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Tech Newsround – Arm & China Metaverse

SoftBank – Arm IPO. Arm China is holding up the relisting of Arm and the less-than-ideal solution that SoftBank is proposing highlights again my view that SoftBank may be better...

Huawei – Window dressing

Huawei puts a brave face on it. Huawei reported 2021 FY results that highlighted just how badly the company has been hit by US sanctions despite an effort to dress...

Tencent Q4 21 – Long shadow of the state

Tencent cheers its own demise. Tencent reported disappointing results in which it cheered the crackdown which has caused it so many problems and also declined to buy back any shares...

Alibaba & Tencent – The backstop

Alibaba moves to support the recovery. Alibaba has increased its share buyback in a move that should help put a bottom under the recent rout, while Tencent is likely to...

Chinese Technology – Selective reprieve

The regulatory shadow mostly passes. China has moved to end the uncertainty that has been plaguing its technology sector with a statement that promises an end to the crackdown and...

Semiconductor cycle – The splurge

Spending splurge in full swing. Intel has announced that it will spend at least $33bn on leading-edge capacity in Europe in yet another sign that we are in the upward...

Chinese Technology – The vice

Crushed by both USA and China. The Chinese technology sector is being crushed by both the American and Chinese regulators which may leave some like Didi, with nowhere to go....

Alibaba FQ3 2022 – Nadir of fortunes

Priced for stagnation Alibaba reported reasonable results but heavy investments, competition and China’s restrictive zero COVID policy are hurting both growth and profitability in the short term. I think that...

China vs. China – Round 2

Chinese regulators come out swinging for round 2. It looks as if another round of crackdowns is about to be launched upon the Chinese technology sector and it is Tencent...

The Metaverse – Chinese walls.

The first example of “build the wall”. With the strategic rivalry between the West and China rapidly evolving into an ideological struggle (see here), new technologies that emerge are likely...