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New Huawei chairman bends the knee to Qualcomm
New Huawei chairman bends the knee to Qualcomm

(ATF) Guo Ping, the new chairman of Huawei, has appealed to Qualcomm, the US corporation that produces semiconductor...

Xiaomi launches ‘flagship killer’ phone into Western markets
Xiaomi launches ‘flagship killer’ phone into Western markets

(ATF) Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has taken advantage of competitor Huawei’s absence to launch a “flagship...

Airline, banking stocks weigh on markets
Airline, banking stocks weigh on markets

(ATF) Hong Kong: Financial markets remained subdued for another day...

China releases a paper tiger into the trade war
Yuan caught in global stock markets downdraft
China’s property developers shifting debt off balance sheets
Ant Group to lay $35 billion golden egg with Shanghai IPO
Asian bourses drop as coronavirus surge bodes ill for economy
We will be top economy by year-end, China media outlet says
This week: Flash PMIs, tech bans and WGBI review

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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