Xiaomi and eight other Chinese companies added to US military blacklist, as outgoing US administration throws final punches

Xiaomi and eight other Chinese companies added to US military blacklist, as outgoing US administration throws final punches
Outgoing US administration revokes some tech export licences to Huawei and plans to deny others, in final moves against Chinese telecoms giant
Executive order signed by US President bans transactions with eight Chinese software applications including Ant’s Alipay payment app
Where is Jack? Concern mounts over Alibaba’s Jack Ma, after Chinese regulatory clampdown on his business empire following outburst
New York Stock Exchange moves to suspend trading in China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom Hong Kong amidst ongoing US-China trade tensions
Mass purge of unlicensed gaming apps on Apple’s Chinese app store, ahead of local law requiring publishers to obtain licence
China’s answer to Amazon – Alibaba – faces antitrust investigation for preventing merchants from selling their goods elsewhere
Outgoing US administration adds chipmaker SMIC and drone giant DJI to national security blacklist, increasing pressure on country’s tech industry
Tech clampdown sees Beijing banning 105 apps, as it seeks to remove pornography, prostitution, gambling and violent content
Chinese photon-based quantum computer carries out experiment that would take supercomputer billions of years, following Google breakthrough last year
US government adds Chinese chip giant SMIC to military blacklist, as administration accelerates anti-China policy ahead of changeover next month
Bitter relations spill into the open after China refuses to apologise to Australia for foreign ministry spokesman tweeting fake photo
Sell-off of Honor consumer brand should allow newly independent company to ‘very quickly’ resume production formerly hobbled by US sanctions, says Ren Zhengfei
Foxconn is reportedly moving the manufacturing of some iPads and Macbooks out of China to Vietnam, at the request of Apple itself
Fresh tranche of mobile apps (most of them Chinese) have been banned by the Indian government amid ongoing dispute with Beijing
Chinese networking giant Huawei sells budget-focused Honor smartphone division to consortium of agents and dealers to keep brand alive
US Commerce Department delays enforcement of TikTok US ban ‘pending further legal developments’ as China’s ByteDance launches appeal
Italian government bars Swisscom’s Italian unit, Fastweb, from following through on 5G deal with Huawei as European countries take tougher line against China
US judge rejects government appeal to reverse earlier decision allowing Chinese app WeChat to remain available in US app stores
Huawei launches Mate 40 devices with advanced 5-nanometre Kirin 9000 processor, even as new sanctions threaten to cut off its chip supply
Beijing spokesman warns of ‘negative impact’ for China-Sweden trade, after Swedish watchdog bans Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment
Banning Chinese telecoms equipment vendors for political reasons will increase costs and delay network upgrades, argues pro-competition group
Never pay. Insurers and others are warned by US Treasury Dept that cyberattack payouts to hackers may violate US sanction rules
Hollow threat? Chinese authorities reportedly preparing antitrust investigation of Google’s Android OS, amid trade tensions
Official investigation to see if imports of fibre optic cables from China are being sold in Europe at artificially low prices
Chinese state media warn that despite President Trump’s approval, China is unlikely to sign off on the Oracle, Walmart deal with ByteDance
Trump says he approves of TikTok partnership with Oracle and Wal-Mart ‘in concept’, as judge blocks US download ban on WeChat
Plan to keep majority stake in TikTok, will hinder White House approval reports suggest, as ByteDance warns China will also need to approve deal
Effort to persuade Indian authorities not to ban PUBG Mobile, sees South Korean developer cut ties to Chinese publisher Tencent
Shares in Chinese chip maker SMIC have plummeted over concerns it will get dragged into US-China tech cold war and put on a trade blacklist