Security officers keep watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China, September 18, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China on Wednesday warned of “back-door” security risks affecting companies that use U.S.-based company Anthropic’s Claude Code artificial intelligence tool. It comes as the U.S.-China…
CANADA – 2026/05/23: In this photo illustration, the CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple has begun testing DRAM chips from China’s state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies for devices sold within China and is…
PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 24: Pedestrians use umbrellas to shield from the sun as record-breaking high temperatures continue in Paris on June 24, 2026 in Paris, France. Li Yang | China News Service | Getty Images Europe wants to narrow its record trade deficit with China by October, but the bloc’s worst-ever heat wave is…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. India’s 15-minute delivery boom is reshaping one of the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce markets. The service, expected to account for nearly 40% of online retail…
An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. Artificial intelligence remains the market’s favorite, with investors continuing to rotate…
Screens showing surging stock shares at the Taiwan Stock Exchange office, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pause the global tariffs, in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 10, 2025. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Asia has no shortage of entrepreneurs, engineers or giant domestic markets. Yet when it comes to producing the…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration’s crackdown on Anthropic’s leading artificial intelligence models is looking like a gift to the country’s top adversary in the AI race: China…
LIANYUNGANG, CHINA – JUNE 28: An employee works on the carbon fiber production line at the Lianyungang base of CNBM subsidiary Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. on June 28, 2026 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Wang Jianmin | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity expanded faster than expected in June,…
File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images China on Monday blacklisted four Japanese government defense research institutes and imposed tighter export restrictions on dozens of other Japanese entities, escalating a months-long campaign to limit Tokyo’s access to Chinese-origin…
Renminbi and US dollar banknotes are captured in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Every June, policymakers, regulators, bankers, investors, and financial executives gather in Shanghai for the Lujiazui Forum, China‘s premier financial policy conference. If Davos is where global…
