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Tuesday 14 October 2025
Commentary: China weaponizes rare earth dominance, global tech to pay the price
China tightened rare earth export controls after its National Day holidays, using its dominant production capacity to pressure US firms and advanced chipmakers amid rising supply...
Tuesday 14 October 2025
EU plans mandatory EV quotas for corporate fleets, pressuring carmakers
The European Union is preparing to push its green transition into a new and more forceful phase — one that could spark a contentious standoff with parts of its own automotive...
Tuesday 14 October 2025
China expands rare earth export controls to midstream and end products
On October 9, 2025, China's Ministry of Commerce issued Announcements No. 61 and 62, expanding export controls on rare earths. The scope now extends beyond raw materials to include...
Tuesday 14 October 2025
China expands lithium battery export curbs, deepening global supply risks
In just three months, China has implemented two sweeping rounds of export restrictions on its lithium battery supply chain, marking a sharp shift in Beijing's strategy from simple...
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia caught in G2 tech crossfire
Nexperia, a Dutch semiconductor company and a key supplier of essential "long-tail" components used in cars and industrial equipment, has become an unexpected casualty of the intensifying...
Monday 13 October 2025
Russia unveils 10-year roadmap for EUV lithography development
The Institute of Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPM RAS) has recently announced a long-term roadmap for the development of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...
Monday 13 October 2025
Singapore's Megaspeed faces US and local probes over alleged Nvidia chip diversion to China
Megaspeed International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based AI computing company, is under intensifying scrutiny as both US and Singapore authorities investigate its alleged role in diverting...
Monday 13 October 2025
Netherlands seizes control of Nexperia, deepening Europe-China tech rift

The Dutch government has taken extraordinary steps to limit Chinese group Wingtech Technology's control over its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia,...

Monday 13 October 2025
Geopolitics and protectionism test China's auto dominance in Russia

When global automakers fled Russia in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Chinese car companies moved in with astonishing...

Friday 10 October 2025
Beijing targets Qualcomm and TechInsights in widening tech crackdown
China has intensified its regulatory actions against foreign companies amid escalating tensions with the US, launching an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm while adding several...
Thursday 9 October 2025
US expands export controls, citing Chinese firms' support for Hamas and Houthis
The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on October 8, 2025, that it is placing 29 Chinese and Hong Kong entities onto its strengthened Entity...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
US rebuilds rare earth supply chain to cut China dependence
The global rare earth market has long been dominated by China, encompassing everything from ore extraction to separation and refining, and even magnet manufacturing. Although the...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
YMTC eyes HBM market entry to disrupt top three
Chinese NAND Flash giant Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) is preparing to enter the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market and is anticipating a technological breakthrough. As...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Japan to expand export controls on dual-use technologies from October 9
Japan will expand export controls to cover general-purpose machine tools, integrated circuits, drones, radar, navigation, and testing equipment, requiring companies to verify potential...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Taiwan's silicon shield under siege as US accelerates chip onshoring
A US proposal to evenly split advanced semiconductor production between Taiwan and the United States has sparked deep concern in the industry and triggered a political debate in Taipei,...