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Trump Administration Working on AI Rule to Curb China’s Remote Access to Chips

By Leo Schwartz and Qianer Liu · Aug 28, 2026 6:00am PDT
Soon after President Donald Trump began his second term in office in 2025, the White House announced it would undo export controls the Biden administration had imposed on advanced AI chips to slow the technical progress of geopolitical rivals like China. In recent weeks, a small group within the Department of Commerce has been working on a... Soon after President Donald Trump began his second term in office in 2025, the White House...
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There’s a ‘Large Opportunity’ in China, Says VC firm Dimension

By Valida Pau · Aug 27, 2026 4:52pm PDT
China hasn’t held the same opportunities for U.S. venture capitalists it once did, given a crackdown by both countries on cross-border tech investments. But U.S. VCs are still hungry for insights into the country’s tech startups, whose fast growth holds clues to the future of U.S. AI companies. In one sign of their interest, a group of... China hasn’t held the same opportunities for U.S. venture capitalists it once did, given a...
In Coreshell Technologies' San Leandro, Calif. plant. Photo: Courtesy Coreshell.
The Electric

Pushing Back on China, the Trump Administration Doubles Down on Silicon Anodes

By Steve LeVine · Aug 26, 2026 2:01pm PDT
For the second time in a month, the Trump administration has made an investment aimed at reducing the U.S.’s reliance on Chinese-made graphite, a key ingredient in batteries that Beijing has weaponized in a battle over China’s access to high-end chips. For the second time in a month, the Trump administration has made an investment aimed at reducing...
China Renaissance CEO Fan Bao. Photo by Bloomberg.
China Tech Summit

China Tech Headed for Record Year for IPOs Despite Pandemic

By Juro Osawa and Yunan Zhang · Jul 24, 2020 4:34am PDT
The head of China Renaissance Group, one of China’s most influential investment banking and private equity firms, said he expects 2020 to be a record-breaking year for Chinese tech initial public offerings. “Right now the IPO market is sizzling hot,” said China Renaissance CEO Fan Bao, at The Information’s video summit on... The head of China Renaissance Group, one of China’s most influential investment banking and...
Jessica Lessin interviews Alibaba's Joe Tsai. Photo by Brent Pottinger.
China Subscriber Summit

Watch Interviews From Beijing and Hong Kong Summits

By The Information Staff · Oct 6, 2017 2:47pm PDT · 1 comment
If you missed our summit meetings in Hong Kong and Beijing, you can catch up with the videos here. Among those on stage were Joe Tsai of Alibaba, Shou Zi Chew of Xiaomi and Bob Xu of Zhen Fund. If you missed our summit meetings in Hong Kong and Beijing, you can catch up with the videos...
Sinovation founder Kai-Fu Lee. Photo by Bloomberg.
Silicon China

How China-U.S. Tech Ties Have Evolved

By Shai Oster · Sep 27, 2017 11:59am PDT
Tucked inside a condo around the corner from a Palo Alto supermarket is the North American office of Sinovation Ventures. One of the most active investors in Chinese startups, Sinovation is also building a portfolio of companies in the U.S. The U.S. team is led by Chris Evdemon, a Greek-born, U.K.-educated venture capitalist who cut his teeth in... Tucked inside a condo around the corner from a Palo Alto supermarket is the North American office...