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U.S. semiconductor design company fined $140 million over China dealings
Simm Tester - Texas
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 The company pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit export control violations, requiring it to pay $140 million in forfeitures, civil, and criminal penalties. Aside from that, the court is also expected to put...
Watch: China Robot Giant Unveils Tesla Optimus Killer That Can Fist-Fight
Zero Hedge
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Unitree Robotics, China's dominant robot company, is turning heads with the release of its new humanoid that can fist-fight and perform cartwheels - capabilities that represent a direct challenge to Elon Musk's ambitions of establishing Tesla's...
Cooling off with safe summer sports in China’s Jiangsu
Borneo Post
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July 30, 2025
People play at a football complex in Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province. – Xinhua photo NANJING (July 31): As scorching summer heat blankets eastern China, the province of Jiangsu is turning up the volume on diverse, cool-to-the-touch sports...
SciTech | Jul 30, 2025 | 8 min read India pips China as top smartphone supplier to US in Q2
Ahmedabad Mirror
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Others SciTech New Delhi: India has emerged as the largest manufacturing hub for smartphones shipped into the US for the first time in Q2, 2025, as China’s share shrunk amid tariff negotiations, according to Canalys. The research from Canalys (now...
ByteDance heats up China’s instant delivery race with Alibaba, Meituan
South China Morning Post
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July 30, 2025
ByteDance’s Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, is set to heat up competition in China’s instant commerce sector against Alibaba Group Holding, JD.com and Meituan with the merger of its online shopping platform and instant delivery service,...
Redwood City Couple Accused of Human Trafficking After Hiring Nanny From China
SFist - California
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July 30, 2025
A husband and wife in Redwood City are facing human trafficking charges relating to their alleged treatment of a nanny they hired from China. Qi Li, 35, and his wife Jie Xu, 37, both face felony human trafficking charges in San Mateo County, and...
Samsung predicts gradual second-half recovery after Q2 chip profits plunge 94%
Yahoo Finance
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By Heekyong Yang, Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics forecast a gradual second-half recovery for its chips business after second-quarter operating profit at the division plunged 94% from a year earlier due to shipment...
Samsung profits drop 55% as US chip export curbs hit China sales
The Sun Daily
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July 31, 2025
SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics reported a sharp 55% drop in second-quarter operating profits, citing US export restrictions on AI chips to China as a major factor. The company posted 4.7 trillion won ($3.4 billion) in operating...
In China’s shadow, Taiwan is building a drone army to repel an invasion
Al Jazeera
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July 31, 2025
Taiepi, Taiwan – On a bright morning last month, three sea drones skimmed across Su’ao Bay, off of Taiwan’s rugged northeast coast. The tiny “stealth” Carbon Voyager 1, fast-moving Black Tide I, and explosives-carrying Sea Shark 800 were the...
Opinion: Why China won’t stop the fentanyl trade
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Hundreds of seized fentanyl pills that imitate Oxycodone M30 are kept as evidence at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Field Division lab, Aug. 1, 2023. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) The United States won’t be able to solve the...
Johnson Matthey methanol technology commissioned at three production lines in Inner Mongolia
Chemical Engineering
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July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025 | By Mary Bailey Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is pleased to announce that the three methanol production trains of Inner Mongolia Baofeng Coal-based New Materials Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ningxia Baofeng Energy...
Spain's interior ministry reiterates 'no security risk' in Huawei contract; Chinese expert hails 'pragmatic, rational' approach
Global Times
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Huawei exhibition booth at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, Spain Photo: VCG The Spanish Interior Ministry on Tuesday (local time) reiterated that the government's contract with Huawei to purchase certain storage equipment poses...
Will China win renewables race while US pivots to fossil fuels and nuclear?
South China Morning Post
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July 30, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill, signed into law earlier this month, marked a startling pivot towards fossil fuels and nuclear power, reigniting a fierce debate over how best to balance the country’s energy future with its...
2025 Tech Trends: AI Dominates Amid Quantum and Sustainability Shifts
WebProNews
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July 30, 2025
AI’s Expanding Dominance in Business Strategy As we move deeper into 2025, artificial intelligence continues to redefine corporate strategies, with executives increasingly relying on AI for everything from predictive analytics to autonomous...
‘Alien land laws’ are a modern-day Chinese Exclusion Act
People's World
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July 30, 2025
Photo via the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations A wave of racist alien land laws is sweeping across U.S. state legislatures. An alien land law refers to legislation that restricts the right of a person who is not a U.S. citizen to...
Thursday preview: US PCE price data, Chinese manufacturing in focus
ShareCast
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In the States, at 1230 BST the US Department of Commerce will release personal income and spending figures covering the month of June. Contained in that same report are readings for the core personal price deflator for the month of June, the...
China and Russia: True Partnership or an Alliance on Borrowed Time?
The Cipher Brief
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July 30, 2025
OPINION — Russia was once a proud supplier of weapons to a growing China. However, over the past few years that paradigm has shifted and that relationship has changed. In 2017, SIPRI reported that by 2015 Russia had sold roughly US $60 billion in...
Chinese Health Care Stock Pheton Holdings Collapses After Short Seller Warns Of Manipulation By 'Overseas Scammers'
Benzinga
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If you recently invested in Pheton Holdings Ltd PTHL, The Bear Cave warns that you may have fallen victim to a pump-and-dump scheme. What To Know: The Bear Cave released a report on Chinese health care company Pheton Holdings on Tuesday, which...
Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?
The Conversation
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July 30, 2025
AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing data and digital technology such as AI “to boost productivity growth, accelerate innovation and improve government services”....
Surprise at the results of Chinese research: scientists create first 'cyborg' bee
MARCA
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July 30, 2025
A few weeks ago, we discovered how to neutralize snake venom with artificial technology, and now science has surprised us once again. In China, researchers have created what they call the 'first cyborg bee', which allows them to control the...