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China’s Property Outlook ‘Bleak,’ Despite End of ‘3 Red Lines’
China’s Property Outlook ‘Bleak,’ Despite End of ‘3 Red Lines’

Notorious debt restrictions policy imposed in 2020 appears to have been abandoned, but analysts say a lot more is needed to stabilise the sector's grim outlook

India’s 20-Year Tax Break For Data Centres Faces Resource Crunch
India’s 20-Year Tax Break For Data Centres Faces Resource Crunch

India has made clear its ambition to attract greater investment in AI and data centres, but its dreams will have to reckon with a shortage of water and power

Thousands Arrested, 100s Deported After Cambodia Scam Raids
Thousands Arrested, 100s Deported After Cambodia Scam Raids

Cambodia is deporting hundreds of people freed from scam centres in recent weeks, but there is concern for thousands stuck in a 'humanitarian crisis.'

Seoul Yet to Resolve Investment Dispute and Tariff Hike by US
China Planning to Put AI Data Centres in Space Over Next 5 Years
Top Court Scraps Hong Kong Firm’s Panama Ports Concession
‘Ghost Tankers’ From Iran Ferried Jet Fuel to Myanmar Airforce
Chipmakers Say Not Enough Chips for PCs, Phones Amid AI Priority
Members of Notorious Myanmar Scam Mafia Executed in China
ByteDance, Alibaba Get Beijing Nod to Buy Nvidia’s H200 Chips

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors