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The United States imposed a series of sanctions on China in 2020 over human rights concerns. The US imposed visa restrictions and sanctions on Chinese officials and businesses, citing repression of Uygurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Beijing's militarisation of its claims in the South China Sea. The US also sanctioned Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials deemed responsible for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms. Beijing responded by banning a slew of US officials from entering China or doing business in China. US President Joe Biden's administration has signalled that human rights concerns will be a priority, and it could impose further sanctions on China.
While Congressional-Executive Commission on China has weaponised human and labour rights, Beijing should reciprocate by sanctioning America for widespread abuse and exploitation of prison labour.
Pledge to use city’s new domestic national security law only in compelling circumstances and to promote ‘soft power’ suggests a subtle change in government stance.
If Washington is serious about human rights, and not in it for just cheap propaganda, there are other places with huge numbers of cases worthy of its attention.
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- A US congressional probe found BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen used components from a Chinese supplier banned in the US over alleged forced labour ties
- Congress in 2021 passed the Uygur Forced Labor Prevention Act law to strengthen enforcement of laws to prevent the import of goods from China’s Xinjiang region
As tech war heats up, a crucial quantum computing component can now be made in China, it has been announced.
But one legislator warns of impacts of possible sanctions, which he says may prevent city from importing technology it needs to produce chips.
An analysis from TechInsights has found 33 China-sourced components in the standard Pura 70 handset, compared with five sourced from overseas.
The mainland’s e-commerce sector achieved a 12 per cent overall growth in the March quarter, according to data from JPMorgan.
Analysts say Beijing is preparing ‘for all types of situations’ in a trade war with the US that shows no sign of abating after six years, as the leading presidential candidates vow to turn up the heat.
China made advances in AI, big data analytics and deepfakes; its initiatives already detected in elections in Australia, Canada and Taiwan, says Avril Haines.
China should also ‘prepare for the worst’ but ‘do its best’ in response to further trade and tech frictions, Yang Jiemian tells summit in Hong Kong.
Finance deals made through smaller Chinese banks would help ‘resolve the threat of secondary sanctions’, according to fresh findings by a Renmin University institute.
China’s foreign ministry arm in the city hits out at US Consul General Gregory May, who accused authorities of curbing freedom of expression beyond its borders.
Other entities were added to the list for allegedly trying to obtain US quantum technology for China, or for seeking US parts for military drones.
Huawei’s latest high-end smartphone features more Chinese suppliers, including a new flash memory chip and an improved processor, a teardown analysis showed.
Centre for Strategic and International Studies report says punishment or abandonment of city’s special status in US law could damage remaining autonomy.
Further restrictions on access to Intel and Qualcomm chips would pose challenges to Huawei’s PC business, which has been gaining ground in the China market.
Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.
The leadership reshuffle at Huawei’s consumer business group comes as the company regains lost ground in China’s smartphone market and doubles down on electric vehicle systems.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is eyeing opportunities in digital and artificial intelligence transformation to regain ground in Asia-Pacific, according to its deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou.
Indonesia has offered the island of Bali and the nation’s new capital Nusantara as potential locations for Microsoft’s new research facility and data centre.
Chinese researchers detail how technology has transformed the region’s textile industry and led to record surge in exports.
King Yuan Electronics Co, one of the world’s largest chip testing and packaging services firms, has divested its entire stake in a subsidiary at manufacturing hub Suzhou in eastern China.
The city’s focus on China-made graphics processing units shows how mainland authorities are scrambling to build up computing resources, despite US export restrictions on advanced chips.
But American treasury secretary says the policy option is something Washington ‘would be prepared to use if necessary’.
Chinese electric vehicle start-up Xpeng said its partnership with AI chip supplier Nvidia has not been affected by tighter US trade sanctions, but it will keep its options open with local suppliers.
Reports suggest US has discussed sanctions on some Chinese banks over their trade with Russia, but analysts say moves to remove China from the Swift interbank financial system could create a ‘huge problem’ for global trade.
SenseTime’s shares gained as much as 36 per cent after the company launched the latest iteration of its SenseNova large language model.
The open-source technology, which can be used to build smartphone chips and advanced processors, is being used by major Chinese tech firms.
State Department accused Beijing of continuing to ‘dismantle’ Hong Kong’s political freedoms and autonomy in violation of Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law.
Among the buyers were the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shandong Artificial Intelligence Institute, the Hubei Earthquake Administration and a state-run aviation research centre.
