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The Week Ahead (Dec. 15–21): Japan Weighs Rate Hike, Putin to Hold Annual Press Conference

China-Singapore talks, U.S. visa crackdowns, and Moore Threads’ new GPU rollout

Caixin Global

Everyone is wrong about AI regulation, and the history of the Internet proves it

The US White House wants to stop states from regulating AI, and the states want their own AI regulation. What if they're both wrong?

TechRadar

Nvidia weighs expanding H200 production as new China orders rush in, report claims — ByteDance and Alibaba listed as suitors for 'large orders' in the wake of sanctions lift

Nvidia is evaluating whether to increase production of its H200 data center GPUs after demand from Chinese customers is expected to exceed current supply.

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Who owns your chicken? We’ve mapped the corporate power behind the world’s favourite meat

When you next bite into a chicken sandwich, consider this: 2,400 of these birds are being slaughtered somewhere in the world every second. From street stalls in Mumbai to supermarkets in Beijing, chicken has become the world’s most consumed meat. In 2023 alone, humans slaughtered an astonishing 76 billion chickens.

The Conversation

Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump

A Danish intelligence agency report has warned that the United States is using its economic power to assert its will and threaten military force against both allies and adversaries

The Independent UK

China Seemingly 'Safer' For A Holiday As Trump Seeks To Get DNA From All Foreign Tourists Entering America

CBP has proposed mandatory collection of five years of social-media history for ESTA travellers under Executive Order 14161; civil-liberties groups and a new lawsuit warn of privacy, legal and tourism fallout.

International Business Times UK

Budget Tesla Model Y And Model 3 Land With A Thud

Plus, Ford and SK On have parted ways and U.S. automakers sound renewed fears of Chinese automakers and software.

InsideEVs

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Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims — move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan's investment firm

Intel has evaluated wet etch tools from ACM Research for its 14A fabrication process, raising political and national security concerns.

Tom’s Hardware

Former ambassador: China is winning the biotech race. Patent reform is how we catch up

The United States is at risk of losing one of the most important technology races of the 21st century.

Fortune

China's Dominance in US Pharmaceuticals Sparks Call for Supply Chain Overhaul

A new report warns the U.S. faces rising national security risks due to heavy dependence on China for essential medicines.

International Business Times

China mulls $70 billion domestic chip fabrication injection, would be largest of any government semiconductor investment — Huawei and Cambricon among candidates in push to compete with Nvidia, other U.S. firms

China is considering investing up to an additional $70 billion in its domestic chip manufacturers in an effort to better compete with US firms like Nvidia. Although exact figures and investment strategies have yet to be decided, this move would be in line with China's "whole nation" approach to tackling…

Tom’s Hardware

China's Great Green Wall: The giant artificial forest designed to slow the expansion of 2 deserts

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the next 25 years to complete its "Great Green Wall."

LiveScience

EU Planning New Affordable EV Class to Counter China

This new class of vehicle, called “E car,” will have lower technical requirements (especially when it comes to safety equipment) to reduce costs.

InsideEVs

Trump embraces great power cooperation with China and Russia

Trump's first term launched "Great Power Competition." His second is actively working to end it.

Axios

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Euronews

China has a new 'condom tax'. Residents are worried about the health risks

Experts are concerned over potential increases in unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases due to higher costs for contraceptives.

Euronews

Here's why Chinese carmakers are beating the Europeans in Kazakhstan

Localisation is the best bet car manufacturers can make to keep demand stable. South Korea, China, and the US already benefit from it. Is it time for Europe to do the same?

The Conversation

Did Donald Trump order piracy on the high seas?

This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.

AAP

Rare World Cup miss for Australian snowboard superstar

Scotty James has had an uncharacteristically poor showing at the halfpipe World Cup in China with the Aussie great well off an all-Japanese podium.

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The Independent UK

South Korea to drop cosmetic surgery tax incentives that have fuelled wave of medical tourism

Lobby group warns price-conscious foreign patients could start looking to other countries

The Independent UK

PHOTO ESSAY: In Texas, a former Chinese official targeted by Beijing's surveillance finds refuge

The Chinese government is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found.

The Independent UK

A Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with help from US tech

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government

The Conversation

Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue

The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to further squeeze the economy of President Nicolás Maduro’s country.

The Conversation

Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon

Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises, relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this time, their conflict may not be easily resolved.

The Independent UK

China's new 'condom tax' draws skepticism and worries over health risks

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over 30 years

The Conversation

With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade

This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China.

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