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“So many athletes compete for a different country. People only have a problem with me doing it because… they just hate China.” That was Olympic skier Eileen Gu’s response to U.S. Vice President J.D. [1]

WASHINGTON -- A parliamentary debate between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and an opposition politician over possible Taiwan contingencies -- from a maritime blockade in the Bashi Channel to outright occupation -- kicked off a new round of t... [2]

The deployment of advanced technologies is the newest battlefield between open societies and authoritarian regimes. [3]

TOKYO -- The U.S. and China's competition over high technology has entered a new stage. DatawatchChina emerges as quantum tech leader while Biden vows to catch up US lags in patents related to next generation communication and cryptography The U.S. [4]

TOKYO -- Japan will aim to develop full-fledged quantum computers for a broad range of uses by around 2039, Nikkei has learned, part of Tokyo's first strategy for catching up with the U.S. and China in the race to achieve ultrafast processing. [5]

TOKYO -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NASA, Stanford University and other institutions have agreed to join in developing a quantum computing system that can compete against the quantum machines that Google and IBM are working on. [6]

BEIJING -- Major Chinese tech company Baidu stands at a crossroads over what to do with its video streaming unit iQiyi, a linchpin of its growth plans that is under investigation by U.S. financial authorities over accounting practices. [7]

TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is betting big on silicon photonics, an emerging field that combines silicon chips with optic technology, to spur growth and make artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT even more powerful. [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-02-28 · 34% match

2 Olympic Gold Medalists Show the Mixed Results of China’s Efforts to Bring Back Diaspora Talent

“So many athletes compete for a different country. People only have a problem with me doing it because… they just hate China.” That was Olympic skier Eileen Gu’s response to U.S. Vice President J.D.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-03 · 40% match

China's quantum leap will eclipse US aircraft carriers, analysts say

WASHINGTON -- A parliamentary debate between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and an opposition politician over possible Taiwan contingencies -- from a maritime blockade in the Bashi Channel to outright occupation -- kicked off a new round of t

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-06-04 · 39% match

US and partners must meet China's authoritarian challenge in 5G

The deployment of advanced technologies is the newest battlefield between open societies and authoritarian regimes.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-03-14 · 38% match

China emerges as quantum tech leader while Biden vows to catch up

TOKYO -- The U.S. and China's competition over high technology has entered a new stage. DatawatchChina emerges as quantum tech leader while Biden vows to catch up US lags in patents related to next generation communication and cryptography The U.S.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-23 · 35% match

Japan plots 20-year race to quantum computers, chasing US and China

TOKYO -- Japan will aim to develop full-fledged quantum computers for a broad range of uses by around 2039, Nikkei has learned, part of Tokyo's first strategy for catching up with the U.S. and China in the race to achieve ultrafast processing.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-14 · 34% match

NTT taps NASA to take on Google and IBM in quantum computing

TOKYO -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NASA, Stanford University and other institutions have agreed to join in developing a quantum computing system that can compete against the quantum machines that Google and IBM are working on.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-15 · 33% match

US probe of China's Netflix puts Baidu in quandary

BEIJING -- Major Chinese tech company Baidu stands at a crossroads over what to do with its video streaming unit iQiyi, a linchpin of its growth plans that is under investigation by U.S. financial authorities over accounting practices.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-09-06 · 33% match

TSMC bets on silicon photonics to enable more powerful ChatGPT

TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is betting big on silicon photonics, an emerging field that combines silicon chips with optic technology, to spur growth and make artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT even more powerful.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-13 · 33% match

TSMC sees weak 2Q but strong 2H boosted by new iPhones

TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Thursday said the second quarter ending in June would be a weak one, due to a slowdown in China and inventory correction in the smartphone, computer and cons

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-01-20 · 33% match

The next communication innovation? Quantum teleportation

TOKYO -- No need for cables and transmission speeds a million times faster than today's optical communications. That is the promise of quantum teleportation, in which data is teleported rather than physically transmitted.

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