Leopold Chen

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Leopold Chen |Kandy Wong |Frank Chen

China’s escalating protests against new US restrictions targeting Chinese-made microchips are a sign of Beijing’s determination not to cede any more ground in its stand-off with Washington over a basket of tech and trade issues, analysts said. The United States last week announced a global ban on the use of advanced artificial intelligence-powered chips made by Chinese companies – the latest in a string of export curbs targeting China’s semiconductor industry.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Alice Li |Leopold Chen

China’s imports of American soybeans and pork plunged to zero in early May and have yet to recover despite the US-China tariff truce, suggesting the trade war may have done lasting damage to a key US export trade. For years, China has been a vital market for US agricultural products, with American farmers exporting more than US$12.8 billion of soybeans alone to the country in 2024, according to US government figures.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong |Leopold Chen

Washington’s recent revocation of Biden-era rules governing access to artificial-intelligence chips does not mean that the US is easing its curbs on China’s technological development, according to analysts who instead see the move as a more targeted approach being taken in the race for tech supremacy.