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US-China tech wari

The US and China are competing for supremacy in the suite of advanced technologies that will affect the means of future economic production. US efforts to curtail China's access to American technology are threatening to unravel decades of globalisation and interdependent supply chains and raising the risk of a confrontation that has been likened to a new cold war. 
 

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The US-based general counsel for TikTok and ByteDance has led years-long talks with the American government meant to stave off national security concerns about the app’s connections to China.

The initiative, launched under then-president Donald Trump, was intended to fight espionage by Beijing, but was slammed as racist and trigger-happy.

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Huawei announced on Thursday its highly anticipated new smartphone series, the Pura 70, its biggest flagship handset launch since the Mate 60 Pro, which drew scrutiny for its home-made advanced chip.

As well as programmes in industry and education, local governments are encouraged to provide perks, including incentives in housing, start-up investment and schooling and jobs for the family of digital workers.

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The tech executive met Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta and talked about the possibility of setting up manufacturing in the Southeast Asian nation.

Microsoft will invest US$1.5 billion in the UAE’s top artificial intelligence firm, G42, after the Abu Dhabi-based company worked out an unusual deal with the US government to end any cooperation with China.

The company’s latest AI push could fuel further debate on whether China can continue relying on open-source development, instead of bolstering its own tech ecosystem.

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Officials touted China’s progress in strengthening digital development initiatives for BRI members, calling for countries to work together and ‘oppose technological blockades’.

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The electric version of the motorised cargo tricycle, long used in China, has drawn interest in the United States after a social media account showed one in Dearborn, Michigan.

Innovation is increasingly coming under the spotlight amid Beijing’s push for tech self-reliance, but criticisms persist that quantity is being emphasised over quality in the pursuit of patents.

Origin Wukong shield shows ‘China’s home-grown superconducting quantum computer can play both offence and defence’: computing centre head.

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Huawei announced new versions of its Luxeed S7 electric sedan and a PC with AI built in, but people are still awaiting its next big smartphone launch since the Mate 60.

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