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China Decode: Hong Kong's AI Crackdown, Lululemon’s Marketing Backlash, and World Cup Fever

Explore episode Jun 23, 2026

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ASML and the Semiconductor Battlefield

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At the heart of the U.S.-China tech war is a single irreplaceable machine: ASML's EUV lithography tool, which no other company or country can manufacture. The U.S. Department of Commerce has escalated its confrontation with ASML, presenting documentary evidence that the company shipped EUV-compatible transport equipment to Chinese entities — a claim ASML flatly denies. James Kynge, who has visited ASML's Eindhoven factory and seen the machines firsthand, stresses there is 'no wiggle room' in either side's position: either China has obtained the tools or it hasn't. Alice Han questions Washington's motives — whether this is genuine enforcement or political signaling to allied countries. She also notes that Anthropic has separately barred Chinese nationals from working on its frontier models Fable and Mythos, reflecting a broader tightening of tech nationalism across the industry.

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