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Controls apply to A100 and H100 chips, in escalation of US efforts to curb China’s access to products
The US has expanded the restriction of exports of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips beyond China to some countries in the Middle East.
Nvidia, which is at $1.2tn, said in a regulatory filing this week the curbs affected its A100 and H100 chips, which are used to accelerate machine-learning tasks on major artificial intelligence apps, such as ChatGPT.

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The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both
Like a proselytising lay minister naively intent on calming troubled waters, foreign secretary James Cleverly flew into Beijing this week . The whinge comprised a long list of British grievances, ranging from China’s attitude to Ukraine and Hong Kong to its spying on UK officials and sanctions on MPs.
Cleverly’s prayer was that his hosts would not realise that, when it comes to pursuing a coherent China policy based on deliberate, principled choices backed by political will and economic muscle, rudderless Britain is all at sea – but that Chinese leaders would kindly take notice of what he had to say anyway.
Simon Tisdall is a foreign affairs commentator. He has been a foreign leader writer, foreign editor and US editor for the Guardian

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In today’s newsletter: James Cleverly met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything to gain?
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Good morning, or perhaps 你好 (nǐ hǎo). Hopefully James Cleverly got at least that far on Duolingo before the UK foreign secretary’s plane touched down in Beijing this week aimed at resetting ties after a long period of tension over security, investment and human rights concerns at home and abroad.
It was the first visit to China by a UK foreign secretary for five years. Remember the last time, when Jeremy Hunt that his Chinese wife was Japanese? Very odd.

Action by social media company comes after Facebook parent company Meta shut down 9,000 accounts tied to political spam network
TikTok has removed 284 accounts associated with a Chinese disinformation campaign after Guardian Australia raised questions about several accounts uncovered by the company’s rival Meta.
On Wednesday, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram reported it had accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that had targeted users in Australia and other parts of the world.

Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and her Chinese counterparts agreed to continue economic talks, but such dialogues have a disheartening record.

Winds reaching 209km/h recorded as major train lines suspended ahead of typhoon’s expected arrival on Friday
China has issued the highest typhoon warning as Typhoon Saola crawled closer to the south-eastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in neighbouring Guangdong province.
Chinese forecasters issued a typhoon red warning at 6am on Thursday. China’s National Meteorological Centre said Saola, which lies about 295km (183 miles) south-east of Guangdong province, will move north-west across the South China Sea at a speed of about 10km/h (6mph), gradually approaching the coast of Guangdong, then slowly weaken in intensity.

Chinese study finds GSSAP close approaches a threat to its GEO assets Chinese researchers have noted close approaches by U.S. GSSAP satellites to Chinese spacecraft in the geostationary belt, ...

Group warns that if its financial performance ‘continues to deteriorate’ it faces possible default after huge half-year losses
Embattled Chinese developer Country Garden reported a 48.9bn yuan ($6.7bn) loss for the first half of the year in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, adding to worries of a potentially catastrophic default.
Its tenuous state has sparked fears of a collapse that could have far-reaching consequences for the Chinese financial system two years after the fall of Evergrande.