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Heather Somerville

ARTICLES BY HEATHER SOMERVILLE

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after a summit in Busan, South Korea, last year that led to a fragile detente.

Trump once talked tough with China. Now he’s playing nice.

11 min read . 10 Apr 2026

Cody Finke, Brimstone CEO, at a storage shed for calcium-bearing silicate rock in Oakland, Calif. Photos: Poppy Lynch for WSJ

Silicon Valley is racing to make critical minerals—and blunt China’s dominance

7 min read . 10 Dec 2025

U.S. manufacturers and defense contractors have been scrambling for alternatives and the shortage has amplified the vulnerabilities of dependence on China. (AFP)

Rare-earth magnet startups seal $1.4 billion deal with Trump administration

2 min read . 04 Nov 2025

Some companies now warn of looming production cuts if more minerals aren’t forthcoming. (Reuters)

China is choking supply of critical minerals to Western defence companies

7 min read . 04 Aug 2025

Uranium kernels with triso coating layers are measured to ensure size and shape meet the required specification.

The audacious reboot of America’s nuclear energy program

6 min read . 11 Jun 2025

Stratolaunch’s Talon-A ignites the engine for its first hypersonic flight.

US advances toward China in hypersonic weapons race

3 min read . 06 May 2025

Lip-Bu Tan, the new chief executive of Intel. (Times of India)

Inside the mind of Intel’s new CEO: ‘Disrupt and Leapfrog’

5 min read . 14 Mar 2025

Silicon Valley is teaming up with Ukraine’s war-tested drone makers to develop advanced UAVs for the U.S. military, outpacing American startups.

America turns to Ukraine to build better drones

6 min read . 12 Mar 2025

A drone made by Skydio, which has been blacklisted by China. Photo: Clara Mokri for WSJ

Drone makers looking to steer clear of China fear Beijing’s Wrath

6 min read . 20 Jan 2025

The router-manufacturer TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the US market for routers for homes and small businesses.

US weighs ban on Chinese-made router in millions of American homes

6 min read . 18 Dec 2024

China has opened a probe into Nvidia over suspicions that the US chipmaker broke anti-monopoly laws around a 2020 deal, taking aim at the AI heavyweight as Washington ramps up sanctions. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China comes out swinging as Trump trade war looms

7 min read . 12 Dec 2024

(FILES) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (AFP)

OpenAI enters Silicon Valley’s hot new business: War

4 min read . 05 Dec 2024

Chinese firms are focusing on several tech hubs, including Taiwan, parts of Europe and Silicon Valley. (Image: Pixabay)

China is bombarding tech talent with job offers. The West is freaking out.

8 min read . 27 Nov 2024

Electric motorcycle and battery startup LAND Energy sources most parts from the U.S., but some battery and wheel components are only available from China. Daniel Lozada for WSJ

Defense-tech startups need a new supplier: Anyone but China

6 min read . 30 Sept 2024

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.

Tech bros are betting they can help win a war with China

11 min read . 11 Aug 2024

The top 100 venture capital-backed national security startups have raised a combined $53 billion in private funding since their inception, $11 billion of which has come in the past 12 months.

Silicon Valley wins few government contracts

5 min read . 11 Jul 2024

A Ukrainian soldier prepares to catch an R-18 drone made by ISR Defence.

Drones in Ukraine get smarter to dodge Russia’s jamming signals

6 min read . 19 Jun 2024

TikTok spent years trying to distance itself from its China-based parent, ByteDance, by establishing a U.S. headquarters and exploring ways to rebrand in America. . REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)

Blacklisted Chinese companies rebrand as American to dodge crackdown

5 min read . 29 May 2024

A battery of Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system in the southern Negev Desert. AHMAD GHARABLI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Drone and missile warfare tests supply-strapped defense systems

5 min read . 17 Apr 2024

Absent solutions from the West, Ukraine has turned to cheaper Chinese products to fill its drone arsenal. (Image: Pixabay)

How American drones failed to turn the tide in Ukraine

6 min read . 10 Apr 2024