↑ China Exclusive-Nexperia's China unit switches to local firms for wafer supplies, document shows - The Chinese unit of Netherlands-based Nexperia has locked in supplies of silicon wafers from local firms to cover its entire 2026 production for one type of power chip, a document showed, after the Dutch firm stopped supplying the raw mateUK government acknowledges it is investigating cyber incident after media reports - The British government said Friday it is investigating a “cyber incident” following news reports that hackers linked to China have gained access to thousands of confidential documents held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy - A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.Nike tops earnings estimates as rising North America sales help to offset China weakness - Nike posted fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street's expectations as CEO Elliott Hill tries to turn around the company.China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees - Reuters reports that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering AI.China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgement, prosecutor says - Missouri's top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday in a newsExclusive-How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips - In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, Republican lawmakers decry Intel's testing of Chinese-linked tools after Reuters report - By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers accused Intel this week of threatening U.S. national security after Reuters revealed the chipmaker was evaluating chipmakingDoes China Have a Robot Bubble? - The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut - Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared nearly 700% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.