Critical minerals
China Places Two U.S. Rare-Earth Producers on Export-Control List
The restrictions target manufacturers tied to Washington’s push to rebuild domestic supply chains for critical magnets, raising the risk of another trade clash
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- Artificial intelligence Chinese Open-Source A.I. Models Draw U.S. Business Interest A New York Times Business summary says Silicon Valley and corporate America are increasingly looking at cheaper Chinese-built models, raising fresh questions about A.I. competition
- Semiconductors Chinese university builds design tool for Huawei’s LogicFolding chip architecture The reported 3D chip design tool surfaced two days after Huawei presented LogicFolding and its Tau Scaling Law at ISCAS 2026
- Graphics cards Lisuan Tech says first LX 7G100 GPU batch sold out The Chinese GPU maker reported more than 30,000 preorder cards were claimed, with another batch expected June 18
Artificial intelligence
Chinese courts signal worker protections as A.I. advances
A reported series of precedent-setting rulings points to a legal effort to protect employees from displacement by artificial intelligence while China promotes the technology
Market selloff
Silver slides as inflation fears hit bonds, stocks and metals
Global yields rose Friday, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury near a one-year high, as investors weighed energy risks, geopolitics and fading hopes for rate cuts
Foreign policy
Trump’s China trip is shadowed by the Iran war and energy squeeze
The president says he does not need Beijing’s help on Iran, but the conflict has driven up fuel prices, strained negotiations and left no clear path to a deal
Clean energy
China’s Wind Power Push Is Paying Off, Report Says
Subsidies and import restrictions helped build a domestic turbine industry that is approaching China’s dominance in solar panels, according to a New York Times summary
Health research
Study links mouth bacteria in the gut to stomach cancer
Researchers in China found oral microbes more often in the guts of gastric cancer patients, but the cross-sectional study cannot prove the bacteria caused cancer