China

U.S. Charges Chinese Company Hytera for Conspiring with ex-Motorola Staff to Steal Technology

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it has criminally charged China-based telecommunications company Hytera for conspiring with former Motorola Solutions Inc employees to steal the American company’s digital mobile radio technology. In a partially redacted indictment unsealed in the North District of Illinois, the government alleges that Hytera Communications Corp recruited Motorola employees to […]

U.S. Lawmakers Pass COMPETE Act to Support Chip Manufacturing

The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Friday the $300 billion America COMPETES Act directed at supporting technological investments to compete with rivals in its semiconductor manufacturing.  The Act will deliver extensive subsidies for manufacturing and research, all while improving the pre-existing U.S. trade policy as the country stands in a manufacturing face-off with China’s […]

U.S. House Set to Pass Sweeping Vote on China Competition Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives was expected to pass on Friday a multibillion-dollar bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China and boosting U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, despite Republican opposition. The Democratic-majority House is expected to back the “Competes Act” largely along party lines. Passage would send the measure for negotiations with the Senate on a […]

AFL-CIO Strongly Backs U.S. House Bill on China Competition, Chips

The largest U.S. labor organization said Monday it strongly supported a U.S. House of Representatives bill designed to improve competition with China, boost U.S. semiconductor production and reform key trade provisions. The AFL-CIO trade federation representing 12.5 million workers said in a letter to lawmakers the bill’s $52 billion for chips is critical to “addressing […]

U.S. House Bill on China Competitiveness, Chip Investment, Coming Soon - Pelosi

The U.S. House of Representatives will soon introduce a bill to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and boost federal spending on semiconductors, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as the Biden administration seeks to boost domestic chip production. “The House will soon introduce its competitiveness bill,” she said in a note to Democratic colleagues. The […]

Beijing Directs Attention towards “Core” Technology Startups

China is keeping up with the rapid speed of technological development, and Beijing is aligning its vision to become the world’s biggest economy with heavy investments into its sector’s core technology startups.   According to the Wall Street Journal, China is restraining the influence of what once were the leading tech companies in the country, and at some point globally, […]

China's CATL Launches Battery Swap Service for Electric Cars

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd on Tuesday launched a battery swap service for electric vehicles (EV) called EVOGO, which it said would allow drivers to change car batteries in one minute. The battery maker will set up swap stations in ten cities around China and users will be able to access the service via […]

Beijing and the Gulf re-initiate discussion on the Free Trade Agreement

Ties between Beijing and the Gulf are being forged to heighten economic cooperation to reach a free trade agreement, as both regions tackle geopolitical matters with the West.  Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, revealed Beijing’s intentions of gaining momentum on the growth of developing a free trade era with the Emirates, with the intentions of […]

China's President Calls for Harsher Regulations on Tech Industry

Chinese President Xi Jinping is seeking to further tighten the grip on the country’s digital economy, demanding altered regulations and governance over the industry.  The President expressed his vision of China’s digital economy, referring to its growth as “unhealthy” development, with a goal of reinforcing China’s economic growth through technological development.  China should “cultivate a […]

New Oriental laid off 60,000 staff after China's education crackdown, founder says

China’s New Oriental dismissed 60,000 employees and saw operating income plunge by 80% after Beijing enforced new sweeping rules on the country’s private education industry that barred for-profit tutoring last year, according to its founder. Yu Minhong, who founded the company in 1993, published the figures on his official WeChat account on Saturday in a […]