China will seek to become more self-sufficient technologically over the coming five years, the ruling Communist Party said in a new economic blueprint.

A new visa aimed at highly skilled science and technology workers comes as the Trump administration is making it more difficult for such workers to go to the U.S.

At Shenzhen’s WeSemiBay Expo, Huawei-backed SiCarrier and SMEE spinoff Amies Technologies unveiled new chipmaking tools, EDA software, and EUV-grade materials, as China doubles down on semiconductor self-sufficiency.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency noted in a commentary yesterday the gathering “is poised to shape the direction of the 15 th Five-Year Plan that will steer the world’s second-largest economy from 2026 to 2030, a defining phase on China’s path toward basically achieving socialist modernization by 2025.”

Inside the U.S. administration, opinions are divided. Some officials support a more measured approach, while others push for aggressive action in response to China’s expanded rare earth export restrictions.

S EVEN YEARS ago, when America’s trade war with China was just getting started, the Chinese science and technology ministry did something unusual. Its official newspaper, which usually confines itself to puff pieces about China’s accomplishments,

MOSCOW and Beijing are unleashing a new kind of warfare on the West – and it’s waged not with bullets, but with bedsheets. US intelligence insiders say Russian and Chinese operatives

China aims to lead global artificial intelligence by 2030, with its AI platforms now nearly matching US capabilities. But without top-tier chips and free expression, can Beijing really win the race?