US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had to tread carefully on her four-day visit to Beijing.
Washington is considering requiring cloud providers to seek government permission before serving some Chinese firms,the Wall Street Journal reports.
US government officials have downplayed expectations for major breakthroughs on the treasury secretary’s four-day trip,which begins when she arrives in Beijing on Thursday.
China dominates the production of many critical raw materials for advanced technologies,and is willing to weaponise that.
New restrictions on exports of technologies critical to developing the advanced semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence have been announced in the Netherlands and are imminent in the US.
Premier Li Qiang has warned of potential confrontation if the efforts by the US,Europe and others to reduce their dependence on China for strategic products go too far.
The European Commission this week unveiled a new economic security plan aimed at limiting its exports of strategic technologies to China while strengthening screening of sensitive inbound investments to Europe.
China’s homemade passenger jet has finally made its debut after a 16-year odyssey. It is a key part of a much bigger plan.
Labels will be required to provide detailed warnings about calorie content of all booze and the risk of cancer,liver disease,and drinking while pregnant.
China has just shown how vulnerable it is in the escalating global war over technology.
Don Farrell says he will raise the plight of detained Australians during his trip to Beijing,and hopes to host China’s counterpart at the minister’s South Australian vineyard.