Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia)

China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing, according to sources cited by Nikkei Asia. This has created supply chain bottlenecks.

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies, a Meituan-backed company based in Xiongan New Area in northern China’s Hebei province, plans to start taking investor orders for its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) as soon as next week. The company is gauging interest for a listing that could raise about US$300 million, with its debut expected in early September, according to people familiar with the matter cited by SCMP Business and South China Morning Post.

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies passed its listing hearing with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) last week. The company remains loss-making, with an adjusted net loss of 109 million yuan (US$16 million) in 2025, narrower than its 214 million yuan loss in 2024, according to the SCMP Business and South China Morning Post reports.

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