18 April 2025

Tech war: founder of Chinese semiconductor equipment maker AMEC renounces US citizenship

Tech war: founder of Chinese semiconductor equipment maker AMEC renounces US citizenship

Semiconductor industry veteran Yin – who previously worked in the US at Applied Materials, Lam Research and Intel – identified as a US citizen in AMEC’s annual reports for 2022, 2021 and 2020. AMEC did not state Yin’s nationality in the firm’s 2023 report. The change of citizenship for Yin, 81, is the latest sign […]

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Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall in first quarter ahead of Trump’s tariffs

Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall in first quarter ahead of Trump’s tariffs

Apple’s iPhone shipments in mainland China fell 9 per cent from a year ago to 9.8 million units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC, three months after the US tech giant recaptured the top spot in the world’s largest smartphone market. That made Apple the only top-five-ranked handset vendor in China to

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Tech war: Nvidia CEO’s China visit seen as sign of market commitment amid US restrictions

Tech war: Nvidia CEO’s China visit seen as sign of market commitment amid US restrictions

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s surprise visit to Beijing to meet top Chinese officials this week was meant to convey the US chip giant’s commitment to China amid Washington’s tighter restrictions on semiconductor exports, analysts said. According to the official Xinhua news agency, Huang met He Lifeng, the Chinese vice-premier in charge of US-China trade talks,

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Temu and Shein to raise US prices from next week over Trump’s tariffs

Temu and Shein to raise US prices from next week over Trump’s tariffs

China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for US customers starting next week, a ripple effect from US President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China. Temu, which is owned by the Chinese

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