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China Tech – Covid Infinity

Exit from Covid agony becomes clear. Hidden deep in the new regulations lies the key that will allow China to back away from its disastrous Covid Zero policy and at...

USA vs. China – Digital iron curtain

Balkanisation of the Internet is bad for everyone. Now that 5G is starting to mature, attention is turning to 6G and here it is clear that China has no intention...

Huawei & ZTE – No substance.

The latest ban is all noise and no substance. The USA has banned the sale of all electronics from Huawei and ZTE into the USA on the grounds of national...

Alibaba FQ2 23 – Recovery in waiting

The turn depends on Covid Zero policy. Alibaba reported reasonable results where e-commerce remained flattish but an increase of share buybacks to $40bn to the end of 2025 provided much-needed...

TikTok – No immunity.

AI can’t rescue this one. The general malaise in advertising is by no means limited to the big names as even TikTok which has gained a lot of market share...

Research publication – Clash of the Titans Vol. V – Radio Free Mobile

7th November 2022: Radio Free Mobile and Alavan Independent update their coverage of the geopolitical and technological rivalry between the USA and China with the publication of Clash of the...

China vs. USA – Self censorship

Semi-equipment makers remove China The US and European semiconductor capital equipment industries are self-censoring their business with China in a way that is much more draconian than I expected and...

Huawei – Window dressing pt. II

No way back. The repercussions of the latest US restrictions (see here) are likely to go both far and wide through the Chinese technology industry slowing its development and putting...

USA vs China – Turn of the screw pt. II

The USA goes beyond semis in its war on Chinese technology. The USA is about to ramp up the pressure still further on China’s semiconductor industry which marks a departure...

Research Publication – China vs. USA – Clash of the Titans IV v1.5

RFM & Alavan Independent update their coverage of the USA / China political and technology war with the publication of China vs. USA – Clash of the Titans Vol IV...