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A Chinese court has frozen US$318 million in Nexperia assets across three cities until 2029, escalating Wingtech's lawsuit — filed under China's anti-foreign sanctions law — that seeks US$1.17…
Henry Homayoun Radamson, a Swedish chip expert and 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award recipient, died in Shanghai on August…
Beijing's decision to block Meta's US$2 billion acquisition of autonomous AI agent start-up Manus — and the company's subsequent…
A major fab in Wuxi is targeting 80% domestic equipment — and YMTC, once 50% reliant on US tools, is building a new plant almost…
With Diwali weeks away, the Centre has halved the sugar stock limit for dealers to 2,000 quintals — and the crackdown is already…
Galactic Energy's Pallas-1 — a 52-metre, 283-tonne rocket built to fly 25 times — reached orbit on 1 September 2026, making it…
Huawei spent a record 121.4 billion yuan — over 25% of its H1 2026 revenue — on R&D, sending net profit down 36% and flipping…
Shanghai has opened a space-computing industry hub in Songjiang — home to Starlink rival SpaceSail and its 15,000-satellite…
MetaX Integrated Circuits swung to a 612 million yuan profit in H1 2026 — reversing a 186 million yuan loss — as China's…
