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September 6, 2020: China’s Semiconductor Woes and Investments, India’s New Apps Ban

This issue covers the period between August 31 - September 6, 2020 with six news stories – three from English language sources, three from Chinese language sources. Disclaimer: all translated article titles are done by me, not official translations from the media outlets. Before you

Topics: Open Source• China• Gitee•

Can You "Nationalize" Open Source?

The impending ban or acquisition of TikTok and ByteDance’s lawsuit against the Trump administration have sucked up all the oxygen in the US-China tech zeitgeist. A gigantic IPO, possibly the largest in the world, by Ant Financials is also looming on the horizon.

Topics: India• China• Venture Capital•

Unicorns Entanglement: India, China, America

India is becoming an increasingly influential player in the ongoing technology conflict and competition between the U.S. and China -- from its border conflict with China (dating back to the 1960s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute]), to the banning of

Topics: Tesla• China• Semiconductor•

Tesla, China, the “Tech Cold-War”

Tesla may well be the biggest driver of China’s journey towards technological self-reliance, as the “Tech Cold War” between the U.S. and China deepens. This observation wasn’t obvious to me until I listened (three times) to Elon Musk’s Q&

Topics: RISC-V• China• Open Source•

RISC-V, China, Nightingales

Last weekend, I read a long, epic piece of techlore [https://www.huxiu.com/article/360061.html] that chronicled the fierce and bitter rivalry between TSMC and Samsung in their fight to become the world’s number 1 chip foundry, which stretched back three

Topics: China• E-Commerce• Open Source•

China-Scale Technology Sandbox

China’s Internet economy is often viewed by many people through the lens of U.S.-China relations or China’s domestic structure. Some times those lenses are useful, other times not so much. One aspect, where applying a geopolitical lens is not useful,

Topics: ByteDance• Open Source• China•

Can ByteDance Build Trust?

As I noted in Interconnected Weekly, [https://interconnected.blog/june-14-2020-interconnected-weekly/] the most interesting news item from last week was the revelation that ByteDance [https://en.pingwest.com/a/6875] is cutting its China-based engineers data access to TikTok and its other international products, reported

Topics: Huawei• China• Regulation•

Why Huawei Should IPO in America

Huawei should IPO in America. Not London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Frankfurt, or Toronto, but New York -- the heart of America’s capital market. In fact, Huawei should file its S1 paperwork as soon as the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) passes Congress

Topics: Open Source• China• RISC-V•

Open Source in China: The Trends

This is the third and last part of my multi-part series exploring “open source in China”. If you missed the two earlier posts, I’d strongly recommend you read them first to build some context. (Part I [https://interconnected.blog/open-source-in-china-the-players/], Part II [https:

Topics: Open Source• China•

Open Source in China: The Game

This post is part two of a multipart exploration of “open source in China”. If this is the first time you’ve ever heard of or thought about China’s open source ecosystem, I recommend reading Part I of this series, “Open Source in

Topics: Open Source• China•

Open Source in China: The Players

Open source technology has become mainstream [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/14/how-open-source-software-became-the-new-industry-standard.html] , adopted by companies and organizations of all types and sizes. That adoption is not limited to the U.S., where much of the movement first started, but is worldwide.

Topics: China• COVID-19• Venture Capital•

Do Chinese Consumers Hold the Key to Global Economic Recovery?

One narrative that emerged when the global impact of COVID-19 became apparent was whether countries and companies who have been relying on China as their supply chain should leave or diversify. Since then, both the U.S. and Japan have been pushing their companies

Topics: Zoom• Open Source• China•

In Defense of Zoom: China FUD, Performance Tradeoff, Open Source

The most fascinating tech company story during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is Zoom. It’s meteoric rise in usage, coupled by a similar surge in its stock price, is met with increasing scrutiny of its security practices, a drop in stock price, and a

Topics: Supply Chain• China• Apple•

Is Leaving the China Supply Chain a Pipe Dream?

As the coronavirus, or COVID-19, affects more of the global economy, there has been an uptick in volume in the business media and analyst circle, clamoring for tech companies to leave or diversify away from China as its main supply chain. Apple has been