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Yongcheng Coal and affiliates sell assets to repay debt
Yongcheng Coal and affiliates sell assets to repay debt

(ATF) China’s state-owned industrial powerhouse Yongcheng Coal & Electricity Holdings Group and two affiliates have sold shareholdings in...

Vaccine newsflow boosts markets
Vaccine newsflow boosts markets

(ATF) Hong Kong: Asian markets rallied Wednesday on the heady cocktail of more coronavirus...

Vaccine setback, virus spike spooks markets
Vaccine setback, virus spike spooks markets

(ATF) Hong Kong: Asian markets were broadly lower after an impasse in the US stimulus package and following...

Euroclear links Chinese firms with global capital via Yulan bonds
Nio launches new electric sedan to rival Tesla’s Model S
Stimulus, vaccine progress lifts sentiment
China Evergrande asset disposals lift bonds, but shareholders wince
China takes a look at the incoming Biden administration
Investors jittery amid pandemic put doubts
Chinese phone makers line up for new Snapdragon 888 chip

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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