Acer subsidiary Altos Computing began trading on Taiwan’s over-the-counter market on the 21st, advancing its bid to serve rising enterprise demand for AI computing. The company specializes in AI platforms and high-performance servers as workloads extend beyond hyperscale training environments to enterprise deployments of agentic AI for on-premise inference and practical use cases.

On November 24, 2025, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) officially launched the “Burning Plasma” international scientific program at the “Future Big Science City” in Hefei, Anhui. The CAS also presented the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) research plan to the global fusion research community.

Ongoing US-China tensions have sparked the most significant automotive supply chain shift in decades. Disruptions at semiconductor maker Nexperia have pushed US automakers to cut reliance on Chinese parts, while Taiwanese electronics suppliers ramp up local production to meet rising demand from American companies.

Germany’s three automotive giants—Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz—are facing an increasingly difficult balancing act. China remains its largest and most profitable market, yet the recent crisis involving Nexperia, the Dutch chipmaker owned by China’s Wingtech Technology, has once again exposed the structural risks of its deep reliance on Chinese supply chains. The episode has forced all three companies to accelerate efforts to reduce their dependence on China.