A Chinese chip designer, part-owned by the country’s top sanctioned chipmaker, is purchasing U.S. software and has American financial backing, relationships that underscore the difficulty Washington faces applying new rules meant to block American support for Beijing’s semiconductor industry.
The company, Brite Semiconductor, offers chip design services to at least...
BERLIN, Dec 13: The auditor hired by Volkswagen to audit its jointly-owned site in Xinjiang posted a statement on LinkedIn flagging that just two employees supervised the project, in a sign of the reputational challenges posed by undertaking such work in the region.
Volkswagen commissioned Loening GmbH to audit its...
BEIJING, Dec 13- Snow, blizzards and plunging temperatures swept northern China in what could be one of its most severe cold snaps in December, spurring authorities in the capital to halt train services, shut schools and tell people to stay home.
A mass of cold air drifted into Beijing from...
Sixty percent of British firms feel that a slowing Chinese economy presents a bigger challenge to their operations in the Asian giant than strict COVID curbs in place until late last year, according to the British Chamber of Commerce in China.
While the "peak pessimism" recorded during the pandemic is...
Children are the most worthy investment for China's economy to help stimulate consumption and expand domestic demand a Beijing policy institute said, after the country posted its first population drop in more than six decades last year.
China, the world's second-largest economy, has struggled to mount a strong post-pandemic recovery...
Old foes China and Vietnam, at odds over claims in the South China Sea, declared on Tuesday they want to boost ties and build a community with a "shared future", just three months after Hanoi upgraded its formal relations with the United States.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hanoi...
The United States has sanctioned another two Chinese officials over alleged links to human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang.
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on Friday that the sanctions applied to Gao Qi, a former...
Tibet, often revered as the "Roof of the World," stands as a bastion of mysticism and spirituality. Central to its cultural and religious identity is the institution of the Dalai Lama, believed by Tibetan Buddhists to embody the compassionate spirit of Avalokiteshvara.
The Dalai Lama, a revered spiritual leader in...
When the Philippines deploys resupply missions for Filipino soldiers living aboard an ageing warship purposefully run aground in 1999 to protect Manila's maritime claims, Beijing and Manila have been playing cat and mouse around the Second Thomas Shoal in the country's exclusive economic zone.
As tensions over claims in the...
Tibetans who want to get public sector jobs must comply with a harsh Chinese rule requiring them to denounce the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
The move would seem to violate China’s constitution, which officially protects the freedom of religion.
An official directive from Beijing released this month advertised...
