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China Ecosystems – Falling heads.

No oligarchs please we are Chinese. The withdrawal of Zhang Yiming from the management of ByteDance is all about ensuring that the IPO goes well and that the events that...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. VI.

The risks are demonstrably manageable. Herman Hauser has once again criticised the acquisition of Arm citing clear signs of unfair competition but what I think he has done is merely...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. V

An IPO of Arm beckons. The risk to NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm from Softbank continues to increase as the problems with its China unit seem to be getting worse rather...

Electric Vehicles – Internet Bubble 2.0

Go away and come back another day. While I think that EV’s will take over the entire vehicle industry, the amount of capital chasing this sector has reached absurd levels...

China vs. USA – Pawn to king four.

The Biden administration makes its first clear move on China The Biden administration has made its first move against China in what looks like a warning shot rather than any...

Ant Group – Crushed by the state.

A very different fate to that of Alibaba.  The censure dealt to Ant Group is the exact opposite of that given to Alibaba (see here) that will destroy its proposition,...

Alibaba – The house wins

This is about Jack, not the house.  Alibaba escapes with a slap on the wrist and Beijing’s further actions demonstrate very clearly that its actions are all about bringing Jack...

Xiaomi – The vulture dance.

Xiaomi’s looks to be going after Huawei’s business. Xiaomi’ latest launches signal a change in direction for the company that I suspect has been triggered by Huawei’s problems which have...

Tsinghua Unigroup – Bad omen.

Tsinghua does a Lucent. Tsinghua Unigroup is just another example of how problematic China’s strategy to become self-sufficient in semiconductors has become. While the rest of the industry is experiencing...

Intel – Back to basics.

Intel rides the perfect storm. Intel has made maximum use of both tensions with China and the current semiconductor shortage to push its new foundry strategy which is going to...