
Martin Soong
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CNBC Anchor | 7-Time Winner Asian Television Awards | Emerging Asia, Politics, Economics, Military, Markets | On The Road Reportage
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Taiwan cultivates young overseas chip talent with summer camps, university courses -
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Dressed in a white protective suit and face mask, Nicolas Chueh listened intently as a guide introduced a series of silver machines used in manufacturing Taiwan's cutting-edge semiconductors.
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Exclusive: Trump administration to expand price support for US rare earths projects, sources say -
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Top White House officials told a group of rare earths firms last week that they are pursuing a pandemic-era approach to boost U.S. critical minerals production and curb China's market dominance by...
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China flags concerns over potential security risks in Nvidia's H20 chips -
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China raised concerns over potential security risks in Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chip, casting uncertainty over the U.S. company's sales prospects in China weeks after a U.S. export ban...
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Exclusive: Indian firm shipped explosives to Russia despite US warnings -
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An Indian company shipped $1.4 million worth of an explosive compound with military uses to Russia in December, according to Indian customs data seen by Reuters, despite U.S. threats to impose...
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Exclusive: Chinese engines, shipped as 'cooling units', power Russian drones used in Ukraine -
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The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to increase its production of the Garpiya-A1 attack drone, despite the U.S. and EU sanctions imposed in October.
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Exclusive: Intel's top strategy officer to depart this month -
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Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah served as chief strategy officer since 2020.
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RT @VandanaHari_SG: @TonyNashNerd - China suffers, Iran’s other potential markets in Asia suffer.- Iran turns all its neighbouring countrie….
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US moves military assets, limits access to its largest Middle East base -
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The U.S. military has moved some aircraft and ships from bases in the Middle East that may be vulnerable to any potential Iranian attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Taiwan completes first sea trial for domestically made submarine in defence milestone -
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Taiwan completed the maiden sea trial for its first domestically developed submarine on Tuesday, a major step in a project aimed at strengthening deterrence against the Chinese navy and protecting...
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Taiwan seals Ukraine combat-tested drone software deal to help deter China -
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Taiwan sealed a partnership deal on Tuesday with U.S. and German-based Auterion for drone software battle-tested in Ukraine to help strengthen the island's defences against growing military threats...
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Australia's Albanese confident on AUKUS after British leader says it will proceed -
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed comments by his British counterpart at the G7 summit that Britain and the United States will proceed with the AUKUS nuclear submarine treaty with...
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Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar -
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Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce them.
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Sly Stone, leader of 1960s funk band, dies at age 82 -
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Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music, has...
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Huawei chips are one generation behind US but firm finding workarounds, CEO says -
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Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) chips are one generation behind those of U.S. peers but the firm is finding ways to improve performance through methods such as cluster computing, Chinese state media...
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China to send vice premier He Lifeng to Britain for US trade talks -
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China's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Chinese vice premier He Lifeng will visit the United Kingdom between June 8 and June 13.
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RT @BrianWongOPR: Enjoyed joining @MartinSoong and @cherykang for Squawkbox Asia on CNBC this morning, where we dis….
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US asks Australia to increase defense spending to 3.5% of GDP -
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Australia's prime minister said on Monday his government would decide its defence capability needs before announcing defence spending, after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Australia to...
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Exclusive: Trump aims to exceed first term's weapons sales to Taiwan, officials say -
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The United States plans to ramp up weapons sales to Taipei to a level exceeding President Donald Trump's first term as part of an effort to deter China as it intensifies military pressure on the...
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Exclusive: China's most advanced bombers seen on disputed South China Sea island -
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Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this month - a gesture that some analysts described as Beijing's latest...
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