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Rumors have been circulating that NVIDIA has stopped taking orders for its H20 chips customized for China since August. Now, according to the latest report by Bloomberg, regulators in China have been advising companies against buying H20, as part of the country’s strategy to bolster its semiconduc...
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China's industrial enterprises' profits saw a significant decline in August, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on September 27. In August, industrial profits fell by 17.8% year-over-year, a sharp decline from July’s 4.1% increase, marking a 21.9 percentage point decre...
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Recently, a report by People's Daily notes that according to data released by China's customs authorities, in the first eight months of this year, China’s integrated circuit (IC) exports amounted to RMB 736.04 billion, an increase of 24.8%. IC exports have surpassed automotive exports (which total...
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While South Korean memory giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix saw their sales in China double in the first half of this year, the country as a whole seems to heavily rely on China for essential semiconductor raw materials as well, with silicon, germanium, gallium and indium seeing the largest in...
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Faced with the dual challenges of an aging population and a sluggish economy, China has decided to undertake a significant reform, announcing the first increase in the retirement age since the 1950s. The new policy raises the retirement age for men to 63, while for women, it will be adjusted to betw...