China weaponized that near-monopoly last year by choking off its flow of processed critical materials and forcing the U.S. government to back off during a trade war. Solvay then restarted work and has …
Hugging Face CEO says China is winning the AI race and dominating on open models
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss why he says China is winning the AI race and more.
US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets
A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses …
Trump election claims debunked, US critical minerals fears: 7 US-China relations reads
From smaller US-China AI gap to crawfish soup on Mars, here are highlights from our overseas correspondents in the second half of July 2026.
China steps up protection for chip designs in revised regulations
The tightened standards reflect the greater strategic importance Beijing is assigning to technology developed by Chinese companies.
China cues start of leaders’ secretive Beidaihe summer retreat
China’s Communist Party appeared to kick off its annual closed-door retreat in the seaside resort of Beidaihe, an informal gathering that perennially sparks rumours of power …
Top US commander vows China won’t dominate the Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Pacific Command chief, Admiral Samuel Paparo, is warning that coercive actions by China and others are challenging regional stability in the Indo-Pacific …
China’s Sinopec opens high-end PVA plant, eyes import substitution
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Chinese oil major Sinopec said on Monday it had started up a new polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin plant in Chongqing, expanding its production of high-end materials to help …
US companies win billions in African data center deals in direct competition with China
From Lesotho to Gabon, American firms are winning AI data center and power contracts worth billions as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies in Africa.
How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.