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Govt officials confirm Trump can block US companies from operating in China — ZDNet

The US president has not made an order as yet, only requesting for US companies to move out of China, writes Campbell Kwan. Here is...

Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system — Forbes

In China, scoring citizens’ behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law; writes Mike Elgan. Here is the...

1 in 5 corporations say China has stolen their IP within the last year: CNBC CFO survey — CNBC

Theft of intellectual property by Chinese companies is a major point of contention between the Trump administration and Chinese government, writes Eric Rosenbaum. Here is...

Google has “terminated” its project to build a search engine for China — MIT Tech Review

Google executive Karan Bhatia testified at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that it has ended the program, writes Charlotte Jee. Here...

Worldwide PC shipments grew 1.5% in second quarter of 2019, says Gartner

After two quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market grew 1.5% in the second quarter of 2019, says Gartner.