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Semiconductors: Policy
Get the latest on China’s push for semiconductor innovation, as the nation strives for self-reliance in this critical technology.
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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The US-China trade war is entering a worrying new phase

The US and China are racing to roll out competing sanctions, rules and regulations, leaving firms trapped in a legal Catch-22.

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Fears grow over US drug supply’s growing dependence on Chinese ingredients

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Semiconductors

Precision strike: China targets US, Japan stranglehold on photoresist supply

Essential material for advanced semiconductor processes expected to enter stage of accelerated breakthroughs, major Chinese supplier says.

China is expanding the scope of its chip self-sufficiency drive under the new 15th five-year plan amid an intensified race with the US in advanced chipmaking. Photo: Xinhua
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Opinion | 3 realities shaping China-US tech competition

Beijing’s policy priorities point to a more intense, multidimensional contest, with a smaller but still meaningful space for cooperation.

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China’s chip industry seeks more state support for AI dominance

Scholars and entrepreneurs in semiconductor sector urge Beijing to regulate prices of AI computing power, leverage strategic raw materials and fund tech solutions for self-reliance.

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Taiwan

As I see it | Taipei must break free of its abusive relationship with Washington

US President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz is not Taiwan’s fault, but the self-ruled island must come to see that Washington is unreliable.

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Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te delivers a New Year’s Day speech on January 1 at the presidential hall in Taipei. Photo: Handout via AFP
Semiconductors

Shanghai boosts chip fund 11-fold in China’s self-reliance push

Registered capital increases by US$794 million as country’s semiconductor hub strives to nurture local firms.

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Iluvatar CoreX targets Nvidia’s Rubin with GPU road map amid China chip push

Chinese chip designer outlines a multi-year GPU plan to outperform Nvidia’s next-generation Rubin platform within two years.

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China-US team’s feat could ‘open entirely new avenues’ in semiconductors

Paper outlines novel ‘self-etching’ technique enabling world’s first fabrication of intricate structures in 2D perovskite materials.

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Materials scientist and study lead author Zhang Shuchen (left) pictured in a lab at the University of Science and Technology of China. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

The great chip leap: China’s semiconductor equipment self-reliance beats targets

Domestic suppliers capture 35 per cent share as China accelerates push for semiconductor self-sufficiency.

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China’s semiconductor industry is being encouraged to favour local suppliers over US rivals. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

Explainer | Will US-led ‘Pax Silica’ be a new dawn for the international AI supply chain?

Trump administration aims for deeper technology cooperation on new AI infrastructure with allies.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | China still needs Nvidia’s advanced AI chips – but for how long?

Beijing seems determined to take up the challenge of building most parts of the AI supply chain domestically.

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US-China tech thaw? Trump clears Nvidia H200 exports – why it matters

It’s a ‘sliding scale’ strategy, analysts say of Trump’s U-turn – preserve American market share while dampening Beijing’s self-reliance push.

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US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping talk after a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Trump said on Monday that he had reached an agreement with Xi to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs

With US curbs biting, experts say near-memory computing and chip stacking could narrow the AI hardware gap with Nvidia.

China hopes to steal a march on Nvidia by combining relatively mature chips with new computing architectures. Photo: Shutterstock
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Opinion | The bright side to US-China decoupling and global self-reliance drives

And despite opposing perspectives, it may reduce mutual dependence such as to assure a strategic peace of mind for both the West and China.

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Baidu unveils AI chips to boost China’s self-sufficiency drive

The M100 and M300 provide ‘powerful, low-cost and controllable AI computing power’ to support the nation’s self-reliance push, the firm says.

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Semiconductors

Nexperia crisis: Beijing agrees to talks with Dutch officials in China

The announcement comes a day after the Netherlands indicated that shipments of Chinese-made Nexperia chips would soon resume.

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China has agreed to talks with the Netherlands to resolve the crisis over chipmaker Nexperia. Photo: dpa
US-China trade war

After Xi-Trump talks, lack of a chip deal seen as tech-independence issue

Progress on other contentious points during presidential meeting masks ongoing US-China tensions over technological sovereignty and export controls, analysts say.

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The View | Can Scott Bessent see China’s trade counterstrike with clear eyes?

China’s export control regime on rare earths isn’t retaliation for recent US restrictions – it’s a response to overall US policy.

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Opinion | US-China tit-for-tat escalation is now a feature, not a bug

Expect Beijing and Washington to repeat a familiar pattern every time the other side achieves a breakthrough or an edge in market dominance.

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An employee works at a semiconductor factory in Huaian, Jiangsu province, on April 29, 2024. Photo: AFP
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China’s new hope in breaking reliance on foreign chipmaking machines

Advanced lithography remains a significant bottleneck for China, but a new company founded in February offers new optimism.

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AMIES Technology’s booth at the 13th China Electronic Information Expo in April. Photo: Handout
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China’s secret weapon in chip battle with US: intense city rivalry

China’s megacities are racing to draw capital to the semiconductor sector as they compete to become chip powerhouses.

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US-China tech war

Nvidia chief holds onto hope as China market share disappears

Jensen Huang calls exile of US technology from the mainland market a ‘mistake’, says company will continue to advocate for re-entry.

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US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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The US and China are intensifying investments into AI. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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China slams US over Mexico remarks as trade dispute escalates

Chinese embassy accuses the US of using Mexico as a tool in supply chain politics, and that their tactics amount to ‘economic bullying’.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates one year in office at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ US in chips, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

Allowing US companies to compete globally – including in China – would ‘maximise’ US economic success and influence, Huang says.

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Artificial intelligence

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

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