The H200 chip, one of Nvidia's previous generation Hopper series, has already been replaced by the new, more powerful Blackwell chips and the soon-to-be-released Rubin processors, which Trump noted were not included as part of the deal.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Beijing that France’s trade deficit with the country is “not sustainable.” Other nations are following Trump's cue in considering tariffs as an offsetting measure.

There has been a lot of back and forth developments on whether Nvidia would be allowed to sell chips to China this year. In April, Trump banned the sales of the H20 to China. The H20 is an AI chip specifically designed for the Chinese market and compliant with U.S. export restrictions from the prior administration.

Japan is threatening China militarily which is "completely unacceptable", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart, after Japan said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.

Allowing the shipments could signal a friendlier approach to China, after Trump and Xi brokered a truce in the two countries’ trade and tech war in late October.

Chinese authorities are using artificial intelligence to turbocharge surveillance and censorship, with the technology predicting public demonstrations and monitoring prison inmates, according to a new report.

China has imposed sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burials and encouraged people to consider alternative funeral practices, even sea burials. But the orders have invited backlash from mostly rural communities who see traditional burials are part of their culture.

To meet a rising interest in the Chinese Communist Party, a new DSA monthly seminar about "modern China and lessons for US socialists" was held Thursday evening.

The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.