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Monday 16 June 2025
Former US army secretary leads Taiwan defense talks ahead of Ukraine visit
Defense industry autonomy has emerged as a global priority amid escalating geopolitical tensions. The Taiwan-US Defense Industry Forum recently concluded with former US Army Secretary...
Monday 16 June 2025
Accton expands Vietnam investment to strengthen global manufacturing
Networking equipment maker Accton Technology has approved an additional US$42.53 million investment in its Vietnam manufacturing facility, significantly boosting its production capacity...
Monday 16 June 2025
Vietnam pushes forward major administrative consolidation to streamline governance
Vietnam is embarking on its most extensive administrative restructuring since 1945, aiming to boost efficiency and reduce public sector costs. The country's National Assembly has...
Monday 16 June 2025
Taiwan adds Huawei, SMIC, others to export control entity list
On June 15, the International Trade Administration (ITA) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has updated its Strategic High-Tech Commodities Export Control Entity List, adding...
Monday 16 June 2025
VinFast commits to full local sourcing, expands supplier support to boost Vietnam's EV supply chain
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has committed to purchasing all contracted products from local supply chain partners as part of its strategy to deepen domestic integration and enhance...
Monday 16 June 2025
US local governments focus on targeted industry incentives to attract investment
In the US, local government incentive programs for business attraction primarily hinge on factors such as the number of jobs created, salaries, duration, and capital investment amounts...
Friday 13 June 2025
Huawei founder: US is a generation ahead—but China will find a way
On the eve of high-level trade talks between the United States and China in London, an unusually candid interview with Zhengfei Ren, founder of Huawei, appeared in the Chinese state-run...
Friday 13 June 2025
SK Hynix unveils 30-Year DRAM roadmap with Vertical Gate, 3D stack in bid to extend Moore's Law
SK Hynix has unveiled a long-term roadmap for next-generation DRAM technologies, laying out a vision that aims to drive sustainable innovation over the next 30 years as the global...
Friday 13 June 2025
OpenAI reportedly seeks US$40 billion in new funding, eyes global investors including Saudi PIF and Reliance
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise up to US$40 billion in a major funding round, with potential backing from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), India's Reliance Industries,...
Friday 13 June 2025
China's NEV market battle drives LFP to new market share heights
The power batteries used in new energy vehicles (NEVs) are mainly dominated by ternary lithium batteries and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. China, which accounts for nearly...
Friday 13 June 2025
Fujitsu sells power modules business to India-based L&T Semiconductor and Kaynes Semicon in strategic realignment
Fujitsu General Ltd. announced that it agreed to sell its power modules business, operated by subsidiary Fujitsu General Electronics Ltd. (FGEL), to India's L&T Semiconductor...
Thursday 12 June 2025
India has two weeks to avoid an EV industry crisis, analysts warn
India's EV industry faces the risk of large-scale production halts by the end of July unless China clears rare earth export approvals within the next two weeks, according to Puneet...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's STAR Market reforms spark record M&A wave as tech firms seek scale and strategy
Marking the first anniversary of China's "Eight Measures for the STAR Market"—a landmark reform package aimed at boosting tech innovation and industrial upgrading—the...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Samsung and Groq to produce world's fastest AI chip using 4nm process, mass production slated for 2H25
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market with a new collaboration alongside Groq, aiming to bring their jointly developed chip...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China IC exports up 18.9%; ASEAN overtakes US as largest trade partner
China is ramping up trade ties with ASEAN and the EU as US-China tensions deepen and global supply chains continue to shift. According to June 2025 data from the General Administration...