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South Korea ramps up spy law to protect chip secrets from China
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (822+ words) Government and industry reports have sounded the alarm that China may overtake South Korea in terms of chips prowess, which has become central to the latter’s economy. Published Sep 11, 2026, 09:09 AM South Korea is tightening its defences against industrial espionage with…...
Belgium detains Chinese man on suspicion of semiconductor espionage
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (233+ words) The man was suspected of simultaneously acting as a director of a Chinese company that made the same kind of chips as Belgian microchip maker Belgan. Published Sep 07, 2026, 05:16 PM Updated Sep 07, 2026, 06:03 PM BRUSSELS – Prosecutors in Belgium said they have held…...
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ designation
2+ week, 2+ day ago (437+ words) CXMT is China’s top maker of dynamic random-access memory chips, which are widely used in smartphones, personal computers, servers, artificial intelligence systems and other electronics. Published Aug 29, 2026, 10:10 AM Updated Aug 29, 2026, 03:30 PM China’s top memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), sued…...
Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
3+ week, 3+ day ago (325+ words) Nvidia says it has no China-specific products on its roadmap. Published Aug 21, 2026, 09:59 AM Updated Aug 21, 2026, 10:10 AM SAN FRANCISCO – Nvidia on Aug 20 denied a report by American tech and business media outlet The Information that it plans to begin shipping a…...
China says it ‘firmly opposes’ Trump drone tariffs
3+ week, 4+ day ago (240+ words) US President Donald Trump announced duties of up to 100 per cent on imports of unmanned drones and their components. Published Aug 20, 2026, 04:28 PM Updated Aug 20, 2026, 04:49 PM BEIJING – China said on Aug 20 it “firmly opposes” new US tariffs on imports of unmanned…...