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China is racing to shatter US air dominance in the Pacific—one stealth jet, long-range missile and cratered runway at a time. This month, a top US official stated that China is rapidly building its capacity to challenge US air superiority in the Pacific, particularly within the strategically vital First Island Chain. Testifying before the US The post Jet by jet, US losing Pacific air superiority over China appeared first on Asia Times.

China’s stockpile of Nvidia H20 artificial intelligence (AI) processors is likely to run out in about a year now that sales to Chinese customers have been banned by the Trump administration, according to the assessment of several market analysts. Chinese tech giant Huawei thus must ramp up production of its new Ascend 910C alternative as The post Trump pushing China toward AI processor self-sufficiency appeared first on Asia Times.

Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the Ukraine peace talks if there is no progress soon. The implicit threat here is that the US will no longer get involved, perhaps withdrawing arms shipments and even humanitarian aid to Ukraine. It is understood that the proposed plan the Trump team has been working on The post What do Americans, not Trump, think about Ukraine? appeared first on Asia Times.

TOKYO – Asia is breathing somewhat easier as Donald Trump confronts the limits of his ability to self-immolate the US economy. Amid historically free-falling markets and an Oval Office intervention by the CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot, the US president is watering down a tariff policy, including a 145% levy on China, that’s The post China, Japan, Korea sense Trump trade war weakness appeared first on Asia Times.