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Hong Kong: Q2 2023

Hong Kong tech news in 2023’s second quarter captures items including the black and grey market in Hong Kong for US-sanctioned chips, Hong Kong’s ongoing bid for global cryptocurrency hub status, HK’s China-driven moves to ban the ‘Glory to Hong Kong‘ democracy protest song, and more.

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Hong Kong tech news
quarterly: June 2023

“While buying or selling high-end US chips is not illegal in China, US export restrictions have created a de facto underground market with vendors keen not to draw scrutiny from either US or Chinese authorities.”

“But, as AI booms across the globe after the runaway success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, demand for high-end chips has rocketed, particularly for Nvidia’s microprocessors which are widely regarded as the best at handling machine-learning tasks.”

“We are talking with two vendors now to get some,” said Ivan Lau, co-founder of Hong Kong’s Pantheon Lab who is trying to purchase 2-4 new A100 cards to run the startup’s latest AI models.”

Indo-Pacific semiconductor supply chains

CSIS: Mapping semiconductor supply chains – Indo-Pacific’s importance

Hong Kong Tech News
quarterly: May 2023

“Artifact was born out of South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s flagship English newspaper bought by Alibaba for $262 million back in 2015. Its first project comprised non-fungible token versions of SCMP’s front pages from 1997, the year of Hong Kong’s handover, with each item’s rarity level determined by the significance of a certain day’s events.”

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Hong Kong tech news
quarterly: April 2023

“But Russia has continued to acquire chips through circuitous routes, with a large portion flowing through small traders in Hong Kong and mainland China.”

Technology Supply Chains

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