China Opens First Photonic Computing Lab to Sidestep US Chip Curbs
On June 11, 2026, Shanghai Jiao Tong University inaugurated the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Integrated Photonic Computing Chips and Systems — China’s first dedicated industry-academia platform for photonic computing. The lab’s director,…
China’s $295B AI Data Center Plan Squeezes Out Nvidia
On June 9, Bloomberg reported that Chinese government agencies have finalized a blueprint to spend approximately 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) over five years on a nationwide network of interconnected AI data centers. The plan, coordinated by the…
Dreame’s Downfall Exposes Flaws in China’s State-Backed Tech Funding
China’s rare earth export restrictions, imposed in April as retaliation against U.S. tariffs, have exposed a vulnerability that Western governments have talked about for a decade but done almost nothing to fix. The controls disrupted production at…
Ford CATL Battery Plant Shows China Grip on EV Supply Chain
In Marshall, Michigan — a town of 7,000 people about 100 miles west of Detroit — a $3 billion battery plant is rising from what used to be soybean fields. The factory, backed by Ford Motor Company and powered by licensed technology from China’s…
Ford’s B CATL Battery Plant Reveals China’s Unbreakable Grip on EV Supply Chains
In Marshall, Michigan — a town of 7,000 people about 100 miles west of Detroit — a $3 billion battery plant is rising from what used to be soybean fields. The factory, backed by Ford Motor Company and powered by licensed technology from China’s…
China Builds Grid-Forming Renewable Project to Solve Stability
A 220 kV step-up substation in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, is entering the civil construction phase as part of China’s most ambitious effort to date to solve the grid stability problems created by large-scale renewable energy. The Zhangbei…
China Rare Earth Dominance Exposed by Export Restrictions
China’s rare earth export restrictions, imposed in April as retaliation against U.S. tariffs, have exposed a vulnerability that Western governments have talked about for a decade but done almost nothing to fix. The controls disrupted production at…
Huawei HarmonyOS 7 Brings Agentic AI to Challenge Android
Huawei announced HarmonyOS 7 at its annual developer conference on June 12, pushing deeper into agentic AI as the company tries to build a mobile ecosystem that can stand on its own without Google’s Android. The update, which ships to devices…
Xiaomi Hits Record High as China Tech Stocks Rally on Trade Hopes
Chinese stocks rallied on Thursday as investors bet that easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing would unlock a broader recovery in the country’s technology sector. Xiaomi shares jumped 5.7% to a record high of HK$72.85 in Hong Kong,…
US and China Reach Trade Framework on Tariffs and Rare Earths
The United States and China reached a preliminary trade framework on June 11 after two days of talks in London, agreeing to roll back some of the tit-for-tat tariffs and export controls that have rattled global markets since April. The deal, announced by…
