Financial Times:
Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering US efforts to rally South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan behind the “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance — Internal tensions and concerns over China undermine proposed grouping with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan
Naoto Hosoda / Bloomberg:
Chip-related stocks slump in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan after US curbs on China; the PHLX chip index fell to its lowest level since November 2020 on Monday — Chip-related stocks in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan slumped as traders returning from Monday’s holidays reacted …
Jiaxing Li / South China Morning Post:
A look at Shanghai’s status as China’s chip hub: SMIC and SMEE making 14nm and 90nm chips, ~$36.95B market size in 2021 or ~25% of China’s total, and more — Shanghai is styling itself as China’s semiconductor highland with the city now accounting for one quarter of the country’s semiconductor value output …
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
In NLRB complaints, the Alphabet Workers Union claims some contract workers were fired for supporting a union and faced retaliation after pushing for benefits — Contract workers at Google’s data centers allege that they were fired for supporting a union and faced retaliation after pushing …
Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Taiwan pledges to work closely with the US and other allies to implement “very firm” export controls and prevent China’s military from acquiring advanced chips — Taiwan pledged to work closely with the US and other allies to prevent China’s military from acquiring state-of-the-art technology …
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The UK’s CMA plans to investigation Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition, following similar investigations by the European Commission and FTC — The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a so-called “phase 1” investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion deal …
New York Times:
Sources: Biden’s crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears over China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack encrypted messaging — U.S. officials pushed to choke off China’s access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with allies.
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