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Trouble in the World’s Factory
Trouble in the World’s Factory

(ATF) The primacy of China’s Guangdong province – once the manufacturing engine that powered China’s economic...

Jobless and desperate: the reality for many post-lockdown
Jobless and desperate: the reality for many post-lockdown

Many workers’ lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel,...

Sino-US tensions cool rally, China outperforms on reforms
US orders China’s Houston consulate shut, yuan shrugs
China’s new data security law extends sovereignty to cyberspace
Guangdong’s star fades further
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China agrees to ‘intensive’ WTO talks on fisheries
Asia high-yield downgrades hit a peak in Q2: Moody’s

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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