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Catherine Thorbecke

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China’s AI Chips Push Is Facing the Ultimate Test

China’s AI Chips Push Is Facing the Ultimate Test
05.09.2025 2

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Catherine Thorbecke

Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Success Is No Surprise

Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Success Is No Surprise
01.09.2025 20

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AI Slurs Are Just the Start of the Backlash

22.08.2025 1

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Nvidia’s Icy Reception in China Is Buying Time for Huawei

Nvidia’s Icy Reception in China Is Buying Time for Huawei
20.08.2025 10

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China’s Humanoids Will Soon Be Playing the Hunger Games

01.08.2025 4

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China’s AI Strategy Relies on Frenzy and Frenemies

30.07.2025 5

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Will AI Help or Wreck Your Summer Vacation?

25.07.2025 4

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AI ‘Agents’ Aren’t Matching Up to the Buzzwords

24.07.2025 3

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Manus AI’s ‘De-China’ Playbook Is a Trap

17.07.2025 7

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Jensen Huang Is Right About the Real AI Race With China

15.07.2025 6

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We’re Losing the Plot on AI in Universities

07.07.2025 4

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Why Is Huawei Downplaying Its Chips?

13.06.2025 5

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The Quiet Voices Questioning China’s AI Hype

06.06.2025 5

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Jensen Huang’s Techno-Optimism Has a Point

23.05.2025 5

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China Tech Earnings Expose AI Growing Pains

16.05.2025 6

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China’s E-Commerce Giants Are Putting Up a Fight

29.04.2025 10

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Chinese AI’s Secret to Withstanding the Trade War

23.04.2025 6

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Nvidia Chips Don’t Belong on the Bargaining Table

18.04.2025 7

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The White House Is Stoking an Inferno of Uncertainty for Tech

15.04.2025 4

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Apple Has Trade War Lessons for TSMC

11.04.2025 30

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China Will Decide TikTok’s Fate in America

04.04.2025 7

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Tim Cook Is Back in China. Apple Intelligence Isn’t

28.03.2025 10

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Japan Urgently Needs an AI Vibe Shift

21.03.2025 20

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China’s Embrace of Open-Source AI Will Tip the Scales

07.03.2025 20

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What Elon Musk’s DOGE Can Learn From Malaysia

20.02.2025 10

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TSMC Won’t Make Intel Great Again

18.02.2025 5

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Alibaba Won’t Solve All of Apple’s China Problems

14.02.2025 7

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How Trump’s TikTok Crusade Gives China an Edge

Will China let TikTok die in the US rather than approve a deal for its sale? More likely, Beijing is trying to get more than it gives after...

11.02.2025 30

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Trump's Swings at China Land on MAGA Heartland

07.02.2025 20

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DeepSeek’s Breakthroughs Are Too Big for the US to Ban

05.02.2025 6

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Why Chinese Tech Keeps Surprising the West

31.01.2025 10

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DeepSeek Is No Chat(Xi)PT. For Now

28.01.2025 4

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DeepSeek and Masa Son Have Lessons for Stargate

27.01.2025 10

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Trump’s Bigger China Cyber Threat Isn’t TikTok

If a conflict between the US and China were to emerge, potentially over Taiwan, Americans would have a far more serious threat to their everyday lives...

22.01.2025 5

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For TikTok Refugees, RedNote Spring Is Too Sweet to Last

I wrote about Chinese app Xiaohongshu, known as RedNote in the US, months ago because it offered a window into the trends driving Gen Z culture in...

18.01.2025 10

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Elon Musk Won’t Save TikTok

The idea of Elon Musk as a potential buyer for TikTok may seem like the craziest development yet in the saga of the US government’s determination to...

16.01.2025 9

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Indonesia’s Showdown With Apple Is Far From Over

Indonesia isn’t taking a step back from its hardball approach to Apple Inc. The showdown has turned into quite a spectacle, but it’s unlikely the...

11.01.2025 20

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US-China Tech Breakup Is a Race to the Bottom

A messy, ongoing tech breakup between the US and China is forcing a rethink about what the industry might look like for consumers in a decoupled...

09.01.2025 8

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Asia’s 2025 Tech Race: TikTok, Trade Wars and AI Hype

Asian tech will be in the firing line again in the new year. The most successful international app from China is now barreling toward an...

31.12.2024 6

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Waymo’s Japan Road Trip Should Drift Outside Tokyo

Anyone who has driven through the narrow, zig-zagging streets of Shibuya when they’re packed with pedestrians and double-loaded mamachari would...

27.12.2024 6

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AI Robots Are Coming, and They’ll Be Made in Asia

Over the past year, I’ve noticed an overwhelming theme emerge when Asian tech leaders look at what comes next for artificial intelligence. There...

20.12.2024 10

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The Chip Industry Needs Way More Women

At a massive semiconductor trade show in Tokyo last week, I watched robots shoot hoops and play table tennis and witnessed an impressive lineup of...

17.12.2024 8

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From TikTok to Nvidia, the Tech War Is Getting Uglier

ByteDance Ltd.’s options for TikTok in the US are looking increasingly desolate, as the tech war between Washington and Beijing boils over. The...

11.12.2024 10

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Chinese Technology Is Getting More Persuasive

Do you think engaging with an emerging tech tool can change your firmly held beliefs? Or sway you toward a decision you wouldn’t have otherwise...

06.12.2024 20

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A Flawed Ultimatum to Big Tech Is Better Than Nothing

Australia’s social media ban for teens will not keep young people safe online. It may prevent some 15-year-olds from entering a burning building,...

02.12.2024 20

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Masayoshi Son Is Trying to Make Up for Past AI Mistakes

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is OK with being wildly misunderstood, especially in the West. As he once noted, even Jesus was...

15.11.2024 4

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Trump Will Strengthen China's Tech Self-Reliance

The US presidential election may be over, but the battle with China for high-tech supremacy is just heating up. And if past is prologue, President-...

14.11.2024 20

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Tim Cook’s China Selfies Can Only Do So Much

If there was a tech Cold War brewing between Washington and Beijing, you wouldn’t know it from Apple Inc. head Tim Cook’s visit to China this week,...

25.10.2024 10

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Samsung Is in Crisis Mode. That’s a Good Thing

Hopefully your year is going better than Samsung Electronics Co.’s. South Korea’s largest conglomerate has endured a humbling 2024. It has spent...

08.10.2024 10

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ChatGPT Is Now an Uncanny Cultural Chameleon

Nearly two years since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, I had my first true “wow” moment from the artificial intelligence frenzy. Granted, I’ve been...

03.10.2024 4

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