US-China Relation

Tencent has gained access to Nvidia’s banned Blackwell AI chips by using data centres in Japan and Australia, instead of bringing the hardware into China. The setup lets Tencent keep training advanced AI models while staying outside US export rules.

TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has agreed to hand control of its US operations to a new US-led company to avoid a ban. The deal gives American and global investors 80.1% ownership, while ByteDance keeps 19.9%, and the joint venture will manage US data, algorithms, and content locally.

Amazon and Microsoft are supporting a U.S. law, the GAIN AI Act, to restrict exports of high-performance Nvidia AI chips to China until domestic demand is met. Nvidia has opposed the move, warning it could hurt global competition and cost the company billions, while the U.S. frames it as a national security measure.

China has accused the U.S. of seizing 127,000 bitcoin, worth around $13 billion, in what it calls a state-backed cyber operation rather than a legal asset confiscation. The U.S. says the coins were linked to a Cambodian crypto fraud case, but China argues the seizure shows government-level involvement.

U.S. President Donald Trump has finally met up with Chinese leader Xi Jinpiong in South Korea today in a bid to defuse the escalating trade tensions and reverse the market turmoil sparked by recent tariffs — including the crypto sell-off earlier this month.

In the rollercoaster turn of events, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Sunday that the U.S and China have avoided a catastrophic 100% tariff after both parties have made substantial progress towards their negotiations.

Barely 24 hours after announcing to reporters that he will be having a meeting with Chairman Xi in the weeks to come, Trump is now threatening to impose a tariff of up to 155% on Chinese goods if both countries do not reach a mutual agreement during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Seoul.

Cryptocurrency markets jumped on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Seoul on October 31.

U.S. President Donald Trump has officially confirmed that the United States is in an active trade war with China, following his threat last week to impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports.

This weekend will go down as one of the most chaotic in crypto’s history — a bloodbath that exposed just how much power one man still holds over the digital economy.