Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban

Iain Thomson, Theregister.com

'They have to give us magnets' world war fee The Chinese lockdown on rare-earth minerals has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is threatening crushing tariffs if the Middle Kingdom doesn't cough up more rare earths.…

Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DIDI TANG, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off-guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into...

'Powerful optics': China's Xi to welcome Putin, Modi in grand show of solidarity

Laurie Chen, Yahoo Entertainment

BEIJING (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping will gather more than 20 world leaders at a regional security forum in China next week in a powerful show of Global...

Trump Says China Convinced the World ‘Let’s All Do Magnets’

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

The president threatened a 200% tariff on China as he rambled incoherently Monday.

Trump threatens new China tariffs over magnets

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The US president’s escalation comes despite a 90-day pause on increased tariffs that has already been agreed.

Nvidia’s CEO says it’s in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China

apnews.com, Biztoc.com

Nvidia’s CEO says it’s in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked…

Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government — Nvidia CEO says approval is still up in the air

editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales, Tom's Hardware UK

Nvidia is still waiting for approval from the U.S. government to sell the B30 chip to China.

Did Trump’s tariff war force India and China to mend ties?

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

China and India have agreed to resume trade ties and move towards resolving their longstanding border dispute.

"I'm worried about China" — OpenAI's Sam Altman doesn't believe export controls will slow foreign progress in AI supremacy war

c.cale.hunt@gmail.com (Cale Hunt) , Cale Hunt, Windows Central

In an interview with CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that he doesn't believe export controls will work to curb China's AI progress, and that the US is underestimating its power.

A shipbuilding behemoth is rising in China. By scale, nothing else comes close.

Chris Panella, Business Insider

The merger helps China consolidate its shipbuilding and centralize government control, putting it in a position to continue dominating the market.

Sam Altman says there was a big reason OpenAI released its open-weight models

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan, Business Insider

"It was clear that if we didn't do it, the world was gonna be mostly built on Chinese open source models," Altman said.

Pot calls kettle black as China dubs US 'surveillance empire' over chip tracking

Tobias Mann, Theregister.com

Spy vs spy in the chips Comment Chinese state media called the US an aspiring "surveillance empire" over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.…

Jimmy Lai: Closing arguments in Hong Kong tycoon national security trail begin

Laura Westbrook, NPR

Lai is accused of colluding with foreign forces under the controversial national security law, which Beijing imposed.

A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China’s Engineering State

Dan Wang, The Atlantic

As the Chinese economy surges forward, the U.S. has lost its capacity for physical improvement.

Hong Kong court begins hearing final arguments in Jimmy Lai's national security trial

KANIS LEUNG, Yahoo Entertainment

A Hong Kong court began hearing final arguments Monday in the landmark national security trial of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, who could...

Trump says Xi assured him China won’t invade Taiwan during his presidency

Express Web Desk, The Indian Express

The remarks came ahead of Trump’s planned talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

China’s Economy Is Struggling. Why the Market Keeps Rising

barrons.com, Biztoc.com

Links 8/16/2025

Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com

Our scintillating daily links: demon weed worries, Long Covid. Putin-Trump ho hum, China economy soft, NZ exodus, UK bond wobbles, IDF Gaza green light, Kristi Noem's free house, RIP Schumer? financial repression blowback? Musk, AI tower of Babel, US rich w/ …

China’s Revolutionary DeepSeek Turns to American Hardware for Upgrade

Sean Craig, Thedailyupside.com

Seven months after DeepSeek's debut, it appears the company needs some American rocket power to get its AI Sputnik off the ground.

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai’s trial delayed over health concerns

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion over 2019 protests.

Trump promises to ‘save’ jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Closing arguments are due to begin in the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, 77, a critic of China's Communist Party.

China navy power on show in Pacific, signals ability to ‘contest’ US access

Amy Chew, Al Jazeera English

Expert says ‘gaps’ in naval capabilities are closing between China and the United States.

U.S. Allegedly Super-Charged Its Efforts to Prevent China From Getting American Chips

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

The AI chip arms race reportedly involves spooky surveillance tactics.

China raises concerns over Nvidia’s H20 chips with local firms: Report

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Authorities press companies including ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to use domestic suppliers instead.