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So Crooked They Have to Screw Their Pants On? Leadership Stability in China After the Purge of General Zhang Youxia
Xi Jinping’s decision to purge General Zhang Youxia, his longtime military confidant and the senior vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), marks the most consequential shake-up in China’s armed forces since Xi took power in 2012.
Satellite IoT becoming of global strategic importance for connectivity and defense
China presses ahead with its IoT satellite strategy as it builds a space-based constellation for global connectivity – non-terrestrial networks provide new connectivity options but also raise considerations for approaches to HRVs in mobile communications.
U.S. House Select Committee on China Recommends Measures to Reduce PRC Access to Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
In October, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Select Committee) published the findings of a months-long investigation into Applied Materials, Inc., the Netherlands-based Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography (ASML), KLA Corporation, Lam Research Corporation, and the Japan-based Tokyo Electron Ltd. The five companies are the world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME).
Southeast Asia’s Growing Clean Energy Sector
Southeast Asia is a hotbed of clean energy investment involving government initiatives, public-private collaboration, and strong investment. It is being driven by the need to meet a demand for energy that is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, except China.
Friday Nights Are for Bad News
On Friday, October 17, at 5:15 P.M Beijing time, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) spokesman Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang (張曉剛) announced that nine top PLA officers had been expelled from both the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the military itself.
China Commemorates V-J Day With Military Parade
On September 3, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) hosted a large military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945).
TSMC Reports Compromise of 2-Nanometer Chip Production Technology: Lessons Abound
Plenty of eyebrows were raised on August 5 when Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), the world’s largest chipmaker, announced that proprietary information related to its most advanced 2-nanometer chips may have been compromised.
Asia is becoming a hub for telco-powered ‘AI factories’
Operators in Asia are retrofitting existing fiber infrastructure and data centers to develop AI sovereign capabilities that empower national security and government technology initiatives.
Increasing AI-related cross-border investment bucks the global trend. Focus on building resilient supply chains in Asia
Cross-border investment in artificial intelligence (AI) projects and infrastructure is bucking the global downturn, and Asia is becoming a hub for AI development and investment.
India strengthens its growing chip prowess with further semiconductor fabrication plants
Like many Asian countries, India is trying to take advantage of the global transition to more resilient semiconductor supply chains that are not wholly reliant on manufacturers based in China or Taiwan. It means there are growing opportunities, with less risk, for U.S. companies operating in the region.
The hidden technological battleground: Asia becoming a global hub for undersea interconnectivity
This paper focuses on the geopolitical and technological aspects of fiber-optic subsea cables in Asia.
AI Data center growth in Southeast Asia
This report provides an in-depth analysis of exponential AI data center growth throughout the region, while highlighting some of the market drivers and market challenges, such as sustainability and data center cooling.
Additional restrictions on the export of rare earth elements from China increases pressure on a U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals deal
Critical elements are currently at the forefront of global geopolitics. As China and the U.S. escalate the trade war and impose export restrictions and tariffs on each other, a U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal takes on even greater importance.
Despite challenges U.S. enterprises still view China as a significant and important market
China and the U.S. offer mutually beneficial business opportunities. Despite negativity around doing business in China, American companies still view it as an important and significant market. But what’s required is an expert partner, such as Pamir Consulting, to help you navigate these challenges, mitigate risk exposure, and maximize opportunity.
Vietnam and other ASEAN countries offer increasingly attractive investment opportunities for U.S. companies
ASEAN, and particularly Vietnam, is seen as an increasingly attractive opportunity for U.S. companies, highlighted by the visit to Hanoi of the largest U.S. delegations of senior executives from U.S. companies ever.
How are China and Russia advancing their shared agendas?
Download our recent analyst paper to understand the key implications of recent China-Russia diplomatic developments.
