If not for a flurry of tariffs and mounting regulatory pressure under President Donald Trump, Chinese energy storage giants were poised to dominate the American market by 2025, so much so that industry insiders had already narrowed the field to three top contenders for market supremacy

Huawei has released new benchmark results showing its CloudMatrix 384 AI infrastructure outperforming Nvidia's H800 GPU in running DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model, which contains 671 billion parameters, making it one of the largest AI models to date. The disclosure, detailed in a technical paper published ahead of Huawei's June 20 Developer Conference, marks a significant milestone in the company's AI hardware roadmap

While Chinese smartphone manufacturers are using large battery capacities and fast charging speeds to launch a fierce marketing war, Samsung Electronics has chosen to "take a step back," cautiously introducing next-generation battery technologies

South Korean semiconductor companies are making a concerted push into Japan, positioning themselves to capture opportunities in one of the world's most underpenetrated but promising system semiconductor markets. With Japan commanding over twice the market share of South Korea in this domain, the nation has emerged as a strategic "blue ocean" for Korean IC design firms and AI hardware startups seeking growth beyond their domestic confines

South Korea's LX Semicon has reportedly secured a position in Apple's supply chain for OLED display driver ICs (DDIs) used in the latest iPad Pro models, marking a significant breakthrough in its diversification strategy. According to ChosunBiz, LX Semicon is now competing directly with Samsung Electronics' System LSI division, which had previously been the sole supplier of DDIs for the iPad Pro's OLED panels

Samsung Electronics will begin expanding investment in sixth-generation 10nm-class DRAM (1c DRAM) production starting in the second half of 2025. Industry observers interpret this move as Samsung's effort to rapidly restore its semiconductor leadership by significantly improving 1c DRAM yields and scaling up manufacturing facilities, drawing close attention to subsequent developments

Amid the global restructuring of semiconductor supply chains, Chinese investors are intensifying bets on critical upstream technologies. China-based Shanghai Huahong's industrial fund, Huahong Hongxin, recently led a Series A investment in Beijing's Largebeam Tech, bolstering its foothold in semiconductor metrology equipment and advancing its strategy for vertical integration and supply chain independence

The Vietnamese National Assembly has approved an extension of the value-added tax (VAT) cut, reducing the rate from 10% to 8% until the end of 2026 to support domestic economic growth. This measure, first introduced in 2022 to aid post-pandemic recovery, received over 90% approval for continuation, reports Reuters and The Investor

In December 2024, OpenAI made headlines with 12 livestreams over 12 straight business days. Now, MiniMax — widely viewed as one of China's "AI six tigers" — is mounting a high-stakes product blitz. By June 21, 2025, it had launched four offerings: the MiniMax-M1 inference model, Hailuo 02 video model, MiniMax Agent, and Hailuo Video Agent. The fifth, MiniMax Audio, is due June 23, 2025

As Chinese companies accelerate their entry into the South Korean market, local tech giants are intensifying efforts to protect their intellectual property (IP). From TV branding disputes to OLED patent wars and semiconductor espionage, South Korea's electronics and display leaders are responding more aggressively to what they describe as growing threats of counterfeiting, trademark abuse, and technology theft

Chinese AI firms are reportedly utilizing AI compute resources in Southeast Asian nations to bypass US sanctions, exploiting regulatory frameworks that align with local laws and limit governmental intervention

China's solar manufacturing industry, commanding over 90% of the global market, is undergoing another round of disruption, driven by intensifying geopolitical pressure and abrupt policy shifts. Supply chain sources at the SNEC Photovoltaic (PV) Power Expo in Shanghai report that average capacity utilization among Chinese producers has plunged below 50%, reflecting a deepening crisis

Coretronic held its shareholders' meeting on June 18, 2025, successfully passing all proposals. The company expects that under its display business group, shipments of energy-saving, imaging, and immersive products will increase by 10-15% in 2025 year-over-year

Huawei's next-generation chip ambitions are running into technical and geopolitical headwinds. While Chinese state media CCTV recently claimed a breakthrough in 5nm production through foundry partner SMIC, the new MateBook Fold still ships with the 7nm Kirin X90. TechInsights, via Wccftech, confirms the chip is built on SMIC's N+2 node — identical to the Kirin 9020 — falling short of the 5 nm-class N+3 process. The findings cast doubt on Huawei's progress and suggest mass-market deployment of 5nm chips remains at least a year away

South Korea has successfully developed domestic computer numerical control (CNC) technology, breaking the grip of foreign suppliers on a critical manufacturing component that governs more than half the country's machinery operations