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China’s Chips Shortage Likely to Result in Price Hike for Electronics

As China seeks to boost its domestic chipmaking capabilities, an increase in demand for mini LED chips that are used in manufacturing laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices has crowded ...

January 29, 2021BY Catherine Xin

Will China’s Chip Race Become Its New ‘Great Leap Forward’?

Commentary China has put all its “chips” into China’s fledgling semiconductor industry. Many companies are charging into the ...

October 24, 2020BY Fan Yu

Chinese State Influence Present in 40 Percent of European Company Acquisitions: Research

China's communist regime has moderate to heavy influence over 40 percent of European businesses acquired by Chinese companies ...

October 6, 2020BY Lily Zhou

Shares of Chinese Chipmaker SMIC Plunge as Possibility of US Ban Looms

Shares of SMIC, China’s biggest contract chipmaker, plunged more than 20 percent on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ...

September 7, 2020BY Frank Fang

Trump Administration Weighs Blacklisting China’s Chipmaker SMIC

The Trump administration is considering whether to add China's top chipmaker SMIC to a trade blacklist, a Defense ...

September 5, 2020BY Reuters

Should US Chipmakers Fear China’s Semiconductor Ambitions?

News Analysis U.S. technology stocks suffered the biggest two-day loss since March on Sept. 3 and 4. Leading ...

September 5, 2020BY Fan Yu

US to Block Huawei from Global Chipmakers, Closing a ‘Loophole’ Company Had Been Exploiting

The Trump administration on May 15 announced plans to block Huawei from obtaining semiconductors from global chipmakers made ...

May 15, 2020BY Cathy He

Taiwan Semiconductor Maker to Set Up $12 Billion Plant in Arizona

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), the world's biggest contract chipmaker, said it will build a $12 billion factory ...

May 15, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

US Lawmakers Seek to Secure Semiconductor Supply Chains Away From China

The newly formed China Task Force, a House committee made up of 15 Republican lawmakers, is hoping to ...

May 11, 2020BY Frank Fang

US Federal Court Finds UCLA Professor Guilty of Exporting Chip Technology to China

One of the defendants in an elaborate scheme to send U.S. chip technology with military applications to China ...

June 28, 2019BY Frank Fang

China Has Critical Weaknesses in Chip Manufacturing, Industry Experts Say

With Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE both sanctioned by U.S. authorities and prevented from doing business with ...

June 19, 2019BY Eva Fu

US Considering Export Curbs in ‘Emerging’ Tech Fields That China Is Aggressively Developing

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which oversees exports of sensitive U.S. technology and products with ...

November 20, 2018BY Annie Wu

More Chinese Tech Companies Could Be Hit With US Export Ban, Japanese Media Say

The recent announcement of an export ban by the U.S. Department of Commerce against Chinese chipmaker Fujian Jinhua ...

November 8, 2018BY Frank Fang

US Ban Hits Chinese Chipmaker Fujian Jinhua, Beijing’s Fledgling Tech Sector Hard

The United States’ recent decision to ban the export of U.S. tech components, software, and goods to Fujian ...

November 1, 2018BY Frank Fang

US Restricts Exports to Chinese Semiconductor Firm Fujian Jinhua

WASHINGTON—Opening a new front in its trade and technology disputes with China, the Trump administration on Oct. 29 ...

October 29, 2018BY Reuters

South Korea Vows to Support Chip Industry With $1.34 Billion Investment

South Korea plans to invest 1.5 trillion won ($1.34 billion) over the next 10 years in its semiconductor ...

July 30, 2018BY Allen Zhong

Chinese Regime Laying Siege to US Semiconductor Industry

At the heart of the modern economy is the semiconductor, and the United States is the world leader ...

December 14, 2017BY Frank Fang