Qualcomm is in discussions to provide custom chip-design services to TikTok owner ByteDance, marking a strategic shift in China's AI chip supply chain as it moves beyond merely replicating Nvidia's technology.
Beijing imposed sweeping export controls on 10 American companies, including a rare-earth miner, and barred 46 others from government procurement, retaliating directly against the Pentagon's recent blacklisting of Alibaba and Baidu.
Zhang Yanzhong, a leading figure behind China's C919 passenger jet, presented a detailed roadmap to build a fully self-reliant supply chain, warning that Western sanctions could sever access to critical foreign components.