China approves import of high-end NVIDIA AI chips
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Tech is becoming the battleground. It may help make China great again.
China approves Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance to order NVIDIA H200 chips after initial ban, balancing AI competition needs with semiconductor independence goals.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of advancing AI in his first formal meeting of 2026 with ministers.
Hisham Alrayes, CEO of GFH Financial Group, said China is prioritizing open models to spread AI's gains across its economy.
China’s tech story was full of unexpected resilience in 2025. The year began with predictions of stagnation and ended with record exports, headline-grabbing AI breakthroughs, and a triumphant New Year’s speech from Xi Jinping. In official telling ...
China eases curbs on Nvidia’s H200 chip sales, signaling a cautious reopening to advanced AI tech while balancing domestic innovation and geopolitical risk.
Beijing’s efforts to tighten control over technology outflows are increasingly in tension with the need to sustain domestic innovation and global competitiveness.
Outstanding loans in both yuan and foreign currencies to tech SMEs stood at 3.63 trillion yuan ($519.63 billion) at the end of 2025, an increase of 19.8 percent year-on-year, and 13.6 percentage points faster than overall loan growth, the data revealed.
This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Lingling Wei: Are we ready? Hello and welcome to the What's News Sunday Podcast. I'm Lingling Wei, your host today. I'm the chief China ...
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