China

China Urges US to Halt Wider Investment Curbs Plan

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Shanghai financial district skyline at dusk with modern skyscrapers above a busy street

The US China investment curbs dispute flared again on Saturday, as Beijing urged Washington to stop expanding restrictions on American investments in China, calling a new Treasury proposal discriminatory and damaging to bilateral trade ties. China’s commerce ministry said in a statement that the proposed rule would widen curbs on sensitive technologies, disrupt trade ties … Read more

US Bans China’s DeepSeek From Federal Agency Systems

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Laptop with AI chatbot screen under magnifying glass illustrating the DeepSeek federal ban

The DeepSeek federal ban is now official. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered all civilian federal agencies to remove products and services built on China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence models from their IT systems, and to stop buying anything developed by the Chinese company going forward. The order, published Monday in the Federal Register … Read more