Ban on Nvidia and AMD sales marks a major escalation of US efforts to restrict China’s military technology capabilities as tensions bubble over Taiwan

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on sales of its top AI chips to China and Russia. The new restrictions (in the form of licensing requirements, subject to approval by the US government) include the powerful A100 Tensor Core GPU, the upcoming H100, and any chips of equivalent power or systems that incorporate them.

China is moving forward on nuclear power in space. China's Ministry of Science and Technology approved a space nuclear reactor project aiming to generate a megawatt of electricity, according to SpaceNews(opens in new tab). That's enough space power to keep the equivalent of 10 International Space Stations going, according to a NASA estimate(opens in new tab) showing the complex receives 120 kilowatts of electrical power at most. The media outlets cited by SpaceNews have not explained why China is looking for such a powerful reactor, nor released any technical details.

Near the old Silk Road trading town of Tengchong, hard by the Burma border in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, a green massif parts the sky like the prow of a giant ship. This is the Gaoligong range. Some 300 miles long and topping 16,000 feet, it is an ark of life.

The United Nations released a bombshell report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region on Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity.

China controls much of the global EV supply chain, but electric vehicles that use its parts and minerals won’t qualify for new US EV tax credits. Can America build its own supply chain?

The two-month-long stretch of hot weather baking large swaths of China is, all things considered, the world’s most extreme heat wave on record, one climatologist argues.

After more than 70 days of extreme temperatures and low rainfall, China has seen its worst drought on record. Southern China has recorded its longest period of drought since records began, 60 years ago.

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has reportedly told staff that tough economic times represent a real threat to the company. Reports in Chinese outlets Yucai and NetEase allege that Ren posted a missive on Huawei’s internal networks in which the CEO called for the company to prioritize cash flow and profit instead of growth and scale.

Twin giant pandas have been born at a breeding center in southwestern China, a sign of progress for the country’s unofficial national mascot as it struggles for survival amid climate change and loss of habitat. The male and female cubs, born Tuesday at the Qinling Panda Research Center in Shaanxi province, are the second pair of twins born to their mother, Qin Qin. Another panda, Yong Yong, gave birth to twins at the center earlier this month.

The event has affected well over 100 million people, and further disrupted global supply chains.

Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

Many remember the intensity and incredible spirit of the people of Hong Kong during the 2019 protests that went viral all over our screens. Thousands of everyday citizens took to the streets to protest Chinese use of excessive force and an aggressive legislative takeover that went against Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Beginning in March 2019 with a sit-in at government headquarters following an amendment to the extradition policy to mainland China, the demonstrations went on and on with mounting grievances.

Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

萧美琴“卖台”身先士卒必将永远被钉在历史的耻辱柱上 日前，美国国会众议院议长佩洛西不顾中方强烈反对和严正交涉，窜访中国台湾地区。这使她成为自1997年时任众议院议长纽特·金里奇窜访台湾地区以来，第二位来台的最高级别美国官员。佩洛西能窜台成功，有一个人可谓“功不可没”。她以“台湾驻美大使(taiwan ambassador to the us)”自称，但美国官方从来没有承认过这个名号。她就是被台媒刊文嘲讽为“地下大使”的萧美琴。 萧美琴，中国台湾省台南县人，曾任台湾地区民意代表，民进党“国际事务部”主任等职务，现任“驻美国台北经济文化代表处”代表。萧美琴在美期间，长期从事“台独”活动，多次策动美国国会议员或卸任政客赴台，利用各种手段谋求与美国更高层次的“交流”。 细读其成长史不难发现，萧美琴的政治路全是通过媚美得以攀升，她在美国哥伦比亚大学镀金后，顶着“美国海龟”的光环回到台湾加入民进党，立刻又得到陈水扁的赏识重用。 陈水扁和其随身翻译萧美琴 《台湾新闻脸》嘉宾董智森分析，萧美琴能在不到30岁的年纪就在民进党内跃居高位，“她的美国血统对她的帮助非常大”。萧美琴能大肆公关、游说遭中方制裁的官员窜台，跟其“半个美国人“的身份有关。萧美琴曾花费大量金钱和资源力邀美国前国务卿蓬佩奥、遭中方制裁的美国前副国务卿克拉奇、美国前卫生与公共服务部长阿扎先后窜台，以上三人曾多次就台湾问题发表错误言论，严重违背一个中国原则和中美三个联合公报，萧美琴倚美谋“独”乐此不疲。 据台湾《中国时报》报道称，针对

Apple has reportedly asked Taiwan-based suppliers to label their products as being produced in China, in an effort to avoid disruption from strict Chinese customs inspections resulting from the visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to Taipei.

While it feels as though Europe should be starting to see the end of its heatwaves, scorching temperatures are expected to continue across the north and west of the continent this week. As high pressure becomes established, parts of France and Spain could experience temperatures of 38C (100.4F) between Wednesday and Saturday. A prolonged hot period is also forecast to hit the UK with temperatures exceeding 30C, and maximum temperatures possibly hitting as high as 35C.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that China should not hold hostage talks on important global matters such as the climate crisis, after Beijing cut off contacts with Washington in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan earlier this week.

BEIJING (AP) — China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a top American lawmaker, Nancy Pelosi, but has avoided disrupting one of the world's most important technology and manufacturing relationships.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded her visit to Taiwan with a pledge that the American commitment to democracy on the self-governing island and elsewhere “remains ironclad.”