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US Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech rivalry

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:46 AM

The US Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology. Read more »

Top China, US trade officials hold 'candid' first talks

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 27 01:29 PM

Trade officials from the US and China have held "candid, pragmatic" talks, China's commerce ministry said Thursday, their first discussions under the Biden era as Washington scrutinises whether Beijing is holding up its end of a trade pact. Read more »

Huawei plans to launch new operating system for phones in June

Reuters
Posted at May 25 02:01 PM

China's Huawei Technologies said it will launch its new Harmony operating system for smartphones on June 2, its biggest move yet aimed at recovering from the damage done by US sanctions to its mobile phone business.   Read more »

Huawei CEO calls for push into software to weather US pressure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 11:36 AM

The head of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has called for an all-out push into software, an internal memo seen Tuesday says, as part of an accelerating product diversification aimed at weathering US sanctions. Read more »

Huawei founder urges software push to counter US sanctions

Reuters
Posted at May 24 09:17 PM

Founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Ren Zhengfei has called on staff at the company to "dare to lead the world" in software as the company seeks growth beyond hardware operations crippled by US sanctions. Read more »

US industry group applauds NYSE move to delist three Chinese telecoms companies

South China Morning Post
Updated as of May 13 01:00 PM

A US industry group on Monday applauded the New York Stock Exchange's move to delist China's big three telecommunications carriers to comply with a ban introduced last year by the Trump administration. Read more »

China says to take necessary measures to uphold rights of Chinese companies

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 04:22 PM

China said on Friday it would take necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of Chinese companies, after the United States added Chinese supercomputing entities to an economic blacklist. Read more »

China's Xiaomi soars as US judge lifts it from backlist

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 01:39 PM

Shares in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi surged more than 10 percent in Hong Kong on Monday after a US judge removed it from a blacklist that barred American companies from investing in it. Read more »

Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by US tensions, staff defections

David Kirton, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 08:15 AM

Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd built up such a successful US business over the past decade that it almost drove all competitors out of the market. Read more »

China says ready to enhance exchanges with US on trade, economic front

Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 04:06 PM

China is ready to enhance exchanges with the United States on the trade and economic fronts, Wang Wentao, the country's new commerce minister, said on Wednesday. Read more »

Joe Biden to work with allies to stop China’s ‘economic abuses’

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 26 12:21 PM

Pledging ‘an approach of patience’, White House press secretary says Biden will evaluate the tariffs currently in place. Deliberations over the ban on investment in companies including China Mobile are being undertaken by the State and Treasury departments, says the spokeswoman. Read more »

Departing EXIM chief urges Biden team to counter Chinese lending dominance

Andrea Shalal and David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 10:42 AM

The head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) on Monday urged the Biden administration to keep pushing to neutralize Chinese export subsidies and help US companies compete, building on gains made under Donald Trump. Read more »

US-China trade war deal reaches 1st anniversary as bilateral mistrust hits ‘all-time high’

Cissy Zhou, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 15 01:12 PM

One year after signing the phase one trade deal with the US, China remains far behind in its commitment to buy more American goods, though the agreement has been a vital sticking plaster in a fast deteriorating bilateral relationship, experts said.   Read more »

Biden likely to improve ties with Asia, end 'silly trade war' -Mahathir

Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 02:43 PM

After four years of dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump, Asia can expect President-elect Joe Biden to improve ties with traditionally supportive nations and end a "silly trade war" with China, Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad said.   Read more »

EU companies in China should 'prepare for the worst' in digital decoupling - report

Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 09:20 AM

Digital decoupling between China and the United States could severely impact EU businesses in China and they should "prepare for the worst" and may be forced into a costly separation of their international operations, European business groups said. Read more »

Huawei looks to cloud services in 2021 as US sanctions strangle smartphone business

Karen Chiu, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 04 01:05 PM

The firm’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, says the Chinese giant should learn from global leaders Amazon and Microsoft. Staff were told to focus on some aspects of cloud computing and scale back to survive rather than trying to follow US giants or Alibaba. Read more »

Beijing protests over move to delist Chinese telecoms firms from New York Stock Exchange

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 08:23 AM

China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom Hong Kong will be removed from the NYSE to comply with an executive order from Donald Trump. The Commerce ministry in Beijing says US is abusing national security concerns and vows to safeguard the firms’ interests. Read more »

US publishes list of Chinese and Russian firms with military ties

Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 06:10 PM

The Trump administration on Monday published a list of Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties that restrict them from buying a wide range of US goods and technology.   Read more »

China’s trade pivot from US could be a boon for South Korea, Japan and Taiwan

Karen Yeung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 01:19 PM

South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are seen as likely economic winners as China turns away from reliance on US imports. Asian hi-tech exporters are expected to soak up demand from the world‘s second largest economy as it looks to skirt sanctions. Read more »

Barack Obama: ‘I could not have a trade war’ with China due to global financial crisis

Cissy Zhou and Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 18 01:16 PM

Former US president Barack Obama explains that he was ‘hamstrung’ on dealing with China’s trade policies by global economic meltdown. Obama says he ‘had to make sure we did not start a trade war that tipped the world into a depression’, on the back of the global financial crisis of 2008-09. Read more »