Alibaba Cloud porting Android to RISC-V
Unable for the US to stop it
Alibaba Cloud has advanced its work to port Android to the RISC-V in a move which will stop the US from preventing China getting its paws on US tech.
Electronic companies abandoning Covid 19 ravaged China
More than 30 Taiwan companies can’t cope with government measures
More than 30 Taiwan companies, many making electronics parts, said that government COVID-19 control measures in eastern China had led them to suspend production until at least next week.
Apple might return to China to make new and happy memories
Price is important
Fruit and nutty cargo cult Apple is thinking to go to China for memory chips in iPhones, after a key Japanese partner had an output disruption.
China spending $150 billion to upgrade on semiconductor production
Only a matter of time
The Chinese government has been spending over $150 billion by 2030.
China exports more electric cars than anyone else
500,000 electric cars in 2021
China is now the world’s biggest exporter of electric cars.
US attempts to crack down on spying turned out to be just racism
Let's get the Chinese brainboxes they must be spies
The US Justice Department is giving up on its controversial China Initiative which was supposed to crack down on foreign spying but was just a cover to target Chinese academics and tech researchers.
Cambodia discovers there is a hole in its Great Wall Internet plans
Someone forgot to buy the gear
Redfaced Cambodian government officials slammed the brakes on a plan to build a great firewall similar to China because someone forgot to order the right gear.
Chinese want local chips
Decoupling might be a bad thing
Manufacturers in China are increasingly looking to source chips locally because they fear the US and other governments may prioritise domestic users of the semiconductors vital to national security.
China closing games companies
Holding off on game licences
China is continuing to hold off from issuing new game licenses to app developers, in regulatory inaction that has led to the shuttering of around 140,000 small game studios and related companies in the country.
China’s moon plans making the NASA look a bit silly
Space travel is really for socialism
"China has formally approved three missions targeting the south pole of the moon, with the first to launch around 2024. each with different goals and an array of spacecraft.