Trump's tariff threat on pharmaceuticals is exposing a major US vulnerability: dependence on China for drug supplies. Experts warn that Beijing could potentially exploit this reliance as leverage in an escalating trade war.
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NEW (#TradeWar) via @CNN.com's @johnliunn.bsky.social & Nectar Gan:

"#China appears to have quietly rolled back retaliatory taris of 125% on some semiconductors made in the US."
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In the world of electric vehicles, there is a Chinese company outdoing Elon Musk’s Tesla. And it’s just getting started.

Here's a mini-profile on the rise of BYD, the Chinese EV champion, and how it is upending the global market for clean-energy cars:
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Late to the race, but catching up fast — Chinese humanoid robot firms are closing the gap with American frontrunners like Tesla and Boston Dynamics, leveraging supply chain mastery and cost-cutting to speed up mass production.
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Worries abound among Taiwanese over the security implications of TSMC's new US investment, but analysts have lauded its agile decision in navigating uncertainty posed by Trump. TSMC's move also adds pressure on other firms, like Samsung.
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Great @csis.org report with many previously unreported details, including that Huawei has received two million logic dies from TSMC through shell companies, and that it has stockpiled at least a full year worth of HBM before restrictions kicked in.

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Huge news: Trump said the $100 billion investment will contribute to building two additional advanced chipmaking facilities in Arizona — on top of the company’s existing three already in the works, calling TSMC the “most powerful company in the world.”
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Two decades ago, a modest shop in the middle of China’s Henan province saw its business take off after selling soft serve for just 1 yuan. Today, it has overtaken McDonald’s & Starbucks as the world’s largest food and beverage chain by number of stores.
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Besides the slow rollout of AI features and fierce competition from Chinese brands like Oppo, Huawei and Vivo, which often offer higher specs at lower prices, Apple also faces challenges like greater patriotism among Chinese consumers, analyst said.
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Inbound investment in China plummeted to a four-year low in January, prompting Beijing to unveil new plans to attract foreign capital amid a flurry of economic headwinds.
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Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free and its next generation model open source, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging popularity of startup DeepSeek’s models.
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Apple will work with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to roll out AI in the world’s biggest phone market, where it is facing steep competition from domestic brands like Huawei. This follows months of uncertainty over its AI plan in China.

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Signing off the year with a cute story (with lovely photos) about how the US Government’s chips initiatives brought about the birth of a Tiny Taipei in the Arizona desert.
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China goes after Nvidia with antimonopoly investigation. The probe, a rare move by Beijing, comes a week after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced American technology to China.

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