defenses,
--UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential,
--Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks,
--China blames US gov't for $13B LuBian theft,
--Google unveils Private AI Compute,
--M…

Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries
UK proposes new cyberattack defenses, UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential, Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks, China blames US gov't for $13b LuBian theft, Google unveils Private AI Compute, MSFT issues fixes for 63 flaws, much more

Apple says iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October 22, after initially delaying the launch due to regulatory issues with the device's eSIM-only design (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/13/iphone-air-will-go-on-sal…

Apple announces iPhone Air will go on sale in China later this week - 9to5Mac
Apple is about to launch the iPhone Air in China after about a one-month delay, here are the full details.

Free artificial intelligence technology released by Chinese tech companies appears to be more powerful and popular than that developed by American rivals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/13/china-us-open-source-ai/

Analysis | China leads the U.S. on this measure of technological influence
China’s open AI models are now more powerful and popular than those released by American rivals, a shift with implications for the future of technology.

China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against Chinese chip companies and suspected dumping of US analog chips used in devices like Wi-Fi routers (Ryan Woo/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-

Putin macht Ende der NATO-Osterweiterung zur Bedingung für Kriegsende
Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin hat ein Ende der NATO-Osterweiterung zur Bedingung für einen dauerhaften Frieden in der Ukraine gemacht. Für eine dauerhafte Lösung in der Ukraine müssten die "Ursachen der Krise" beseitigt werden, sagte Putin nach Gesprächen mit den Staats- und Regierungschefs Chinas und Indiens am Rande des…
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SCO-Gipfeltreffen in Tianjin: China nähert sich Indien an - und hofiert Putin
Heute endet das Treffen der Mitgliedsstaaten der Shanghaier Organisation für Zusammenarbeit. Gastgeber China sucht die Nähe zum Nachbarn Indien - und rollt Russlands Machthaber Putin den roten Teppich aus.

After years of patient investment, China is on the cusp of a robotics revolution.

If embodied intelligence
— think AI-powered robots that can navigate the real world
— is the next frontier of AI, then China appears poised to dominate.
Though the United States still has distinct advantages in software, advanced AI chips and foundational research, China leads in robot hardware, deployment and policy support.

Last year, China installed nearly 300,000 robots in its fact…

The Chinese robots are coming
China is miles ahead in the race to dominate a technology that could define the 21st century.

Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/trump-china-soybean-cooking-oil.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p116#a251014p116

ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.5B, v. €7.7B est., and €2.12B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects China sales to decline "significantly" in 2026 (April Roach/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/asml-q3-earnings-report.html

ASML looks to calm fears over 2026 growth as it warns of China sales decline
ASML on Wednesday looked to allay concerns over 2026 growth as net sales for the third quarter came in slightly below expectations.

Trump: Exportkontrolle für Software und Zollverdoppelung für China
Eigentlich gilt zwischen China und den USA gerade eine Pause im Zollstreit. Doch der scheint nun wieder zu eskalieren. Auch, was Software betrifft.

"The German government is set to get new powers to bar risky Chinese technology suppliers from its critical infrastructure."
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-lines-up-new-powers-to-fend-off-chinese-tech/

Germany lines up new powers to fend off Chinese tech
New law set to come into place as Germany toughens its stance on China.

The Dutch seizing Nexperia from Wingtech is a landmark moment, showing it made a mistake allowing its sale and how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4e62c3d7-00b7-4b8f-b942-a96e52bab62f

Europe needs a better chip strategy
The Dutch seizure of Nexperia shows how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war

Trump is modeling Chinese state capitalism and there's no going back (Long Le/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5501098-us-china-state-capitalism/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250914/p45#a250914p45

KI-Spielzeug für Kinder: In China wächst der Markt rasant – auch bald woanders?
Der Wettbewerb rund um KI-Spielwaren nimmt zu. Mattel und OpenAI wollen noch in diesem Jahr ein Produkt für Kinder auf den Markt bringen. Vorbild ist China.

According to the latest annual Nature Index, which tracks research institutions by their contributions to leading science journals,
the single remaining U.S. institution among the top 10 is Harvard,
in second place, far behind the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A decade ago, C.A.S. was the only Chinese institution to figure in the top 10.
Now eight of the 10 leaders are in China.
If this does not constitute a Sputnik moment, it is hard to imagine what would.

Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
As China threatens to overtake U.S. leadership in science and technology, America has responded by sabotaging its own engines of progress.

JD.com: sales of the iPhone 17 series in the first minute after pre-orders opened in China surpassed the first-day pre-order volume of 2024's iPhone 16 series (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Strong appetite for new iPhone in China as pre-orders break record
The numbers underscore Apple’s brand loyalty in China despite growing competition from the likes of Huawei, analysts say.

Kremlchef Putin trifft Chinas Staatschef Xi in Peking
Chinas Staatschef Xi Jinping will morgen nach Angaben des Kremls Russlands Präsidenten Putin in der chinesischen Hauptstadt Peking zu bilateralen Gesprächen empfangen. Putins außenpolitischer Berater Juri Uschakow hatte vor der viertägigen China-Reise des Kremlchefs ein solches Treffen in Aussicht gestellt. Nähere Details zu dem Treffen lagen zunächst nicht vor.
China und…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Spahn und Miersch treffen Selenskyj ++
Die Vorsitzenden der Koalitionsfraktionen, Spahn und Miersch, sind bei einem Besuch in Kiew von Präsident Selenskyj empfangen worden. Serbiens Präsident Vucic will in China mit Putin zusammenkommen.

In case you missed it, my piece yesterday on the 176 CISA employees fired last Friday, which will not go behind the customary archive paywall.
It's critical to note that sources told me more RIFs are in store for the nation's embattled cybersecurity agency.
https://www.

The White House fired 176 CISA employees on Friday, with more layoffs feared
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records, Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team, Dutch gov't warns of China's Nexperia security risks, Breach of crypto betting platform Shuffle exposes user data, FCC chair says sites have removed barred Chinese electronics, much more

Alibaba halves Qwen3-Max prices, from $0.861 to $0.459 per 1M input tokens and $3.441 to $1.836 per 1M output tokens for API users, amid China's AI price wars (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Alibaba slashes Qwen3-Max model charges up to 50% amid latest AI price war
The new pricing strategy reflects heightened competition in China’s foundational model market.

Volksrepublik China sperrt schwule Dating-Apps
Herzlos geht Peking neuerlich gegen Schwule vor. Diesmal werden Dating-Apps verboten.
https://www.heise.de/news/Volksrepublik-Ch

Sources: Samsung raised the prices of some memory chips by 30%- 60% compared to September, amid shortages, adding to stress for companies building data centers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/samsung-hikes-m…

How Trump Is Making China Great (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-making-china-great
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p15#a251013p15

Malaysia reins in data center expansion amid power and water shortages, hindering Chinese companies that use the region as a backdoor to access US-made AI chips (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/malaysia-reins-d…

Manus: So tickt der Entwickler hinter der KI-App aus China
Yichao Ji entwickelte die KI-App Manus, Nachfolger von Deepseek. Ein Blick auf seinen Werdegang zeigt, welche Entscheidungen ihn zu diesem Erfolg führten.

Waymo partners with Moove and Baidu's ApolloGo partners with Lyft to roll out robotaxis in 2026 in London, the first place Chinese and US robotaxis will compete (Jiahui Huang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-us-robotaxi-race-kicks-off-in-uk-f00…

The US and China are about to launch the next front in their trade war (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/13/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-00604356
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p18#a251013p18

Lithografie-Systeme: US-Ausschuss will strengere Regeln für China
Die USA werben für eine Verschärfung der Exportbeschränkungen gegen China. Das Land hänge maßgeblich von ASML & Co. ab.
https://www.

Trump ties new Russia sanctions to NATO tariffs on China (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/13/trump-sanctions-russia-nato-tariffs-china
http://www.memeorandum.com/250913/p19#a250913p19

From the White House Office of Grift
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3m33qycnsgc2c

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
All because on Friday Trump threatened 100% tariffs on China, then over the weekend he switched it up with, “Don’t worry about China, it’ll all be fine.” Not market manipulation, though. Right?

Apple delays iPhone Air pre-orders in China, likely over eSIM regulatory issues, replacing the original schedule with "release information to be updated later" (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec…

Apple postpones iPhone Air in China as Beijing keeps tight grip on eSIM approval
Apple says all three state-owned telecoms network operators would provide eSIM support ‘subject to regulatory approval’.

Wingtech's Shanghai-listed stock plunged its daily limit of 10% after the Dutch government moved to exert control over Nexperia, which it acquired in 2018 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-13/chi…

China’s Wingtech Dives 10% After Dutch Take Control of Chip Unit
Wingtech Technology Co. plunged its daily limit of 10% after the Dutch government moved to exert control over its European unit Nexperia, an unusual move that risks inflaming tensions between China and Europe.

Potenziell drastische Folgen: China sanktioniert Export weiterer Seltener Erden
Chinas Führung hat drastische Exportkontrollen für die verbleibenden Seltenen Erden angekündigt, die Folgen für die Halbleiterindustrie könnten drastisch sein.

China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, now worth ~$13B, from Chinese mining pool LuBian is likely a "state-level hacker operation" led by the US (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/c…

China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack
China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the US.

Untersuchung: Elektrobusse in Großbritannien aus China abschaltbar?
Behörden in Großbritannien prüfen, ob chinesische Elektrobusse per Fernzugriff deaktiviert werden können. Die Möglichkeit war in Norwegen entdeckt worden.

China vereinfacht Export von Nexperia-Chips in die EU
In der Nexperia-Chipkrise zeichnet sich mehr und mehr Entspannung ab. Kann die Autoindustrie aufatmen?
https://www.heise.de/news/Chin…

China bans TechInsights from working with or receiving data from Chinese entities, citing national security concerns, after a report on Huawei's Ascend AI chips (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/china-blac

China blacklists major chip research firm TechInsights following report on Huawei
Beijing has banned semiconductor researcher TechInsights from working with or receiving data from entities in China.

Trump says the US would impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and export controls on "any and all critical software" from November 1 (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-trade-tariffs-china-software.html

Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on 'critical software'
President Trump's announcement followed a move by China imposing export controls on rare earths minerals from that nation.

WH national security memo: Alibaba provides tech support for China military's "operations" against targets in the US; Alibaba says it is "complete nonsense" (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/30fb83a0-8cb9-4805-b5d2-19b5ef…

ASML CFO Roger Dassen says the company is "well prepared" for China's curbs on exports of rare earths; a source says ASML could face weeks-long shipment delays (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-1…

Sources: Tata Electronics bought the Indian unit of Justech Precision, a China-based Apple supplier that provides CNC machines to Foxconn, for ~$100M in August (Anniek Bao/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/tata-electronics-buys-chines…

Tata Electronics acquires Chinese iPhone supplier Justech's India unit for about $100 million, sources say
Tata Electronics seeks to expand iPhone manufacturing capacity as Apple aimed to make all of the iPhones intended for the U.S. market in India by end-2026.

President Trump threatens a "massive increase of Tariffs" on Chinese products, in response to export controls that China imposed on rare earth minerals (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-china-tariffs-rare-earths.html

Trump threatens 'massive' tariff hike on China over rare earths dispute
Stock markets dropped on Trump's bellicose Truth Social post that said China is "becoming very hostile" in seeking tough export controls on rare earths.

SEMI: US chip fab investment to outpace China, Taiwan, and South Korea from 2027, driven by AI demand and US policies, rising from $21B in 2025 to $43B in 2028 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/…

US chip plant investment to outpace China, Taiwan and South Korea from 2027
Global chipmakers expected to spend nearly $400bn on advanced equipment

Sources: Apple plans to build its upcoming indoor security camera, home hub, and tabletop robot in Vietnam as part an effort to lessen its dependence on China (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Germany approves legislation granting Interior Ministry new powers to ban Chinese tech suppliers from critical infrastructure sectors like energy and transport (Sam Clark/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-lines-up-new-powers-to-fend-off-c…

Germany lines up new powers to fend off Chinese tech
New law set to come into place as Germany toughens its stance on China.

A profile of Singapore-based Megaspeed, which bought $2B of Nvidia chips and is under US probe for possibly helping Chinese companies evade export controls (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/technology/nvidia-chips-china-megaspeed.html

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?
An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

Sources: Chinese state actors compromised UK government servers for at least the last 10 years, routinely accessing low- and medium-level classified information (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/url

Sources: Amazon and Anthropic support the GAIN AI Act which would give US buyers first priority on advanced AI chips; Microsoft publicly supported it in October (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.…

China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/business/china-suspends-export-c…

China Suspends Export Controls on More Critical Minerals
The changes would make it easier for American firms to obtain key minerals, delivering on what the White House said the two countries had agreed to at last month’s summit.

Nvidia is aggressively opposing Republican-led proposals to limit AI chip sales to China, labeling supporters as "AI doomers", an unconventional lobbying blitz (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/nvidia-china-chip-s…

Nvidia Accuses Rivals of Being A.I. Doomers as US Debates Sale of Chips to China
Rankling national security experts, the chipmaker has stepped up attacks on lawmakers who are pushing restrictions.