https://www.scmp.com/rss/522857/feed The latest news and top stories on Paul Triolo, an expert on China's technology policy and cybersecurity. Known for his background in electrical engineering and over 25 years in senior US government positions, he has advised policymakers on China's technological rise. At Albright Stonebridge Group, he advises clients across technology, financial services and other sectors on complex political and regulatory matters in China and globally. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Wency Chen Wency Chen The more than US$2 billion acquisition of agentic AI start-up Manus by US social media giant Meta Platforms could face scrutiny from Beijing over technology export controls, experts warn. The sale of Manus, a Singapore-based but Chinese-founded AI agent developer, could raise compliance questions around Beijing’s technology export regime, and expectations that the company can fully decouple from China may be “oversimplified”, said Cui Fan, a professor at the University of International Business... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3338615/manus-meta-deal-may-draw-beijing-scrutiny-over-tech-exports-controls-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3338615/manus-meta-deal-may-draw-beijing-scrutiny-over-tech-exports-controls-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:35:38 +0000 Mark Magnier,Khushboo Razdan Mark Magnier,Khushboo Razdan Blame games, tit-for-tat threats, off-again on-again meetings between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and wild tariff swings seem to be the recent order of the day. According to former government officials and analysts, however, this should come as no surprise – it’s just the price you pay when diplomatic norms are brushed off. In the latest twist in the saga, Trump on Friday swung from tough to conciliatory, appearing to reverse threats made a week earlier to cancel... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3329484/will-trump-and-xis-shock-tactics-ruin-any-chances-ending-us-china-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3329484/will-trump-and-xis-shock-tactics-ruin-any-chances-ending-us-china-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:26:31 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Tesla has launched a new social media account on Weibo, China’s answer to X, to promote its artificial intelligence technology, a move that analysts view as a preliminary step towards introducing its humanoid robots in the country. The first two posts on the TeslaAI account, unveiled on Sunday, featured images and video of the Optimus robots in action. According to its introduction, the account will also showcase Tesla’s advances in autonomous driving, driverless ride-hailing and its Cortex... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3324837/tesla-targets-chinas-fast-growing-humanoid-robot-market-new-weibo-account?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3324837/tesla-targets-chinas-fast-growing-humanoid-robot-market-new-weibo-account?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:00:17 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han House Democrats unveiled a new bill on Friday to set legal thresholds for chips deemed too advanced to send to China without congressional approval, attempting to set clear limits in the ongoing debate about how tightly to control the flow of the technology amid national security concerns. The bill, sponsored by Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, Ami Bera of California and Jill Tokuda of Hawaii, would prevent the export of certain advanced chips without both a US Commerce... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3322895/house-democrats-want-define-what-type-chips-can-be-sent-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3322895/house-democrats-want-define-what-type-chips-can-be-sent-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:43:26 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Nvidia denied that its graphics processing units (GPUs) can be remotely disabled without users’ knowledge after the Chinese cybersecurity regulator hauled in the chipmaking giant over concerns about backdoor access. “Nvidia GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors,” chief security officer David Reber Jnr wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. “That’s not how trustworthy systems are built – and never will be.” The Cyberspace Administration of China summoned Nvidia on July 31, citing... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3320943/nvidia-back-firing-line-us-china-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3320943/nvidia-back-firing-line-us-china-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:00:24 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan Washington China hawks are slamming the approval by US President Donald Trump’s administration of resumption of the sale of Nvidia’s downgraded H20 AI chip to China, questioning the move’s rationale and whether it was part of the June London trade deal between the two countries, as the administration claims. Trump banned the sale of the Nvidia chip, designed to avoid export control restrictions imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration, in April as the trade war between the two global... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3319205/washington-china-hawks-slam-us-approval-h20-chip-sales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3319205/washington-china-hawks-slam-us-approval-h20-chip-sales?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:47:35 +0000