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TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 chip, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and was produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Ian King / Bloomberg:
TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 chip, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and was produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech  —  Huawei Technologies Co. and manufacturing partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. are making advances …

Sources: China is considering a ~$28B-to-$70B incentives package, which would be separate from the $50B Big Fund III plan, to support its chipmaking industry (John Liu/Bloomberg)

John Liu / Bloomberg:
Sources: China is considering a ~$28B-to-$70B incentives package, which would be separate from the $50B Big Fund III plan, to support its chipmaking industry  —  China is considering a package of incentives worth as much as $70 billion to bankroll and support its chipmaking industry …

EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu (Reuters)

Reuters:
EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu  —  European Union finance ministers agreed on Friday to set a 3 euro ($3.52) custom duty on low-value parcels arriving in the bloc …

Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)

Kirsty Needham / Reuters:
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region  —  Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under …

Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center, with Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia:
Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center, with Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation  —  TAINAN, Taiwan — Taiwan has opened its latest and largest AI supercomputing data center with Nvidia's most advanced Blackwell chips …