The president of the US tweeted that “We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China……..The Penalty Tariffs set for December 15th will not be charged because of the fact that we made the deal.” The 15 percent tariffs that would have raised prices on Chinese-made items –including consumer electronics products like […]
China has reportedly ordered all foreign PC hardware and operating systems to be replaced in the next three years, intensifying an ongoing tech war. The country has attempted this sort of thing before halfheartedly, but this is the most serious effort yet to isolate itself from the influence of the western technology sector. According to […]
China Unicom and China Telecom have launched 5G services across 50 cities in the country including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Huawei, blacklisted by the US, reportedly played a major role in China’s 5G rollout. The launch of the network was initially planned for next year but got pulled ahead of schedule by the state-owned […]
China is not known for respecting privacy, but it’s readying legislation that will address it all the same. China has passed a law that will regulate cryptography in the country for both government and private uses when it takes effect on January 1st, 2020. Officials didn’t go into great detail about the law in the […]
ZTE has become the first phone manufacturer to release a 5G handset in China with the launch of the Axon 10 Pro 5G. The Axon 10 5G comes equipped with a 6.47-inch 1080p AMOLED display, and will use one of Qualcomm’s first generation X50 5G modems to connect to China’s upcoming 5G wireless network. Although […]
The G20 Summit wrapped up today in Japan, during which US President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached a truce that will remove some restrictions on Huawei buying technology from the US. It’s not certain exactly what will change, but Trump suggested the US […]