China

• Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge - The H200's performance has been exceeded by two generations of Nvidia chips currently in production, the Blackwell and Rubin.
• Exclusive-Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US, Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say - Jan 14 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by roughly a dozen firms from the U.S. and Israel due to national security concerns, two
• China’s Trade Surplus Surged 20 Percent to New Highs - A currency kept weak to help Chinese factories, combined with faltering consumer spending, propelled exports, while a campaign for self-sufficiency limited imports.
• Navy sailor, a Wisconsin high school alum, convicted of selling military secrets to China - Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick, was found guilty of six charges, including espionage. He's a 2019 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School.
• Trump's Iran tariff threat risks reopening China rift - By Joe Cash BEIJING, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S.
• Why China Is Suddenly Obsessed With American Poverty - State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China’s own economic challenges.
• Trump’s Plans for Venezuelan Oil Run Headlong Into Reality - President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays.
• Germany's finance minister Klingbeil says Washington meeting addressed rare earth price floor - WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from a group of advanced economies meeting in Washington on Monday discussed a possible ​price floor as well as partnerships to secure strategic rare-earth supplies, ‌Germany's Lars Klingbeil
• Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies - SHIZUOKA, Japan, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing tightens supply. T
• China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say - China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the ​sector, the country's leading artificial intelligence researchers said.