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On Wednesday, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met with executives from top chip foundry TSMC during her controversial visit to Taiwan.
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We just finished reading Beijing's new three-year plan to cultivate digital talents. The policy was jointly released on April 2 by a phalanx of regulators, including the human resource ministry (MoHRSS), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), and the… Read More »
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The TikTok divestment bill might be passed sooner than expected. On Wednesday, media reported that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is planning on bundling a modified version of the bill into a vote on foreign aid for Taiwan, Ukraine,… Read More »
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TikTok just can't catch a break. On Wednesday, Politico reported that Chinese embassy representatives have held at least two meetings with US congressional staffers in which they lobbied against the TikTok divestment bill. Whoops: Outraged US policymakers have since pointed… Read More »